HgCapital Mercury announces a significant investment in fundinfo AG
HgCapital has today announced a significant investment in fundinfo AG (“fundinfo”), a leading technology platform for fund data and documents publication and dissemination to the global fund industry, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. HgCapital will partner with the existing directors of fundinfo, Michael Partin, Philipp Portmann, Jan Giller, Daniel Walter, Matthias Weber and Jochen Gutbrod – […]
17 November 2016HgCapital announces investment in Evaluate
HgCapital has today announced an investment in Evaluate Group (“Evaluate”), a London-headquartered provider of commercial intelligence to the global life sciences industry. The terms of this transaction have not been disclosed. Evaluate is the trusted provider of mission critical commercial information for complex business decisions to the pharmaceutical industry. Evaluate’s core product is an industry […]
8 November 2016CogitalGroup which is backed by HgCapital
• CogitalGroup will consist of Blick Rothenberg, the former BPO Division of Visma and Baldwins • The Group will provide outsourcing, accounting, payroll, taxation, financial and other advisory services to a broad range of businesses including entrepreneurial businesses and high net worth individuals • Pro-forma revenue of the Group will be circa £300 million CogitalGroup, […]
12 October 2016HgCapital announces investment in STP Group
HgCapital has today announced an investment in STP Group (“STP”), a leading provider of insolvency and law practice software, based in Germany, in partnership with the current CEO and co-founder Gunther Thies. Mr Thies retains a significant interest in the business and will continue as CEO. The investment was made from HgCapital’s Mercury Fund which […]
5 October 2016HgCapital returns 36% IRR from the sale of Personal & Informatik to Permira funds
First realisation from HgCapital 7 Fund Delivers 36% IRR and 2.3x investment multiple HgCapital has returned c.£1 billion in 2016 year to date HgCapital 7 Fund has now returned approximately 25% of invested cost HgCapital is pleased to announce that it has agreed the sale of Personal & Informatik AG (“P&I”), a leading provider of […]
19 September 2016HgCapital announces an investment in Visma BPO
HgCapital has announced today its acquisition of Visma BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), a leading provider of outsourced accounting services. Based in Oslo, Norway, the newly acquired company will sit within HgCapital’s Services sector. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Visma BPO is currently owned by Visma, a Nordic accountancy software company which HgCapital […]
HgCapital further strengthens the executive team
Nick Luckock, previously a Partner at Actis, will be joining HgCapital in October as a Partner. Nick will be a member of the Services team working alongside Matt Rourke and Andrew Land. This follows the promotions of Amanda Good and Sebastien Briens to Partner in May. HgCapital is delighted to announce that Nick Luckock, previously […]
1 September 2016Launch of CogitalGroup, a new advisory services business
• HgCapital and John Connolly create a new, CogitalGroup • CogitalGroup will provide accounting, taxation, financial and other advisory services to entrepreneurial businesses and high net worth individuals • Plan to build a business, initially through the acquisition of exceptional firms that will provide superior service to entrepreneurial companies and business owners HgCapital, a leading […]
12 August 2016HgCapital’s Mercury Fund sells Relay Software to Applied Systems
Transaction marks inaugural exit from HgCapital’s specialist lower mid-market TMT fund. The £380m Fund made its first investment in 2012; had nine investments in its portfolio prior to today’s realisation and has already completed four recapitalisations within the portfolio to date, returning capital to investors HgCapital is pleased to announce that it has sold Relay […]
9 August 2016HgCapital agrees to sell SFC KOENIG to IDEX
HgCapital is pleased to announce that it has agreed the sale of SFC KOENIG, a Switzerland-based, leading provider of high-quality, sealing and flow control technology, to IDEX Corporation (“IDEX”), a producer of highly engineered fluidics systems and components in the USA. Completion is subject to, amongst other things, regulatory approval. With roots in custom-made sheet […]
28 July 2016HgCapital builds for the future by strengthening executive team
Amanda Good and Sebastien Briens promoted to Partners at the Firm Florian Wolff and Enrico Grasso join from Advent International and KKR They will work with the current executive team, led by Nic Humphries, Senior Partner with overall responsibility for the Firm. HgCapital is delighted to announce a series of key promotions and appointments to […]
19 May 2016HgCapital announces investment in Raet
HgCapital announced today a majority investment in Raet, a leading HR solutions provider, specialised in HR cloud software and services. Raet will sit within HgCapital’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (“TMT”) sector. HgCapital will assume majority ownership from CVC Capital Partners and will be investing alongside the management team, who will retain a significant minority stake […]
24 March 2016HgCapital announces investment in Trace One
HgCapital has today announced an investment into Trace One, a leading Software as a Service (“SaaS”) platform for the retail and private label goods sectors, headquartered in Paris, France. The investment was made from HgCapital’s Mercury Fund which focuses on growth buyouts in the technology sector across Europe. The terms of the transaction were not […]
8 March 2016HgCapital announces investment in Citation
HgCapital’s Services team has announced today a majority investment in Citation, one of the leading providers of HR and Employment law, Health & Safety, and ISO services to UK businesses. HgCapital will assume majority ownership from ECI Partners, investing alongside the existing management team. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Citation was established […]
15 February 2016HgCapital announces investment in Kinapse
HgCapital’s Services team has announced today a majority investment in Kinapse, a leading global provider of advisory, capability building and operational services to the life sciences industries, focused on regulatory compliance and quality. Kinapse is headquartered in London. HgCapital will back the existing management and assume majority ownership from management shareholders and Synova Capital. The […]
1 February 2016HgCapital announces investment in Sovos Compliance
HgCapital announced today a majority investment in Sovos Compliance (“Sovos”), a leading provider of regulatory tax compliance software, headquartered in Boston, USA. Sovos will sit within HgCapital’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (“TMT”) sector. HgCapital will assume majority ownership from Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), which will retain a significant minority stake in Sovos. The terms of […]
19 January 2016