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Match ReportFrancisco Partners came out draining threes, led by NMI's explosive 290% revenue surge and Vendavo's massive 5x revenue growth multipliers. However, Vista Equity Partners' transition game and inside presence were simply unstoppable. Driven by Quickbase's staggering 500% revenue growth highlights, and backed by lightning-fast, time-to-market speed runs from Acquia that reduced site launches to under a day, Vista controlled the tempo from the tip-off. With Kibo Commerce driving major conversion spikes, Vista Equity Partners takes home the championship with a dominant display of top-line acceleration and rapid deployment. Key PlaysPlay 1, The Fast-Break Time-to-Market- •Francisco Partners: Sourcescrub set a rapid pace, improving time-to-market by 3x for Copper Run, while Quest kept the transition offense moving by accelerating cloud infrastructure rollouts to slash go-to-market times by 66%.
- •Vista Equity Partners: Acquia ran a devastating fast-break, slashing time-to-market by 40% for Bayer Consumer Health and accelerating new site launches to under a day for Cencosud Shopping. Smartsheet completely changed the game speed by doubling the number of products launched for Scosche.
Winner: Vista Equity Partners Play 2, The Top-Line Revenue Slam Dunk- •Francisco Partners: NMI went hard to the rim, powering an independent sales organization to an explosive 290% net revenue increase in their first year. Vendavo added solid points in the paint by driving 5x greater revenue growth for B2B enterprises through its cloud platform.
- •Vista Equity Partners: Quickbase threw down a massive alley-oop, driving an unbelievable 500% revenue growth for Roof Diagnostics Solar and a 4x sales surge for VIP Medical. Acquia followed up with a heavy putback dunk, delivering a 23% annual revenue jump for nVent.
Winner: Vista Equity Partners Play 3, The Conversions & Pipeline Pick-and-Roll- •Francisco Partners: Salesforce executed a textbook pick-and-roll, driving a 50% year-over-year incremental revenue increase and pushing a 25.2% annual sales growth rate. New Relic hit a deep three to add an $8 million transaction revenue boost and a 2x jump in mobile conversions.
- •Vista Equity Partners: Kibo Commerce completely took over the fourth quarter, orchestrating a massive 57% boost in online conversions and double-digit annual revenue growth for Sun & Ski Sports. Mediaocean delivered the final dagger from way downtown, leveraging personalized messaging to generate a massive 264% lift in ROI to put the game away.
Winner: Vista Equity Partners |
Catalyst
Match ReportAccel KKR brought a strong offensive strategy. At the helm was IntelePeer's $2 million in recovered receivables and OneShield's impressive three-to-four-month time-to-market speed runs. However, Coatue Management's transition game and revenue-generating engine were simply unstoppable. Powered by Gong's staggering 500% business growth multipliers and Jasper's massive 400% ROI highlights, Coatue controlled the momentum from the tip-off. Backed by lightning-fast sales cycle reductions and deal velocity from Checkout.com and Lindy, Coatue Management takes home the championship with a dominant display of top-line acceleration and rapid deployment. Key PlaysPlay 1, The Fast-Break Time-to-Market- •Accel KKR: OneShield pushed the pace of the game, accelerating product launches with a rapid time-to-market of just 3 to 4 months. FastSpring kept the transition offense moving by slashing order fulfillment times down to under 24 hours.
- •Coatue Management: Checkout.com ran a devastating fast break, shrinking platform setup times down to just 2 days and cutting loan disbursements to mere seconds. Jasper completely changed the game speed by accelerating campaign creation times by 93%.
Winner: Coatue Management Play 2, The Revenue Multiplier Slam Dunk- •Accel KKR: IntelePeer went hard to the rim, pulling down a massive $2 million in recovered outstanding receivables and boosting payment collection speeds by 33%. Kantata added solid points in the paint by delivering an impressive 6.02x benefits-to-costs ratio.
- •Coatue Management: Gong threw down a massive alley-oop, driving an unbelievable 500% business growth multiplier and delivering a staggering 481% ROI highlight reel. Lindy followed up with a heavy putback dunk, generating a jaw-dropping 5x return on investment for an AI workforce deployment.
Winner: Coatue Management Play 3, The Deal Velocity Pick-and-Roll- •Accel KKR: Kantata executed a textbook pick-and-roll, addressing a 44% delay in the quote-to-cash process to help professional services organizations streamline and accelerate their revenue realization.
