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We partner with visionary founders and strong management teams, offering targeted support at the most critical moments in a company’s development. Our focus on disciplined investments, scalable growth, and best-in-class governance enables companies to effectively navigate execution risk and scale up sustainably. By combining local market expertise with a global mind-set, we build businesses that not only lead in their respective regions but can also thrive on the global stage. Our proven value creation toolkit is structured upon three key pillars: We empower our portfolio companies by placing top-tier talent at the helm. 80% of our companies have a C-suite executive or director appointed through Affirma Capital’s extensive network, driving operational excellence. We fuel business expansion via targeted acquisitions, having completed 40+ bolt-on acquisitions since 2019. Our hands-on support spans sourcing, diligence, execution, and seamless post-merger integration. Our platform leverages industry insights and expertise across the emerging markets. We actively engage team members from different regions, ensuring knowledge transfer and pattern recognition across borders.
Other managers
Permira
London, United StatesPermira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with total committed capital of €77bn and makes long-term majority and minority investments across two core asset classes, private equity and credit.
The Permira private equity funds have made approximately 300 private equity investments in four key sectors: Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services.
Permira Credit is one of Europe’s leading specialist credit investors, supporting businesses with flexible financing solutions across Direct Lending, CLO Management, Structured Credit and Strategic Opportunities. Established in 2007, the firm advises investment funds and products which have provided more than €14bn of debt capital to over 300 European businesses.
Permira employs over 470 people in 15 offices across Europe, the United States and Asia.
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ACON Investments
Washington, D.C., United StatesACON Investments is a private equity investment firm led by a cohesive team that has been investing together for over 25 years. We are focused on finding and creating opportunities at the intersection of Sector and Situation, all through the lens of Strategic Sustainability, which allows us to achieve both sustainable outcomes and strong financial returns. We have developed deep expertise across the Consumer, Industrials and Business Services sectors, and we identify situations in which we are able to create value through brand repositioning, industry consolidation, corporate carve-outs or as the first institutional capital for family-owned businesses. Since our founding in 1996, ACON has managed approximately $6.9 billion across 80 platform investments and 104 add-on acquisitions.
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Vivo Capital
Palo Alto, United StatesFounded in 1996, Vivo Capital is a global investment firm focused on healthcare. Vivo has approximately $5.4 billion in assets under management, invested in over 250 public and private companies worldwide. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Asia. The Vivo team consists of more than 50 multi-disciplinary professionals, including, physicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, operating executives, and industry experts. Vivo provides a multi-fund investment platform, covering growth equity, private equity including buyout, venture capital, and public equity. Vivo invests broadly in healthcare across all fund strategies, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare services, with a focus on the largest healthcare markets.
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Apax Partners
London, United KingdomFor over 50 years Apax has worked to go beyond traditional private equity in building businesses.
Results are driven by a collaborative culture that listens, learns and looks across horizons to inspire growth… together with partner companies. The firm conviction is that a blend of hands-on operating experience, specialist sector knowledge and incisive global perspective delivers best results. Working side-by-side with management teams, our goal is expanding mutual success through mutual vision.
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Investcorp
New York, United StatesInvestcorp is a global investment manager, specializing in alternative investments across four asset classes: Private Equity (Mid-Market Buyouts, Growth Investments, and GP Staking), Real Assets (Infrastructure and Real Estate), Credit (CLOs, Broadly Syndicated Loans & Structured Credit, and Middle-Market Direct Lending), and Liquid Strategies (Absolute Return Investments and Insurance Asset Management).
Since our inception in 1982, we have focused on generating attractive returns for our clients and seeking to create long-term value in our portfolio companies by adopting a disciplined investment process, employing talented professionals, and utilizing the resources of a global institution with an innovative approach.
We invest capital in our products and strategies, aligning interests with our clients and other stakeholders. We pursue sustainable value creation through our investments and in the communities in which we operate and take pride in partnering with clients to deliver tailored solutions for their needs.
Today, Investcorp manages $52 billion in assets, including assets managed by third party managers. Investcorp has 14 offices in the US, Europe, GCC and Asia, including, India, China, Japan and Singapore and employs approximately 500 people from 50 nationalities globally.
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Terra Firma
London, United KingdomTerra Firma drives value creation. Founded by Private Equity pioneer Guy Hands in 1994, Terra Firma has a 26-year track record of investing in transformational private equity, operational real estate and infrastructure plus. Since establishment, Terra Firma has invested €18 billion in 39 businesses with an aggregate enterprise value of over €51 billion.
Terra Firma means ‘solid ground’. It reflects our consistent and distinctive approach to investment. We buy asset-rich businesses in essential industries that can be transformed through fundamental change in the long term. As such, we invest time, money and expertise into transforming the strategy, operations and finances of the businesses we acquire, recognising that long term success is not achieved purely by focusing on short-term objectives but through dedicated partnership, integrity and tenacity.
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Cerberus Capital Management
New York, United StatesFounded in 1992, Cerberus is a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $60 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. We invest across the capital structure where our integrated investment platforms and proprietary operating capabilities create an edge to improve performance and drive long-term value. Our tenured teams have experience working collaboratively across asset classes, sectors, and geographies to seek strong risk-adjusted returns for our investors.
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Litorina
Stockholm, SwedenLitorina invests in niche market leading companies with headquarters in the Nordics. We want to partner with management teams and entrepreneurs that want our support to take the next step in their development.
Our team has more than 100 years of combined experience from investing in and supporting growth initiatives in leading Nordic companies. We are an active owner with a clear framework of how we support our companies.
We are passionate about what we do. Together with the companies we invest in, we set high goals and ambitions. By contributing capital for expansion, relevant experience, a network of knowledgeable advisors and our great passion, we aim to double the size of the companies we invest in within a four to seven year period.
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Thoma Bravo
Chicago, United StatesThoma Bravo is one of the largest software-focused investors in the world with a 40+ year history and approximately $160 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024. Through our private equity, growth equity and credit strategies, our firm invests in growth-oriented, innovative companies operating in the software and technology sectors. Our firm has acquired or invested in more than 490 software and technology companies representing approximately $265 billion of value (including control and non-control investments). The firm has offices in Chicago, London, Miami, New York and San Francisco.
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Audax Private Equity
Boston, United StatesBased in Boston and San Francisco, Audax Private Equity is a leading middle market investment firm with approximately $16 billion of assets under management, over 185 employees, and 80-plus investment professionals. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has invested in more than 160 platforms and 1,200 add-on acquisitions. Through our disciplined Buy & Build approach, across six core industry verticals, Audax helps portfolio companies execute on organic and inorganic growth initiatives that fuel revenue expansion, optimize operations, and significantly increase equity value.
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