Francisco Partners is a leading technology-focused private equity firm with $45 billion in assets under management (2024). The firm differentiates itself through deep sector expertise, flexible capital, and a strong track record of returns, earning the #1 spot in the 2025 HEC Paris Dow Jones Large Buyout performance rankings. Francisco Partners specializes in divisional buyouts, taking public companies private, growth equity, and recapitalizations of maturing technology and technology-enabled services businesses. Its portfolio includes notable companies such as The Weather Company, New Relic, and Sumo Logic, demonstrating its ability to drive value in tech investments.
Dipanjan Deb
CEO
Michael Kohlsdorf
President & Founder
Georgi Chilikov
Managing Director Capital Markets
Eran Gorev
Partner and President of Israel
Jason Warner, CFA
Managing Director, Head of Data Science
Andrew Brown
Managing Director
Daniel Aron
Managing Director
Ezra Perlman
Co-President
Tom Ludwig
Chief Operating Officer
John Herr
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Maury
Chief Technology Officer
Ilan Lahav
VP
Peter Kreuch
VP
William Chow
VP
Ravi Bhatt
VP
Noah Phillips
VP
Lauren (Hunt) Jacobs
VP, Talent
Nick Nelson
VP
Nick LaGrandeur
VP
Niko Stjepan Martinovic
VP
Paul Hastings says it advised Francisco Partners on its acquisition of EfficientIP, a DNS, DHCP, IP address management, and DNS security company, from founders and minority investors. The item was published on June 29, 2026.
