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Top 25 Software acquisition firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,245 company matches for software acquisition firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 18,895 professional contacts across them, including 7,799 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for software acquisition firms worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 29, 2026. Country and city lists for software acquisition firms follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest software acquisition firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 881 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 839 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 732 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 513 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 485 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 424 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Constellation Software is an international provider of market leading software and services to a select number of industries, both in the public and private sectors.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 385 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 378 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Roper Technologies is a constituent of the S&P 500 and Fortune 500.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 309 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Thoma Bravo is the world’s largest software-focused investment firm, with more than $172 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 292 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “York IE® is an investment and operating firm that combines a family of funds with a hands-on operating platform to build and back software companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 287 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Aspire Software is a global software investment and operating company focused on acquiring, building, and scaling exceptional vertical market software businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 278 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services businesses.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Since 2007, we’ve specialized in transforming good businesses into great companies through our differentiated approach to partnership investing.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 253 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Enghouse Systems Limited is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions serving a variety of distinct vertical markets.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 245 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 237 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that invests behind The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 236 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with $23 billion in capital commitments.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Gryphon Investors is a leading middle-market private investment firm focused on building and growing profitable, market-leading companies in the Business Services, Consumer…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 195 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Lumine Group acquires, strengthens, and grows companies in the communications and media software industry.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Evergreen is a private-equity backed holding company focused on acquiring services and software companies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 152 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1992, JMI Equity has focused on investing in exceptional software and AI-driven companies from scaling stages through later growth.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Marlin Equity Partners is a global investment firm with nearly $10 billion in capital commitments specializing in the software, technology and services sectors.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Vesta Software Group is a global organisation dedicated to helping vertical market software companies thrive.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Exact match Recorded description not available. Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 29, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “software acquisition firms”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Software acquisition firms worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
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How this list was built
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for software acquisition firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “software acquisition firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 7,799 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Software acquisition firms by location
11 lists · largest firstEvery Software acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Software acquisition firms based in the United States595
- Software acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom68
- Software acquisition firms based in Canada67
- Software acquisition firms based in Germany41
Cities
- Software acquisition firms based in New York, United States84
- Software acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom44
- Software acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States39
- Software acquisition firms based in Boston, United States33
- Software acquisition firms based in Austin, United States31
- Software acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States26
- Software acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “software acquisition firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many software acquisition firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,245 company matches for software acquisition firms worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
TA Associates tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most software acquisition firms?
The United States leads with 595 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (68) and Canada (67). Every software acquisition firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most software acquisition firms?
New York leads with 84 company records, followed by London (46) and San Francisco (39).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 7,799 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 1,245 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 software acquisition firms worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 1,245 matching company records for software acquisition firms worldwide, with 18,895 tracked contacts and 7,799 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
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Top 25 software acquisition firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  TA Associatesta.comHQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Boston, MA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 881 contacts → |
“TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  Vista Equity Partnersvistaequitypartners.comHQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Austin, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 839 contacts → |
“Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Bending Spoonsbndspn.com HQ: Milan, ItalyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milan, Italy | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 732 contacts → |
“At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  PSGpsgequity.comHQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Boston, MA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 513 contacts → |
“PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 |  Volaris Groupvolarisgroup.comHQ: Mississauga, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Mississauga, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 485 contacts → |
“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  Constellation Software INCcsisoftware.comHQ: Toronto, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Toronto, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 424 contacts → |
“Constellation Software is an international provider of market leading software and services to a select number of industries, both in the public and private sectors.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Cd&rcdr.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 385 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Perseus Group, Constellation Softwarecsiperseus.comHQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Markham, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Roper Technologies, INCropertech.com HQ: Sarasota, FL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Sarasota, FL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 335 contacts → |
“Roper Technologies is a constituent of the S&P 500 and Fortune 500.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Thoma Bravothomabravo.comHQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Chicago, IL, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 309 contacts → |
“Thoma Bravo is the world’s largest software-focused investment firm, with more than $172 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  York IEyork.ieHQ: Manchester, NH, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Manchester, NH, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 292 contacts → |
“York IE® is an investment and operating firm that combines a family of funds with a hands-on operating platform to build and back software companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  Aspire Softwareaspiresoftware.comHQ: Montreal, QC, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Montreal, QC, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 287 contacts → |
“Aspire Software is a global software investment and operating company focused on acquiring, building, and scaling exceptional vertical market software businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 |  Alpine Investorsalpineinvestors.comHQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | San Francisco, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 278 contacts → |
“Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  HGGChggc.comHQ: Palo Alto, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 272 contacts → |
“Since 2007, we’ve specialized in transforming good businesses into great companies through our differentiated approach to partnership investing.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Enghouse Systemsenghouse.comHQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Markham, ON, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 253 contacts → |
“Enghouse Systems Limited is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions serving a variety of distinct vertical markets.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 |  Banyan Softwarebanyansoftware.comHQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 245 contacts → |
“Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 |  Gtcr LLCgtcr.comHQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Chicago, IL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 237 contacts → |
“Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that invests behind The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  Accel-Kkraccel-kkr.comHQ: Menlo Park, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Menlo Park, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 236 contacts → |
“Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with $23 billion in capital commitments.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  Gryphon Investorsgryphoninvestors.comHQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | San Francisco, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 211 contacts → |
“Gryphon Investors is a leading middle-market private investment firm focused on building and growing profitable, market-leading companies in the Business Services, Consumer…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  Lumine Groupluminegroup.comHQ: Toronto, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Toronto, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 195 contacts → |
“Lumine Group acquires, strengthens, and grows companies in the communications and media software industry.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Evergreenevergreensg.com HQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | San Francisco, CA, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 154 contacts → |
“Evergreen is a private-equity backed holding company focused on acquiring services and software companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  JMI Equityjmi.comHQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, DC, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 152 contacts → |
“Founded in 1992, JMI Equity has focused on investing in exceptional software and AI-driven companies from scaling stages through later growth.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Marlin Equity Partnersmarlinequity.comHQ: Hermosa Beach, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Hermosa Beach, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 145 contacts → |
“Marlin Equity Partners is a global investment firm with nearly $10 billion in capital commitments specializing in the software, technology and services sectors.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 |  Vesta Software Groupvestasoftwaregroup.comHQ: Wallingford, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Wallingford, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 139 contacts → |
“Vesta Software Group is a global organisation dedicated to helping vertical market software companies thrive.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Corum Group LTDcorumgroup.comHQ: Bothell, WA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Bothell, WA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 139 contacts → |
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Software acquisition firms: dataset insights
September 29, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
1,244 records in the displayed employee bands.
1 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 1,245 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Software acquisition firms by location
11 lists · largest firstEvery Software acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Software acquisition firms based in the United States595
- Software acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom68
- Software acquisition firms based in Canada67
- Software acquisition firms based in Germany41
Cities
- Software acquisition firms based in New York, United States84
- Software acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom44
- Software acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States39
- Software acquisition firms based in Boston, United States33
- Software acquisition firms based in Austin, United States31
- Software acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States26
- Software acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for software acquisition firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many software acquisition firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,245 matching company records, 18,895 tracked contacts and 7,799 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 29, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 software acquisition firms worldwide. Snapshot: September 29, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/software-acquisition-firms.
