Francisco Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Paradigm

Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions Invests in Paradigm

July 2, 2025

Healthcare Services

Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions made a strategic investment in Paradigm, a Walnut Creek–based specialty care management firm focused on complex, high-cost cases in the U.S. workers' compensation and healthcare markets. Existing investors OMERS Private Equity and Summit Partners will maintain their interests; the funding is intended to support Paradigm's continued innovation and market expansion.

Francisco Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Accela

September 6, 2023

Government & Public Sector

Accela, a provider of cloud-based government software, received a strategic growth investment from Francisco Partners while Berkshire Partners remains a significant, equal equity investor. The undisclosed capital will be used to accelerate Accela's product and market growth as the company expands its civic cloud platform for state and local governments.

Francisco Partners Makes Growth Investment in GAINSystems

July 27, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

GAINSystems, a provider of supply chain planning and inventory optimization software, received a growth investment from Francisco Partners — the company’s first institutional capital. GAINSystems CEO Bill Benton and the management team retain a controlling ownership stake as the company scales product and go-to-market efforts.

Francisco Partners Invests in Perforce Software, Joining Clearlake as Equal Partner

July 8, 2019

Software

Perforce Software received a significant new equity investment from Francisco Partners, which will become an equal partner with affiliates of Clearlake Capital; Perforce's management also participated in the transaction. The capital will support Perforce's buy-and-build growth strategy to expand its DevOps platform, accelerate M&A activity and extend its global footprint; terms were not disclosed.

Francisco Partners Takes Majority Stake in GAINSystems

January 25, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Francisco Partners has made a majority investment in GAINSystems, becoming the company’s majority shareholder after an initial strategic growth investment in July 2020. The capital and partnership are intended to help GAINSystems scale its cloud-based supply chain planning platform and expand capabilities for its manufacturing, distribution and retail customers.

WilliamsMarston Acquires Paradigm Advisory Group

August 18, 2022

Accounting & Tax

WilliamsMarston LLC, a PE-backed accounting, tax and valuation advisory firm, has acquired Atlanta-based Paradigm Advisory Group, a boutique accounting advisory practice. The acquisition (WilliamsMarston's sixth in two years) expands WM’s Southeast presence and enhances its technical accounting and transaction advisory capabilities; Paradigm co-founders Travis Hannon and Chris Bitler and the full Paradigm team joined WilliamsMarston at close.