Apax Partners

Apax Partners is a principal investment firm that conducts direct investments and fund of funds in the middle market, with activities in private equity and venture capital. It pursues a multi-stage strategy, investing in late ventures, growth capital, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, buy-ins, and recapitalizations, and it also makes related equity and debt investments drawn from its private equity activities. The firm focuses on technology and telecommunications, retail and consumer, healthcare, financial and business services, and media, with sector emphasis on growth-oriented companies and complex transactions. It typically invests sizable equity and debt positions, supports portfolio companies through active board participation, and often secures majority stakes without syndication. Its geographic reach spans the United Kingdom, North America, Europe, and select markets in Brazil, Japan, Israel, China and India. Founded in 1981, it operates from London with a global network of offices.