Tracked deals
20
20 tracked deals across 2019-2026.
Private Equity Firm
Software
Vector Capital
San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco-based global private equity and credit investment firm focused on transformative investments in technology and technology-enabled businesses.
- Focus Areas
- Technology investments, Technology-enabled businesses
- Website
- vectorcapital.com
Recent pace
4
4 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
15 buyout · 3 growth capital · 2 addon
Vector Capital Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 8 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 tracked deals for Vector Capital.
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- Buyer
- Fortress Investment Group, Vector Capital
- Target
- IPValue Management Group
- Seller
- Vector Capital
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Fortress Investment Group announced it has acquired IPValue Management Group, a leading intellectual property licensing and commercialization company. IPValue will continue to operate independently under its current senior leadership team, with enhanced access to capital to expand its IP commercialization programs.
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January 23, 2026
- Buyer
- Vector
- Target
- YardView
- Industry
- Logistics & Distribution
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Addon
Vector has acquired YardView, a yard management and dock visibility provider, to integrate YardView’s real-time yard tracking with Vector’s e-BOL and workflow platform. The deal — enabled through Vector’s partnership with BVP Forge — aims to close visibility gaps during custody transfers, expand capabilities across gate/yard/dock/document workflows, and retain YardView leadership in advisory and operational roles.
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- Buyer
- Vector Capital Management, L.P.
- Target
- Showpad
- Seller
- Insight Partners
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
Vector Capital Management completed its acquisition of Showpad, an AI revenue enablement technology company. At closing, Vector merged Showpad with its April 2025 acquisition of Bigtincan, and the combined company will operate under the Showpad brand with Apratim Purakayastha appointed CEO.
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September 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Vector Capital, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management - External Investing Group, Lexington Partners
- Target
- SingleStore
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SingleStore, a real-time database platform powering AI applications, has agreed to be acquired in a growth buyout led by Vector Capital with participation from institutional investors including J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (External Investing Group), and Lexington Partners. SingleStore's management and several existing investors (including GV, Dell Technologies Capital, IBM and REV Venture Partners) will remain invested as the company looks to accelerate product innovation, global expansion, and growth in AI-ready data infrastructure.
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December 5, 2024
- Buyer
- Vector Capital Management, L.P.
- Target
- Bigtincan Holdings Limited
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Vector Capital Management entered into a scheme implementation deed to acquire Bigtincan Holdings Limited for A$0.22 per share in cash, valuing the deal at approximately A$183 million. The acquisition will take Bigtincan private and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, subject to customary approvals.
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July 11, 2023
- Buyer
- Vector Capital
- Target
- Riverbed Technology
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of Riverbed Technology, a provider of network performance, observability and application acceleration solutions. Vector announced leadership changes at Riverbed and said the deal provides an improved capital structure to support product innovation and strategic growth investments; terms were not disclosed.
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September 21, 2022
- Buyer
- Vector Capital
- Target
- Malwarebytes
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Vector Capital will make a strategic $100 million minority growth investment in Malwarebytes to accelerate product innovation, expand its channel and MSP programs, and consolidate ownership. As part of the deal, two Vector Managing Directors will join Malwarebytes' board; the transaction is expected to close in Q4 2022.
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- Buyer
- Vector Capital
- Target
- WatchGuard Technologies
- Seller
- Francisco Partners, other co-investors
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Vector Capital has made a large new equity investment in WatchGuard Technologies and acquired interests previously owned by Francisco Partners and other co-investors to become WatchGuard's majority shareholder. The investment positions Vector to accelerate WatchGuard's growth and platform innovation across cloud transformation, SASE, XDR, MDR and MSP-focused security offerings.
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February 22, 2022
- Buyer
- MoxiWorks, Vector Capital
- Target
- ActivePipe
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
- Type
- Addon
MoxiWorks, a Seattle-based real estate technology platform and portfolio company of Vector Capital, has acquired ActivePipe, an Australian lead-nurturing and marketing automation platform. ActivePipe’s AI-driven SaaS solution—used by more than 2,500 brokerages and 40,000 agents—will be integrated into MoxiWorks’ MoxiCloud to expand its marketing, lead-nurturing and predictive capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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October 21, 2021
- Buyer
- CM Group, Insight Partners, Vector Capital
- Target
- Cheetah Digital
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CM Group announced a merger with Cheetah Digital under the CM Group name to expand its martech capabilities across email, personalization, loyalty and omnichannel engagement. The combined company, backed by Insight Partners with Vector Capital as a substantial minority owner, aims to accelerate product innovation and expand CM Group's reach into large enterprise customers.
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- Buyer
- Vector Capital, Platinum Equity
- Target
- McGraw Hill Education
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Vector Capital has made a co-investment in McGraw Hill Education alongside existing owner Platinum Equity. The investment will support McGraw Hill's digital transformation and expansion of its courseware and platform offerings (including Connect and ALEKS) as the company integrates additional capabilities such as Achieve3000.
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August 25, 2021
- Buyer
- Vector Acquisition Corporation
- Target
- Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. completed its previously announced merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker RKLB. The transaction generated approximately $777 million of gross proceeds (including trust account funds and concurrent PIPE financing) to accelerate Rocket Lab’s space systems growth, fund development of the reusable Neutron rocket, and support organic and inorganic expansion.
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