For the third year in a row, Thoma Bravo's Behind the Deal podcast was recognized as a Signal Award winner in three different categories. The 2026 Signal Awards, opens in a new tab. honor podcasts that take creative risks: work that breaks format, takes on hard subjects or finds a new way to reach listeners.
Behind the Deal was named the Gold winner for the Craft - Best Trailer category and the Silver winner in the Brand Storytelling - Business category. Our episode "Orlando Bravo and IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on AI, the Future of Software, and IBM’s $34B Red Hat Deal, opens in a new tab." also took Gold in the Individual Episode - Business category.
Winners are selected by The Signal Awards Judging Academy is an esteemed collective made up of the architects, instigators and trailblazers of the medium. The complete directory of our Judges can be found here, opens in a new tab.. Each year, The Signal Awards present Gold, Silver and Bronze honors, and the listening public votes for their favorite Finalists to receive the Listener’s Choice Award in each category. In 2026, Listener’s Choice voting drew over 260,000 votes from 94,000 listeners.
About Thoma Bravo's Behind the Deal
Thoma Bravo's Behind the Deal takes listeners behind the scenes of the world's largest software-focused investment firm. To hear the stories and strategies behind building Thoma Bravo’s portfolio of innovative, industry-leading software and technology companies, listen to all four seasons of Behind the Deal.
About The Signal Awards
The Signal Awards recognizes the podcasts that define culture. The awards body is mission-focused on uplifting the podcast medium by recognizing the most potent, meaningful and unprecedented audio projects being made today as decided by The Signal Awards Judging Academy.