Francisco Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Glorious

Susquehanna Growth Equity Leads $100M Growth Investment in Virtuous

September 19, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Virtuous, a Phoenix-based provider of fundraising CRM software for nonprofits, raised a $100 million minority growth investment led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE). The capital will accelerate product innovation (including AI tooling and expanded integrations) and bolster customer success and services; SGE partners Ben Weinberg and Aneesha Raghunathan will join Virtuous' board.

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 Strategic Growth Investment in Acoustic

October 18, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Acoustic, a provider of unified marketing and customer experience technology for B2C brands, has received a strategic growth investment from Francisco Partners while existing investor Centerbridge Partners remains the primary equity holder. The capital will support Acoustic’s platform vision, accelerating product development and expansion of its personalized multichannel marketing and analytics capabilities.

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.

Francisco Partners Leads Strategic Investment in NZXT

December 8, 2021

Consumer Products

NZXT, a PC gaming hardware and services company, secured an approximately $100 million strategic investment led by Francisco Partners alongside several strategic individual investors. The investment will fund senior hires, expansion into new hardware categories and global direct-to-consumer markets, and support product and community initiatives while founder Johnny Hou remains the majority shareholder.

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.