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Vista Equity Partners

Private equity · Austin, US · vistaequitypartners.com ↗
American private equity and venture capital firm
How Vista Equity Partners invests
Stages
Pre-Seed · Seed · Series A · Series B · Series C+ · Public
Sector focus
AI / ML · SaaS / Enterprise
Notable portfolio
and tech insights, employees on how to continually apply best practices, of software companies that provide solutions to millions of customers around the
Source: Founders Bay Top 100 AI VCs (2026)
700 employeesAustin, Texas, 78749, United StatesLinkedIn ↗512.730.2400
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About Vista Equity Partners

AI investing

Lounge's deals desk lists four AI rounds connected to the firm, newest first. Arcee AI raised a $150M Series B in 2026-09, and the desk marks that round as led. SambaNova raised a $1B Series F in 2026-07. Nexthink had a private equity round in 2025-10 with undisclosed terms, marked as led. NeoCognition raised a $40M seed round in 2026-04. The firm is headquartered in Austin, US.

Stages and check sizes

Lounge's focus tags for the firm include Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B and Series C+, along with Public. Check sizes are not public in the sources available for this profile, so none are listed. The round sizes above are deal amounts, not the firm's individual checks.

Notable AI portfolio companies
  • Arcee AI: Series B, $150M, marked as led on the Lounge deals desk (2026-09)
  • SambaNova: Series F, $1B (2026-07)
  • Nexthink: private equity round, amount undisclosed, marked as led on the Lounge deals desk (2025-10)
  • NeoCognition: Seed, $40M (2026-04)
Sources

Investing activity

Vista Equity Partners appears in 5 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $1.22B, and led 2 of them. The rounds are mostly Series A, Series B and Series F, with a median round size of $150M and the largest at $1B. The most recent are Hyperbolic (Series A-1, $30M, Oct 2026), Arcee AI (Series B, $150M, Sep 2026) and SambaNova (Series F, $1B, Jul 2026).

Vista Equity Partners most often invests alongside Cambium Capital, Walden Catalyst, Dell Technologies Capital and General Catalyst, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI, AI compute management and GPU cloud and Foundation models (small language models).

Deals

5
AI rounds and acquisitions Vista Equity Partners took part in, newest first.

Frequently asked questions about Vista Equity Partners

Does Vista Equity Partners invest in AI companies?

Lounge's deals desk lists the firm in AI rounds, including Arcee AI's $150M Series B in 2026-09 and SambaNova's $1B Series F in 2026-07. The list reflects Lounge's own records.

What stages does Vista Equity Partners invest in?

Lounge tags the firm with Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+ and Public. Check sizes are not public in the sources used here.

Where is Vista Equity Partners based?

The firm is headquartered in Austin, US, according to Lounge's profile data.

Which AI rounds did Vista Equity Partners lead?

The Lounge deals desk marks Arcee AI's $150M Series B and Nexthink's undisclosed private equity round as led. Lead status for SambaNova and NeoCognition is not recorded.

What AI companies has Vista Equity Partners invested in?

Vista Equity Partners's AI investments include Hyperbolic, Arcee AI, SambaNova, NeoCognition and Nexthink. The 5 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.

What stage does Vista Equity Partners invest at?

In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Vista Equity Partners has invested at Series A, Series B, Series F and Seed, with a median round of $150M. Vista Equity Partners led 2 of those rounds.

Who does Vista Equity Partners co-invest with?

Vista Equity Partners's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Cambium Capital (3 deals), Walden Catalyst (1 deal), Dell Technologies Capital (1 deal), General Catalyst (1 deal) and Salience Capital (1 deal).

How can founders reach Vista Equity Partners?

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