Permira is a global

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. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with assets under management of €60+ billion. The Permira funds have made approximately 300 private equity investments in four key

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, Services and

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. Permira employs over 360 people in 16 offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

History

Permira was founded in 1985 by

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as a number of country-specific separate businesses operating under the Schroder Ventures brand. In 1996, the United Kingdom, French, German and Italian teams joined to create Schroder Ventures Europe and in 1997, this raised its first pan-European fund. In 2001, the firm was renamed Permira. In 2002, Permira expanded into the U.S. with the opening of its New York office. In 2005, Permira launched its first Asia Pacific-based office in Japan. It later opened its

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office in 2008. In 2006, Permira raised over €10 billion in commitments for its P4 fund, which was, at the time, Europe's largest buyout fund. In 2007, Permira launched Permira Debt Managers, now Permira Credit, a debt management and advisory business based in London, United Kingdom. The firm advises investment funds and products that provide loans, debt, buyout and acquisition financing solutions to medium-sized European businesses. In 2008, Permira continued its U.S. expansion with the opening of its Menlo Park, CA office, which focuses predominantly on technology investments. In 2014, Permira raised €5.3 billion for its fifth buyout fund, P5. In 2019, Permira closed its first Growth Opportunities Fund, which makes minority equity investments in high-growth technology and digital businesses, at $1.7 billion. Later that year, Permira closed its seventh buyout fund, P7, at €11 billion. In 2021, Permira closed its second Growth Opportunities Fund at $4 billion.

Recent acquisitions

*2022 – Investment in GoCardless *2022 – Investment in GWI *2022 – Acquisition of Kedrion Biopharma and

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*2021 – Investment in Sysdig *2021 – Acquisition of

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*2021 – Investment in

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*2021 – Acquisition of

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*2021 – Investment in Motus *2021 – Investment in mParticle *2021 – Investment in Mirakl *2021 – Acquisition of

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*2021 – Investment in

Click and Boat Click and Boat (aka Click&Boat) is a company based in Paris that operates a boat rental platform, enabling private and professional boat owners to rent out their boats to holidaymakers and other sailing enthusiasts, based on the sharing economy ...

*2021 – Investment in FullStory *2021 – Investment in Adevinta *2021 – Investment in G2 *2021 – Investment in New Immo Group *2021 – Investment in Nexthink *2020 – Acquisition of

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*2020 – Investment in

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*2020 – Investment in Full Truck Alliance *2020 – Acquisition of

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*2020 – Acquisition of Seismic *2020 – Acquisition of Neuraxpharm *2020 – Investment in

Zwift Zwift is a massively multiplayer online cycling and running physical training program that enables users to interact, train, and compete in a virtual world. Zwift was developed by Zwift Inc., which was co-founded by Jon Mayfield, Eric Min, Scot ...

*2020 – Acquisition of EF *2020 – Acquisition of

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*2020 – Investment in

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*2020 – Investment in

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