Vista Equity Partners Completes Acquisition of Cvent
November 29 2016 - 9:16AM
Business Wire
Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event
management company, today announced that it has been acquired by
Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a leading private equity firm
focused on investments in software, data, and technology-enabled
businesses. The $1.65 billion transaction, originally announced
April 18, 2016, was completed on Tuesday, November 29, 2016.
Cvent’s shareholders approved the agreement on July 12, 2016.
Following the transaction, Reggie Aggarwal will remain the Chief
Executive Officer and President of Cvent. Cvent will continue to
operate as Cvent, Inc.
“We see tremendous value in the cloud-based solutions that Cvent
delivers to its customers in this largely untapped meetings and
events industry,” said Brian Sheth, co-Founder and President of
Vista. “We are thrilled to welcome Cvent into the Vista portfolio
of high-performing software companies and are excited to partner
with Reggie and his team as they continue to build upon the strong
foundation they have already established.”
“Cvent is extremely pleased to close this transaction and
believe that it is the right move for our customers, employees and
investors,” said Reggie Aggarwal, founder and Chief Executive
Officer and President of Cvent. “We look forward to working with
Vista to continue to innovate the meetings and events technology
space.”
Cvent’s common stock has ceased to be traded on NYSE on November
29, 2016.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati served as legal advisor to
Cvent. Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to
Vista.
About Cvent
Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT) is a leading cloud-based enterprise
event management company, with over 16,000 customers and 2,000
employees worldwide. Cvent offers software solutions to event
planners for online event registration, venue selection, event
management, mobile apps for events, email marketing, and web
surveys. Cvent provides hoteliers with an integrated platform,
enabling properties to increase group business demand through
targeted advertising and improve conversion through proprietary
demand management and business intelligence solutions. Cvent
solutions optimize the entire event management value chain and have
enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of thousands of
meetings and events. For more information, please visit Cvent.com,
or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
About Vista Equity Partners
Vista, a U.S.-based private equity firm with offices in San
Francisco, Chicago and Austin with more than $28 billion in
cumulative capital commitments, currently invests in software, data
and technology-based organizations led by world-class management
teams with long-term perspective. Vista is a value-added investor,
contributing professional expertise and multi-level support towards
companies realizing their full potential. Vista’s investment
approach is anchored by a sizable long-term capital base,
experience in structuring technology-oriented transactions, and
proven management techniques that yield flexibility and opportunity
in private equity investing. For more information, please visit
www.vistaequitypartners.com.
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Partners:Laurel StrategiesAlan Fleischmann,
202-413-4495mstakelin@laurelstrategies.com
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