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What does Apax Partners invest in?
Apax Partners invests most often at Venture and Series C (61% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Tech, Services and Internet.
Apax Partners highlights
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102 rounds on record
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Mostly Venture and Series C: 61% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 14 rounds, median $12M
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34 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Apax is a leading global private equity advisory firm.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $30M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- TechServicesInternet
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first102 appearances
- 2019
1 round
- Jan
- 2015
2 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- 2014
3 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Aug
- 2010
1 round
- Jan
- 2009
7 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Aug
- Aug
- Apr
- Mar
- 2008
3 rounds
- Jul
- Apr
- Apr
- 2007
10 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Jan
- 2006
9 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Nov
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Mar
- Mar
- Jan
- 2005
19 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration23 named
AGAndrew GuilleOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
APAndrew Paul SillitoeCo-CEO / PartneriForm ADV
AVAshish Vilas KarandikarPartneriForm ADV
BPBharat PatelGlobal Head of FinanceiForm ADV
DSDavid StaplesOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
DMDr. Martin HalusaOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
FEFrank EhmerPartneriForm ADV
GCGabriele CipparronePartneriForm ADV
JAJason A WrightPartneriForm ADV
JZJon ZindelIndependent DirectoriFiling they signed
MHMartin HalusaOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
MLMitchell Loeb TruwitChief Executive Officer of Apax Helix US Fund L.P.iFiling they signed
MTMitchell TanzmanIndependent DirectoriFiling they signed
NANicholas Alan HartmanPartneriForm ADV
NKNick KershawOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
RGRalf GrussCOOiForm ADV
RHRohan HaldeaPartneriForm ADV
RMRoy MackenzieDirectoriFiling they signed
SNSalim NathooPartneriForm ADV
SMSarah Mary ButcherChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
SBSimon Bernard CresswellOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
SLSteven Lewis DysonPartneriForm ADV
TLTrina Le NouryOf the General Partner of the GP.iFiling they signed
We also hold 107 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$28Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- APAX Partners LLP
- SEC number
- CRD 157111
Who backs their funds
4 LPs on record in Apax Partners's funds
- Committed
- $4.2B
- Funds
- 14
- Vintages
- 1999 to 2024
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026.
Washington State Investment Board7 funds$1.6BFund Vintage Committed Apax XI 2024 $300M Apax X 2020 $350M Apax IX USD 2017 $250M Apax VIII 2012 $255M Apax Europe VII-A 2007 $159M Apax Europe V-A 2001 $112M Apax Europe IV-A 1999 $169M - California State Teachers Retirement System5 funds$1.4B
Fund Vintage Committed Apax XI USD 2024 $150M Apax X USD 2020 $250M Apax IX USD 2017 $300M Apax Europe VII 2007 $446M Apax Europe VI - A 2005 $293M 
Minnesota State Board of Investments4 funds$600MFund Vintage Committed Apax XI 2022 $100M Apax X USD 2019 $150M Apax IX USD 2016 $150M APAX VIII 2013 $200M 
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund3 funds$600MFund Vintage Committed Apax IX 2016 $250M Apax VIII USD 2012 $150M Apax Europe VII 2007 $200M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed34 in all
King.comBought by Activision Blizzard$5.9BNov 2015
TraxpayBought by Main IncubatorUndisclosedSept 2014
Peregrine SemiconductorBought by Murata Manufacturing$471MAug 2014
Mobixell NetworksBought by Flash Networks$15MJan 2014
AccumetricsBought by ITCUndisclosedAug 2013
ArkadinBought by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationUndisclosedAug 2013
Composite SoftwareBought by Cisco$180MJun 2013
HandmarkBought by Sprint NextelUndisclosedMay 2013
IntercellBought by VivalisUndisclosedDec 2012
SkinMedicaBought by AllerganUndisclosedNov 2012
Synaptic DigitalBought by Definition 6UndisclosedSept 2012
Q-CellsBought by Hanwha SolarOne$1.2MAug 2012
Red-M GroupBought by Team Telecom GroupUndisclosedMar 2012
VoodooVoxBought by Call GenieUndisclosedDec 2011
InnovalightBought by DuPontUndisclosedJul 2011
Digital FuelBought by VMware$85MJun 2011
CadentBought by Align TechnologyUndisclosedMar 2011
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Go Global TravelUndisclosedAug 2017
Fullbeauty BrandsUndisclosedAug 2015
AssuredPartnersUndisclosedJul 2015
RFS Holland HoldingUndisclosedJul 2015
Quality Distribution$800MMay 2015
AzelisUndisclosedFeb 2015
EvryUndisclosedDec 2014
Exact$930MOct 2014
Answers CorporationUndisclosedAug 2014
GENEX ServicesUndisclosedJun 2014
Sophos$830MMay 2010
Bankrate$571MJul 2009