Redgate Software announced it has received a strategic growth investment from Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private equity firm, in a transaction that will make Sagemount the majority shareholder of Redgate, pending regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the companies said the deal is expected to close in late Q1 2026.
Redgate, founded in 1999 in Cambridge, England, said it has grown to more than 500 employees across six locations worldwide, with its U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas. The company provides database management and Database DevOps software used by more than 200,000 people globally, including 92% of the Fortune 100, according to the announcement.
Redgate said the investment will support its vision of becoming a trusted database operations platform that gives customers control across the full database lifecycle. The company said its platform is designed to unify change automation, observability, governance, and compliant data provisioning, with an emphasis on secure, compliant, and AI-ready database management.
As part of the transaction, Sagemount will join Redgate’s board of directors.
Support: Shea & Company served as Redgate’s exclusive financial advisor, and DLA Piper provided legal counsel.
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“I have led Redgate as CEO since 2021, working with an exceptional team who have made us the market leader in Database DevOps we are today. When seeking a partner for our next phase of growth and development, I knew we needed an investment firm with a close cultural fit and shared long-term view of Redgate’s potential. Sagemount’s wealth of experience and success with founder-led software businesses, coupled with their strong support of our vision to become the trusted database operations platform, makes this an ideal partnership.”
Jakub Lamik, CEO, Redgate Software
“Simon, Neil, and the Redgate team have built an exceptional company, with a trusted, long-established brand and a track record of resilience and reinvention. We have followed Redgate with interest for many years, and, leveraging our long history of partnering with founder-owned and product-led businesses like Redgate, we believe that now is the ideal time to be making a strategic investment with long-term growth ahead.”
Adam Fuller, Co-Founder and Partner, Bregal Sagemount
“Redgate’s database operations platform is uniquely engineered to unify change automation, observability, governance, and compliant data provisioning, with coverage across the world’s most data-rich and complex enterprises. We look forward to supporting the Redgate team to scale and empower customers with secure, compliant, and AI-ready database management.”
David Greenbaum, Principal, Bregal Sagemount
“We are thrilled to enter this new era for Redgate, and Sagemount is the perfect partner to support us in achieving our strategic growth initiatives. I look forward to working with them as we focus on faster product development, greater breadth and depth of AI integration and capabilities, and enhanced automation, governance and security offerings. Together, we will ensure our customers’ database environments are ready to scale in line with their business goals.”
Steve Mitchell, CFO, Redgate Software
