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ESW Capital acquisitions
ESW Capital is a holding company that buys and keeps software businesses based in Austin, US. We track 10 of its acquisitions. It buys most often in e-commerce and retail, productivity and collaboration, marketing technology.
eswcapital.com ↗Acquisitions tracked
10
Most recent deal
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Deal size
Under $1M to ~$460M
Based in
Austin, US
What ESW Capital buys
Mature or struggling enterprise software (Trilogy, Aurea, IgniteTech, Avolin).
Buys in: United States
How to sell to ESW Capital
Included with full access, for every acquirer in the database.
- 2 contacts: intake email, forms and M&A team
- How their acquisition process runs
- Typical time from LOI to close
- Deal structure: cash, earnouts, rollover
- What happens after close
- Red flags and founder reports
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All ESW Capital acquisitions
Date not disclosed · 10
| Company | Date | Category | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aclate | — | — | — | glassdoor.ca |
| Aurea | — | — | — | sli-systems.com |
| BroadVision Majority stake | — | E-commerce and retail | $16.8M | marketscreener.com |
| IgniteTech | — | — | — | sli-systems.com |
| Jigsaw | — | — | — | sli-systems.com |
| Jive | — | — | $462.0M | techmeme.com |
| Jive Software Full acquisition | — | Productivity and collaboration | $462.0M | cmswire.com |
| Marin Software | — | Marketing technology | — | en.wikipedia.org |
| SLI Systems Full acquisition | — | — | — | sli-systems.com |
| Think3 | — | — | — | sli-systems.com |