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Top 25 software acquisition firms worldwide
RevenueBase records 1,245 matching company records for software acquisition firms worldwide, with 18,895 tracked contacts and 7,799 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 software acquisition firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA Associatesta.com HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Boston, MA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 881 contacts → |
“TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Vista Equity Partnersvistaequitypartners.com HQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Austin, TX, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 839 contacts → |
“Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Bending Spoonsbndspn.com HQ: Milan, ItalyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milan, Italy | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 732 contacts → |
“At Bending Spoons, we acquire and improve digital businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | PSGpsgequity.com HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Boston, MA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 513 contacts → |
“PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Volaris Groupvolarisgroup.com HQ: Mississauga, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Mississauga, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 485 contacts → |
“Volaris Group acquires, strengthens and grows vertical market technology companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Constellation Software INCcsisoftware.com HQ: Toronto, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Toronto, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 424 contacts → |
“Constellation Software is an international provider of market leading software and services to a select number of industries, both in the public and private sectors.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Cd&rcdr.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 385 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Perseus Group, Constellation Softwarecsiperseus.com HQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 10001+ | Markham, ON, Canada | 10001+ | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“While other purchasers of business seek economies of scale through centralization, we have taken the opposite approach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Roper Technologies, INCropertech.com HQ: Sarasota, FL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Sarasota, FL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 335 contacts → |
“Roper Technologies is a constituent of the S&P 500 and Fortune 500.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Thoma Bravothomabravo.com HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Chicago, IL, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 309 contacts → |
“Thoma Bravo is the world’s largest software-focused investment firm, with more than $172 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | York IEyork.ie HQ: Manchester, NH, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Manchester, NH, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 292 contacts → |
“York IE® is an investment and operating firm that combines a family of funds with a hands-on operating platform to build and back software companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Aspire Softwareaspiresoftware.com HQ: Montreal, QC, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Montreal, QC, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 287 contacts → |
“Aspire Software is a global software investment and operating company focused on acquiring, building, and scaling exceptional vertical market software businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Alpine Investorsalpineinvestors.com HQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | San Francisco, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 278 contacts → |
“Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services businesses.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | HGGChggc.com HQ: Palo Alto, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 272 contacts → |
“Since 2007, we’ve specialized in transforming good businesses into great companies through our differentiated approach to partnership investing.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Enghouse Systemsenghouse.com HQ: Markham, ON, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Markham, ON, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 253 contacts → |
“Enghouse Systems Limited is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions serving a variety of distinct vertical markets.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Banyan Softwarebanyansoftware.com HQ: Atlanta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 245 contacts → |
“Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Gtcr LLCgtcr.com HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Chicago, IL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 237 contacts → |
“Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that invests behind The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Accel-Kkraccel-kkr.com HQ: Menlo Park, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Menlo Park, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 236 contacts → |
“Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with $23 billion in capital commitments.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Gryphon Investorsgryphoninvestors.com HQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | San Francisco, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 211 contacts → |
“Gryphon Investors is a leading middle-market private investment firm focused on building and growing profitable, market-leading companies in the Business Services, Consumer…” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Lumine Groupluminegroup.com HQ: Toronto, CanadaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Toronto, Canada | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 195 contacts → |
“Lumine Group acquires, strengthens, and grows companies in the communications and media software industry.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Evergreenevergreensg.com HQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | San Francisco, CA, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 154 contacts → |
“Evergreen is a private-equity backed holding company focused on acquiring services and software companies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | JMI Equityjmi.com HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, DC, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 152 contacts → |
“Founded in 1992, JMI Equity has focused on investing in exceptional software and AI-driven companies from scaling stages through later growth.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Marlin Equity Partnersmarlinequity.com HQ: Hermosa Beach, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Hermosa Beach, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 145 contacts → |
“Marlin Equity Partners is a global investment firm with nearly $10 billion in capital commitments specializing in the software, technology and services sectors.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Vesta Software Groupvestasoftwaregroup.com HQ: Wallingford, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Wallingford, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 139 contacts → |
“Vesta Software Group is a global organisation dedicated to helping vertical market software companies thrive.” Recorded description excerpt · September 29, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Corum Group LTDcorumgroup.com HQ: Bothell, WA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Bothell, WA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 139 contacts → |
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Software acquisition firms: dataset insights
September 29, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
1,244 records in the displayed employee bands.
1 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 1,245 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 29, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Software acquisition firms by location
11 lists · largest firstEvery Software acquisition firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Software acquisition firms based in the United States595
- Software acquisition firms based in the United Kingdom68
- Software acquisition firms based in Canada67
- Software acquisition firms based in Germany41
Cities
- Software acquisition firms based in New York, United States84
- Software acquisition firms based in London, United Kingdom44
- Software acquisition firms based in San Francisco, United States39
- Software acquisition firms based in Boston, United States33
- Software acquisition firms based in Austin, United States31
- Software acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States26
- Software acquisition firms based in Los Angeles, United States25
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for software acquisition firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many software acquisition firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,245 matching company records, 18,895 tracked contacts and 7,799 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 29, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 software acquisition firms worldwide. Snapshot: September 29, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/software-acquisition-firms.
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