Flexera Software is a software publisher formerly known as Acresso Software. Among their products are the FlexNet Publisher

FlexNet Publisher

FlexNet Publisher is a common software license manager from Flexera Software which implements license management and is intended to be used in corporate environments to provide floating licenses to multiple end users of computer software.Computer software can be licensed in a variety of ways...

 license manager and the InstallAnywhere

InstallAnywhere

InstallAnywhere is a Java-based software tool for creating installers or software packages, for multiple platforms. InstallAnywhere was originally made by Zero G Software until it was acquired by Macrovision in mid-June 2005. With Macrovision's sale of their software group, InstallAnywhere is now...

 and InstallShield

InstallShield

InstallShield is a software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices...

 installation packagers.

The company used to be the Rovi Corporation's software division (at the time it was still named Macrovision). On the 1st of April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Cressey Bravo

Thoma Cressey Bravo

Thoma Cressey Bravo, formerly Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, is a private equity and growth capital firm based in Chicago and San Francisco...

 investment fund.

On July 19, 2011 Thoma Cressey Bravo

Thoma Cressey Bravo

Thoma Cressey Bravo, formerly Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, is a private equity and growth capital firm based in Chicago and San Francisco...

sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.