- •Coatue Management: Gong completely took over the fourth quarter, generating a massive 62% increase in annual contract value for Filtered while shaving a full two months off their sales cycle. They delivered the final dagger with a 16% increase in overall win rates to put the game away.
Winner: Coatue Management |
Operator
Match ReportTPG brought a regimented, fundamental game plan to the court, leaning heavily on Persefoni to accelerate environmental reporting speeds. However, Silversmith's high flying offense was simply unstoppable. Driven by impact.com's massive multi million dollar revenue generation and gargantuan 600 percent growth multipliers, Silversmith controlled the momentum from the tip off. Backed by lightning fast time to market speed runs from Worldly and explosive sales growth from ActiveCampaign, Silversmith takes the championship with a truly dominant display of top line acceleration and rapid deployment. Key PlaysPlay 1, The Fast Break Time to Market- •TPG: Persefoni executed a solid transition game, speeding up environmental workflows by cutting the average time to calculate a carbon footprint after collecting data down to just 24 days.
- •Silversmith: Worldly threw a flawless full court pass, slashing the time to obtain Scope 3 data down to mere minutes, while Ascend Analytics kept the tempo blazing with a rapid 3 to 4 turnaround time for valuation results.
Play 2, The Top Line Revenue Slam Dunk- •TPG: Played tough perimeter defense but struggled to put big revenue numbers on the board in this matchup, relying mostly on their reporting speed to stay competitive.
- •Silversmith: impact.com completely took over the paint, powering Rugs Direct to a gargantuan 600 percent year over year revenue increase and generating a staggering 35 million dollars in annual sales for partner brands via SitePlug.
Play 3, The Conversion Pick and Roll- •TPG: Attempted to run their half court sets and find open looks, but ultimately lacked the offensive firepower to generate meaningful conversion and pipeline spikes before the buzzer.
- •Silversmith: ActiveCampaign executed a textbook pick and roll, driving a massive 347 percent revenue growth highlight for Uplift DC and boosting Swim University's revenue by 66 percent to put the game completely on ice.
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Operator
Match ReportInflexion Private Equity Partners brought an elite-level game plan, led by Curinos' massive $1 billion incremental deposit surge and ANS driving £129 million in revenue growth. However, Apax Partners' transition game and revenue-generating engine were simply unstoppable. Powered by Bonterra Tech's 2x revenue growth multipliers and Pricefx's 100% year-over-year revenue spikes, Apax controlled the momentum from the tip-off. Backed by lightning-fast, time-to-market speed runs from Qualitest and Zensar that reduced software release cycles and deployment times by up to 90%, Apax Partners takes home the championship with a dominant display of top-line acceleration and rapid deployment. Key PlaysPlay 1, The Fast-Break Time-to-Market- •Inflexion Private Equity Partners: FDM Group pushed the pace, accelerating mobile payment app projects to just six weeks and cutting credit card application times down to two days. Movera kept the transition offense moving by smashing industry records with a lightning-fast three-day property transaction completion time.
- •Apax Partners: Qualitest completely changed the game speed, accelerating software release speeds by 6x to 12x for major clients. Zensar ran a devastating fast break alongside them, slashing regression test cycle times by 90% and accelerating financial close cycles by 60%.
Play 2, The Top-Line Revenue Slam Dunk- •Inflexion Private Equity Partners: ANS went hard to the rim, powering global manufacturers to an explosive £129 million in revenue growth. Curinos added solid points in the paint by unlocking an incredible $1 billion in incremental deposits and driving a 22% increase in checking sales for financial institutions.
- •Apax Partners: Bonterra Tech threw down a massive alley-oop, empowering nonprofits to achieve a staggering 2x revenue growth multiplier. Pricefx followed up with a heavy putback dunk, utilizing dynamic market simulation to deliver a massive 100% year-over-year revenue growth exceeding the previous year.
Play 3, The Sales Cycle & Deal Velocity Pick-and-Roll- •Inflexion Private Equity Partners: CMSPI executed a textbook pick-and-roll, driving multi-million-dollar sales growth for ecommerce and digital merchants. DWF completely took over the paint, rapidly advising on 100 corporate deals in just 18 months to generate a massive £3.5 billion in total deal value.
- •Apax Partners: Lever ran a relentless full-court press, slashing the average time to fill roles by 40% and accelerating overall time-to-hire by an unbelievable 90%. Faculty delivered the final dagger from way downtown, using AI to reduce shortlist generation time from days down to mere minutes to exponentially increase project win rates and put the game away.
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