Fund-Raising Software Companies with Deep Pockets

Company: Best Software (Irvine, Calif.)

Year founded: 1982
Ownership: Subsidary of the Sage Group, a publicly traded company in the United Kingdom.
Number of employees: 2,500
Products: GT Pro, Millennium, MIP, Paradigm, and Rainbow
Number of customers: 8,000
2003 revenue: $407-million (For the entire company)

Company: Blackbaud (Charleston, S.C.)
Year founded:1982
Ownership status: Made its initial public offering on July 22, 2004
Number of employees: 815
Products: The Education Edge, the Financial Edge, the Information Edge, the Patron Edge, ProspectPoint, the Raiser’s Edge, WealthPoint
Number of customers: 12,500
2003 revenue: $118.1-million

Company: Convio (Austin, Tex.)
Year founded: 1999
Ownership: Privately owned; has raised $37-million in venture capital
Number of employees: 100
Products: Convio
Customers: 300
2003 revenue: $7-million

Company: Kintera (San Diego)
Year founded: 2000
Ownership status: Made its initial public offering on December 18, 2003. Raised $TK-million in venture capital before the offering.
Number of employees: 289
Products: Kintera Sphere
Customers: 500
2003 revenue: $8-million

Company: SunGard (Wayne, Pa.)
Year founded: 1976
Ownership status: Public
Number of employees: TK
Products: SunGard BSR Advance
Customers: 150
2003 revenue: $3-billion (for the entire company)