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Planview Completes Acquisition of Vancouver-based Tasktop Technologies
Thursday, July 7, 2022Company Profile | Follow Company
Vancouver, BC, July 7, 2022--(T-Net)--Planview, a global leader in Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Tasktop, a pioneer and leader in Value Stream Management (VSM). The acquisition was initially announced on May 18.
Razat Gaurav, Chief Executive Officer, Planview
"Bringing Mik Kersten and the Tasktop team into Planview will help deliver new levels of excellence to companies and industries navigating through change," said Razat Gaurav, CEO of Planview. "By merging Tasktop's institutional expertise in scaling software with Planview's focus on delivering enterprise-scale visibility, we've created a new industry powerhouse poised to help organizations connect the business of software delivery and conduct their business transformations with unprecedented confidence and efficiency."
The combination of Planview and Tasktop means customers work with a single, comprehensive organization with expertise in capabilities ranging from Value Stream Management (VSM) to Strategic Portfolio Management and Enterprise Agile Planning.
According to a May 2022 Forrester blog, The Market For VSM And SPM Takes A Big Step Forward, "We see the Planview + Tasktop combination having the potential to shake up the (Strategic Portfolio Management) SPM and VSM marketplace and force it to evolve at an even faster pace by putting pressure on existing leaders in agile planning and DevOps management solutions."
"To succeed with digital transformation, organizations must expand beyond Agile teams to portfolio-level business agility," said Dean Leffingwell, creator of SAFe and cofounder, Scaled Agile, Inc. "We're headed in the right direction. With so many enterprises now deploying SAFe, and the shift from project to product described in Mik Kersten's book gaining mind share, this new way of working and thinking is finding its way into the CEO's office. This new paradigm is helping leaders effectively connect the strategic portfolio level with software delivery, which introduces huge opportunities for the business. It is great to see our Scaled Agile partners Planview and Tasktop coming together to help enterprises maximize and accelerate those opportunities."
The newly combined entity affirms Planview's leading position globally with 4,500 enterprise customers worldwide, more than 1,300 employees, and a combined FY21 revenue of approximately $400 million.
Planview will continue to invest in and support the Tasktop product lines as standalone solutions in the immediate term and will evaluate product direction long term based on customer and industry feedback.
As part of the transaction, Tasktop cofounder and CEO, Mik Kersten, has joined Planview as Chief Technology Officer.
Sumeru Equity Partners, Tasktop's lead investor, along with minority investors Elsewhere Partners and Yaletown Partners, and Tasktop's management will be rolling part of their equity in the new combined entity and will maintain minority interest in Planview alongside its majority shareholders, TPG and TA Associates. Golub Capital provided committed debt financing and Jefferies LLC acted as financial advisors to Planview. Ropes & Gray served as legal counsel to Planview. AGC Partners acted as financial advisors to Tasktop / Sumeru Equity Partners, and Kirkland & Ellis served as legal counsel.
About Planview
Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview's full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions create an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empower teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide.
About Tasktop
Tasktop's value stream management platform enables enterprises to master software at scale. Leading brands, including half of the Fortune 100, use Tasktop to provide real-time visibility into the health of product value streams, allowing them to make better decisions and align with business goals. Tasktop connects with existing third party tools businesses are already using and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automations, visualizations and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis. Learn more about Tasktop at Tasktop.com and follow us on Twitter @Tasktop.
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