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The GrowthCap Top Software Investors of 2024 recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 10/2024, which included a participation fee for consideration. The 2024 GrowthCap Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing of 2024 recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 06/2024, which included a participation fee for consideration. Private Equity International’s 40 under 40: Future Leaders recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 05/2024. The 2023 GrowthCap Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 01/2024, which included a participation fee for consideration. The 2023 WSJ Pro Private Equity Women To Watch List is an annual list that was presented 11/2023 in which nominees were required to apply for nomination. The 2023 GrowthCap Top Software Investors of 2023 recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 10/2023, which included a participation fee for consideration. The Insider’s Wall Street’s Rising Stars for 2023 recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 09/2023. The 2023 GrowthCap Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing of 2023 recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 07/2023, which included a participation fee for consideration. The 2022 GrowthCap Top 40 Under 40 in Growth Investing recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 12/2022, which included a participation fee for consideration. The 2022 Insider 100 People Transforming Business recognition is an annual recognition that was presented 11/2022. Forbes 30 Under 30, PEI’s Future 40 and Buyouts’ Women in Private Equity nominees were required to apply for nomination.

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Rachel Arnold

Senior Managing Director

Private Equity, Endeavor

Austin

Name Rachel Arnold

Title Senior Managing Director

Division Private Equity, Endeavor

Location Austin

Rachel Arnold has over two decades of experience investing in and scaling growth at market-leading software companies. Ms. Arnold is Co-Head of the Vista Endeavor Funds and serves as a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s decision-making body for matters affecting Vista’s overall private equity platform. She currently sits on the boards of BigTime, BlueConic, Gnosis Freight, RadarFirst, Resilinc and Tripleseat, and is involved with the firm’s investments in Benchmark, COMPLY, Innovapptive, mabl and Portside. She was actively involved with the firm’s investments in AGDATA, Autotask, BigMachines, Bonterra, Bullhorn, Dispatch, Kibo, Lanyon, Lone Wolf, Naviga, PeopleAdmin, Relias Learning, SecureLink, WorkTango and Zapproved. Ms. Arnold was named one of GrowthCap’s Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing in 2022 and 2023, and to Buyouts’ Women in Private Equity Class of 2022.

Prior to joining Vista Equity Partners in 2012, Ms. Arnold held executive positions at four Vista companies. Her roles have included interim CEO at Bonterra (formerly Social Solutions), Senior Vice President of Engineering, Product Management and Marketing at Mitratech, Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at MicroEdge, and running Business Development and Channel Programs at SRC Software. Outside of her Vista tenure, Ms. Arnold served as Strategy Director at Interbrand and as an Equity Research Associate covering enterprise software at Pacific Crest.

Ms. Arnold is passionate about giving back to her community. In 2017, she co-founded the Austin chapter of Friends of the Children, a nonprofit organization focused on breaking the cycle of generational poverty through transformative work with high-risk youth. Ms. Arnold is the Past Chair and current board member for the Friends of the Children Austin chapter and serves as Treasurer and Trustee for The Contemporary Austin. She previously served on the National Board for Friends of the Children.

Education

B.A. in International Business, Linfield College

Rachel Arnold

Senior Managing Director

Private Equity, Endeavor

Austin

Name Rachel Arnold

Title Senior Managing Director

Division Private Equity, Endeavor

Location Austin

Rachel Arnold has over two decades of experience investing in and scaling growth at market-leading software companies. Ms. Arnold is Co-Head of the Vista Endeavor Funds and serves as a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s decision-making body for matters affecting Vista’s overall private equity platform. She currently sits on the boards of BigTime, BlueConic, Gnosis Freight, RadarFirst, Resilinc and Tripleseat, and is involved with the firm’s investments in Benchmark, COMPLY, Innovapptive, mabl and Portside. She was actively involved with the firm’s investments in AGDATA, Autotask, BigMachines, Bonterra, Bullhorn, Dispatch, Kibo, Lanyon, Lone Wolf, Naviga, PeopleAdmin, Relias Learning, SecureLink, WorkTango and Zapproved. Ms. Arnold was named one of GrowthCap’s Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing in 2022 and 2023, and to Buyouts’ Women in Private Equity Class of 2022.

Prior to joining Vista Equity Partners in 2012, Ms. Arnold held executive positions at four Vista companies. Her roles have included interim CEO at Bonterra (formerly Social Solutions), Senior Vice President of Engineering, Product Management and Marketing at Mitratech, Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at MicroEdge, and running Business Development and Channel Programs at SRC Software. Outside of her Vista tenure, Ms. Arnold served as Strategy Director at Interbrand and as an Equity Research Associate covering enterprise software at Pacific Crest.

Ms. Arnold is passionate about giving back to her community. In 2017, she co-founded the Austin chapter of Friends of the Children, a nonprofit organization focused on breaking the cycle of generational poverty through transformative work with high-risk youth. Ms. Arnold is the Past Chair and current board member for the Friends of the Children Austin chapter and serves as Treasurer and Trustee for The Contemporary Austin. She previously served on the National Board for Friends of the Children.

Education

B.A. in International Business, Linfield College

Disclosures

Value Creation Team (“VCT”) consists of Vista professionals dedicated in whole or in part to operational matters (“Operating Professionals”) and the members of Vista Consulting Group (including OneVista) (“VCG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vista.