Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity firm with over 50 years of experience in building businesses through a collaborative culture and sector expertise. The firm focuses on private equity, venture capital, leveraged buyouts, and growth capital.

Apax

Apax Partners LLP

Apax Partners LLP ("Apax") is a leading global private equity advisory firm. For 50 years, Apax has worked to inspire growth and ideas that transform businesses. The firm has raised and advised funds with aggregate commitments of more than $65 billion. The Apax Funds invest in companies across four global sectors of Tech, Services, Healthcare and Internet/Consumer. These funds provide long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. For further information about Apax, please visit www.apax.com.

DBV Technologies

Rue21

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise

Openlane

Matches Fashion

SMART Technologies

Sonim Technologies

Audible

Becton Dickinson India

Cengage Group

Paycor

Plex Systems

Qcells

RealPage

Cholamandalam

Global-e

idealista

Inmarsat

Tikehau Capital

Audax Private Debt

Earlier this month, the Apax Funds completed the acquisition of WGSN, a leading consumer trend forecasting business. 

In this short Q&A, Mark Sykes, Principal at Apax, reflects on the partnership, exploring the rationale behind the deal, and how the Apax team will partner with the newly independent WGSN to help fuel future growth.

Scroll below or click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/eSF4bqJr

Thank you to SEO London for organising a great event focused on the importance of inclusion and diversity in the workplace, challenges and opportunities for our industry, and what we can all do to overcome the barriers that exist.

Congratulations to Apax Fund portfolio company Oncourse Home Solutions, which announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy, to acquire its Consumers Energy Appliance Service Plan (ASP) business. 

Find out more below.

We're proud to announce that the Apax Funds have completed the acquisition of WGSN, the world's leading consumer trend forecaster. 

WGSN’s data and forecasts provide global trend insights across a wide range of industries, including fashion, beauty, food & drink, interiors, and consumer technology. 

Commenting on the news, Apax's Steven Kooyers said: “We’re excited to work side by side with Carla Buzasi and her team to execute on our shared vision for growth. The team has built a terrific business with mission critical products, a strong brand, and a long history of customer success. Together, we will continue to innovate and improve WGSN’s core fashion product proposition while accelerating the Company’s already successful expansion into new verticals.”

Find out more here:

Our Co-CEO Andrew Sillitoe took to the stage at IPEM today to discuss deal origination with Bloomberg’s Swetha Gopinath. Andrew and Swetha spoke about opportunities in the current market environment and the outlook for deal origination in the year ahead. 
 
Asked about the outlook, Andrew commented that the range of outcomes has narrowed from a macro perspective, making it a more investible environment. You can hear more below.

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Congratulations to Dinesh Venugopal, who has joined Apax Fund portfolio company Infogain as its new CEO. 

Find out more below.

What is the process for a successful exit? Apax’s Gabriele Cipparrone shares his thoughts with Forbes, providing an insight into Apax's strategy of focusing on 'hidden gems'.

Click below to read the full article and hear more from Gabriele: https://lnkd.in/eBkg5yrR

The Apax team are looking forward to attending IPEM in Cannes at the end of January where our co-CEO, Andrew Sillitoe, will be giving a keynote speech on deal sourcing strategies. Our team will be based at stand N241 – Level 0. We hope to see you there!

Arthur Brothag, Olaf Wentrup & Caroline Ruzici-Mulder

Congratulations to Apax Fund portfolio company IBS Software on its acquisition of Above Property Services (APS). Find out more below!

It’s been an exciting and busy start to the year for the Apax team in London as we relocated to our new office by Hyde Park Corner. 
 
Please note that our new London office address is: Apax, 1 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LX

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