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Vista Equity Partners currently manages over $100 billion in assets and has approximately 750 employees.
Vista Equity Partners' current portfolio consists of 90 companies that generate a combined total of over $30 billion in revenue.
David Breach believes the current market, following a major reset in valuations, represents a great vintage for Vista Equity Partners to be deploying capital.
David Breach predicts that some software companies lacking proprietary data and control over workflows may not have a right to exist within five years due to the rise of Generative AI.
David Breach predicts that incorporating Generative AI into operations will allow software companies to surpass the "Rule of 40" and achieve a "Rule of 50, 60, or 70" within the next few years.
David Breach believes that institutional investors alone cannot provide sufficient capital for Vista Equity Partners to fully capture the investment opportunity in enterprise software.
David Breach believes the long-tail opportunity for value creation in Generative AI will be in the application layer, rather than in hardware, infrastructure, or energy.
According to David Breach, approximately 96-97% of all software companies are privately held.
Vista Equity Partners' portfolio companies deliver an average of 625% return on investment (ROI) to their customers.
David Breach identifies "agentifying software," where AI agents take affirmative actions previously performed by humans, as the next major evolution in enterprise software.
The enterprise software market is predicted to continue growing at a compounded annual growth rate in the mid-to-upper teens.
Vista Equity Partners has a value creation team of over 130 professionals to support its portfolio companies.