After one of the sharpest valuation resets in enterprise software since the dot-com era, most investors are still recalibrating. Francisco Partners is moving the other way. The tech-focused buyout firm is heading to market with a $17.5 billion fundraising push, betting that compressed multiples and growing uncertainty around AI have created the kind of dislocation that historically produces its strongest vintages.

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