Apax Partners LLP

Apax Partners LLP is a principal investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments in middle market. Within direct investments, it specializes in private equity and venture capital investments. It has a multi-stage equity investment strategy, investing in late ventures, later stage, growth capital, leveraged acquisitions, management buyouts, buy-ins, and recapitalizations. It also makes derived investments which are investments in equities and debt derived from the insights gained via it's private equity activities. It typically invests in technology and telecommunications; retail and consumer; financial and business services; media; and healthcare sectors. Within technology and telecommunications, the firm focuses on wireless and wireline industry segments, growth technologies, applications, components, systems, software, and services companies. In the retail and consumer sector, it focuses on companies in consumers mixing luxury and value brands, health and fitness, leisure and family entertainment, and convenience and extreme value. Within healthcare, the firm’s focus includes companies engaged in clinical stage development of therapeutics, specialty and generic pharmaceuticals, medical products and devices, and healthcare services. In the financial and business services sector, it concentrates on companies in asset management, retail distribution, specialty finance, insurance, transaction processing and payments businesses, processing and outsourcing services, technical services, inspection and maintenance services, HR services, facility management services, distribution and logistics services, information services, and general support services. Within media, the firm focuses on traditional media and in the emerging areas of online, digital television, and wireless. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United Kingdom, Benelux, North America with a focus on the United States, Brazil, Japan, Israel, China, India, and Western Europe. Within Brazil, the firm seeks to invest in businesses with revenues between 50 million reais ($31.48 million) and 200 million reais ($125.95 million). The firm typically invests between $1 million and €600 million ($687.870 million) in companies having enterprise values between €1 billion ($1376.5 million) and €5 billion ($7070.2 million). It actively participates on the boards of all its portfolio companies, typically acquires majority stakes, and does not syndicate investment outside its investor group. Apax Partners LLP was founded in 1981 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices across the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia.