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Top 25 Private equity firms specializing in software companies based in the United States

Name: Private equity firms specializing in software companies based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 4,886 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 4,886 private equity firms specializing in software companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 71,689 professional contacts across them, including 36,754 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity firms specializing in software companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest private equity firms specializing in software companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 4,886 private equity firms specializing in software companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to private equity firms specializing in software companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	The Carlyle Group	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,515 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	H.I.G. Capital	Indirect evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	1,301 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “H.I.G.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	Warburg Pincus LLC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	1,290 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Warburg Pincus LLC is the pioneer of global growth investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	Golub Capital	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,126 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Golub Capital is a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and experienced private credit manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	Advent	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	1,025 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working in partnership with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	ACCEL	Partial evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	981 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	TA Associates	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	881 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Vista Equity Partners	Strong evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	839 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is a leading global technology investor specializing in software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Insight Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	623 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	PSG	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	513 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Dataprise	Indirect evidence	Rockville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	488 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Summit Partners	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	465 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Summit Partners is a global alternative investment firm with capital dedicated to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	The Riverside Company	Partial evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	447 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital options for business owners and employees at the smaller end of the middle…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	Siri Infosolutions, INC	Strong evidence	Edison, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	423 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Siri InfoSolutions is a private equity consortium firm that specializes in providing IT staffing services to Fortune 500 clients throughout the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Cd&r	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	385 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1978, CD & R is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	Adams Street Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	367 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Adams Street Partners is a global investment firm managing a comprehensive suite of private markets investment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Stage 2 Capital	Partial evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	354 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stage 2 Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage B2B software companies and sits shoulder to shoulder with leadership teams to operationalize sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	W Capital Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	337 contacts →
	Strong evidence “W Capital Partners is a private equity firm that provides secondary liquidity to shareholders in private businesses and growth capital for those companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Shore Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	327 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with an office in Nashville, is an investor in lower-middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Thoma Bravo	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	309 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	AMG	Indirect evidence	West Palm Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	297 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AMG is a leading partner to independent investment management firms globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	York IE	Partial evidence	Manchester, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	292 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Alpine Investors	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	278 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	HGGC	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	272 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 2007, we’ve specialized in transforming good businesses into great companies through our differentiated approach to partnership investing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Clearlake Capital Group	Indirect evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	51-200	266 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clearlake Capital is a leading global alternative asset manager founded in 2006 with over $185 billion of assets under management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: private equity firms specializing in software companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names private equity firms specializing in software companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of private equity firms specializing in software companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name private equity firms specializing in software companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Private equity firms specializing in software companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

51.3%Verified-email coverage

14.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

15.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,200

11-50

1,323

51-200

259

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 4,886 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among private equity firms specializing in software companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “private equity firms specializing in software companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names private equity firms specializing in software companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity firms specializing in software companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 36,754 across the full list. 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.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Private equity firms specializing in software companies by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names private equity firms specializing in software companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many private equity firms specializing in software companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 4,886 private equity firms specializing in software companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

The Carlyle Group, headquartered in Washington, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most private equity firms specializing in software companies?

New York leads with 735 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (239) and San Francisco (218).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 36,754 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,886 companies.

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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About this data

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 Smart Search, 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.