Thoma Bravo
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Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thoma Bravo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2714382 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoma Bravo Context triple: [Instructure, acquiredBy, Thoma Bravo]
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A.
Permira
Permira is a global private equity firm that invests in and acquires businesses across sectors such as technology, consumer, healthcare, and financial services.
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B.
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Mohr Davidow Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm known for investing in early-stage technology and life sciences startups.
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C.
The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a major global private equity and investment firm known for managing large alternative asset portfolios and employing prominent political and financial figures.
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D.
Greylock Partners
Greylock Partners is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early-stage investments in leading technology companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.
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E.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in major technology companies such as Google and Amazon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoma Bravo Target entity description: Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
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A.
Permira
Permira is a global private equity firm that invests in and acquires businesses across sectors such as technology, consumer, healthcare, and financial services.
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B.
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Mohr Davidow Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm known for investing in early-stage technology and life sciences startups.
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C.
The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a major global private equity and investment firm known for managing large alternative asset portfolios and employing prominent political and financial figures.
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D.
Greylock Partners
Greylock Partners is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early-stage investments in leading technology companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.
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E.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early investments in major technology companies such as Google and Amazon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
investment firm
ⓘ
private equity firm ⓘ |
| acquired |
Barracuda Networks
ⓘ
Blue Coat Systems ⓘ Deltek ⓘ Dynatrace ⓘ Imprivata ⓘ Proofpoint ⓘ Qlik ⓘ SailPoint Technologies ⓘ SolarWinds ⓘ Sophos ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| emphasizes |
long-term partnerships with management teams
ⓘ
operational improvement in portfolio companies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
software companies
ⓘ
technology companies ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Carl Thoma
ⓘ
Orlando Bravo ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
Miami, Florida, United States
ⓘ
San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| hasPartner |
Carl Thoma
ⓘ
Orlando Bravo ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
software-focused private equity investing
ⓘ
value creation through operational expertise ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| industry | private equity ⓘ |
| investmentStrategy |
acquire-and-grow software businesses
ⓘ
buy-and-build ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acquiring software companies
ⓘ
growing software and technology companies ⓘ |
| notableExecutive |
Carl Thoma
ⓘ
Orlando Bravo ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| portfolioIncludes |
cybersecurity companies
ⓘ
enterprise software companies ⓘ infrastructure software companies ⓘ vertical market software companies ⓘ |
| predecessor | Thoma Cressey Bravo ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
buyout investments
ⓘ
growth equity investments ⓘ |
| typicalDealType | leveraged buyout ⓘ |
| website | https://www.thomabravo.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Thoma Bravo Description of subject: Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm known for acquiring and growing software and technology companies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.