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Awards · March 4, 2026

Thoma Bravo Named 2026 Top Private Equity Innovator by BluWave

Thoma Bravo has been recognized as a recipient of BluWave's Top Private Equity Innovator Award for the second year in a row. The Private Equity Innovator Award recognizes the top 2 percent of North America’s most innovative private equity firms.

Firms were evaluated across four key criteria: proactive due diligence practices, transformative value creation, modern private equity firm operations, and corporate citizenship. Awardees were selected by a committee in consultation with limited partners, investment bankers, industry thought leaders, and service providers. The committee evaluated more than 6,000 private equity firms and used more than 75 different factors, incorporating more than 400,000 data points.

Read more about the awards and see the complete list of winners here.

*These awards are the opinion of the party conferring the awards and should not be considered an endorsement of Thoma Bravo. Issued by Bluwave on March 4, 2026, the 2026 Top Private Equity Innovator Awards were based on the period of January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025. There can be no assurance that other providers or surveys would utilize the same criteria used to determine these awards or reach the same conclusion.