Francisco Partners

Francisco Partners invests at the add-on, bridge, buyout/lbo, carveout, debt - general, early stage vc, later stage vc, pe growth/expansion, pipe, public to private, recapitalization, seed roundpreferred verticalscybersecurity, e-commerce, edtech, fintech, infrastructure, life sciences, manufacturing, mobile, oncology, pet technology, saas and tmt stages, with a focus on Capital Markets/Institutions, Commercial Products, Commercial Services, Commercial Transportation, Communications and Networking and Computer Hardware, across Europe and North America.

Its SEC Form ADV lists $41 billion in regulatory assets under management across 43 private funds (Mar 2026).

Francisco Partners joined 43 recorded rounds in the last two years (14 in the last 12 months), down from 64 in the two years before. By year: 5 in 2026, 30 in 2025 and 33 in 2024. Across all 250 recorded rounds, 30 were later-stage and 3 were early-stage. Most recently: LEX247 Cloud Service (buyout/lbo (add on)† round, Feb 2026) and PrimeRx (buyout/lbo (add on)† round, Feb 2026).

19 portfolio companies are on record for Francisco Partners, including Oeconnection, Boomi and VeriFone. The book leans Business/Productivity Software (4), Educational and Training Services (B2C) (2) and Enterprise Systems (Healthcare) (2).

10 of the 19 carry a recorded valuation.

120 people are on record at Francisco Partners: 21 associates, 19 partners, 16 operating partners, 10 managing partners and 54 others. Senior names include Abigail Johnson (Managing Director), Brian Elrod (Managing Director) and Daniel Aron (Managing Director). 120 of them have a verified direct contact on file.