Vitruvian Partners is a global private equity firm, focusing on growth buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.
Vitruvian invests throughout Europe, the U.S. and Asia. The firm has offices in London, Munich, Madrid, Miami, Mumbai, Stockholm, Shanghai, Singapore, San Francisco and Luxembourg.
The firm was founded in 2006 by former partners of Apax Partners, BC Partners and Bridgepoint Capital. In 2008, Vitruvian completed the fundraising for its inaugural €925 million fund, the Vitruvian Investment Partnership I ("VIP I").Vitruvian Partners closes inaugural fund on €925m. AltAssets, February 27, 2008 In December 2013, Vitruvian announced that it had closed the fundraising of its second fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership II (“VIP II”), at its self-imposed cap of £1 billion ($1.6 billion; €1.2billion). In June 2017, Vitruvian announced that it had closed the fundraising of its third fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership III (“VIP III”), at the hard cap of €2.4 billion. In July 2020 Vitruvian announced the closing of Vitruvian Investment Partnership IV (“VIP IV”) at the hard cap of €4.0 billion. In September 2024 Vitruvian announced the closing of Vitruvian Investment Partnership V ("VIP V") at the hard cap of €7.3 billion.
In an annual study of the long-term performance conducted by Dow Jones/HEC Vitruvian was ranked in the Top 1% of GPs (General Partners) globally for the third year running.
Investments
Company Fund Date Invested Date Sold Headquarters Description Tinopolis VIP I Jul-08Oct-17 United Kingdom Independent TV production house Callcredit VIP I Dec-09 Feb-14 United Kingdom Provider of credit reference and marketing Inspired Gaming VIP I Jul-10 Jul-16 United Kingdom Land-based gaming products to licensed betting shops, bingo operators and casinos Openbet VIP I Jan-11 Apr-16 United Kingdom Online gaming and betting Verastar (pka Unicom) VIP I Apr-11 United Kingdom Reseller of business services to the UK micro SME market Group IMD (pka Independent Media Distribution) VIP I May-11 Sep-16 United Kingdom TV & Radio advertising & digital media Benify (pka Flexpay) VIP I Jun-11 Sweden employee engagement software Instinctif Partners (pka College Group) VIP I Oct-11 Sept-19 United Kingdom Business communications consultancy headquartered in London and with offices on five continents Healthcare at Home VIP I Feb-12 United Kingdom Provider of clinical and pharmaceutical services to patients in homes Just Eat VIP I Apr-12 IPO Mar-14 United Kingdom / Denmark online takeaway ordering service. Floated on the London Stock Exchange in April 2014 Snow Software VIP II Jul-12 Partial Realisation Apr-17 Sweden Software asset management Inenco Group VIP I Sep-13 United Kingdom strategic energy management RL360° VIP I Nov-13 Isle of Man Specialist international life assurance provider Linimed-Fazmed VIP II Mar-14 Jul-18 Germany ambulatory outpatient intensive care services in the eastern part of Germany Farfetch VIP II Apr-14 United Kingdom Online market place for fashion boutiques JacTravel VIP II Jul-14 Sep-17 United Kingdom B2B hotel room marketplace Solvinity (pka ASP4all Bitbrains) VIP II Jul-14 Netherlands managed hosting and cloud services CRF Health VIP II Jan-15 Finland / United States of America Leading provider of electronic Clinical Outcomes Assessment (“eCOA”) for clinical trials Trustpilot VIP II May-15 Denmark / United States Global, multi-language open review community Voxbone VIP II Aug-15 Belgium Cloud-based provider of international voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services Ebury VIP II Nov-15 United Kingdom Currency and lending to European SMEs Accountor VIP II Dec-15 Finland Finance and accounting software and services to the SME market across the Nordics Skyscanner VIP II Dec-15 Dec-16 United Kingdom Global travel metasearch engine Unifaun VIP II Feb-16 Sweden provider of transport management software to shippers and carriers SnapLogic VIP II Dec-16 United States Self service integration software Phlexglobal VIP II Dec-16 United Kingdom clinical trial master file Vestiaire Collective VIP II Jan-17 France Leading European online marketplace for pre-owned luxury fashion items OAG VIP II Feb-17 United Kingdom Aviation information providerEasyParkVIP IIIDec-17NorwayParking marketplaceSykes Cottages LtdVIP IIIOct-19United KingdomVacation Rental Management Company
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