Selected managers

Accel-KKR is a benchmark investor in the US software sector. Its ability to replicate success across different economic cycles is due to rigorous pre-selection criteria and a strong commitment to the companies it invests in. Its extensive relationships, combined with its industrial sourcing methods, generate a significant flow of investment opportunities.

Apax is a leading private equity firm specializing in the technology, digital consumer, and services sectors. Leveraging its sector expertise and international network, the firm implements ambitious transformation strategies that combine digitalization, external growth, and operational optimization. As a long-term strategic partner, Apax companies in their expansion by leveraging performance drivers that have been proven over several decades.

Bridgepoint a leading European buyout investor with a strong track record and a globally established investment platform. Over the past decade, the firm has significantly modernized its approach by developing deep sector expertise and enhanced operational capabilities. The growing strength of its sector teams, increased selectivity, and improved operational execution now translate into a compelling value creation profile.

In 1976, Bryan Cressey founded one of America's first Private Equity firms, Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner, with three entrepreneurial friends. The firm was born.

CVC Capital Partners is a European leader in Buyout. It stands out for its comprehensive geographic coverage, in-depth sector expertise and selective, disciplined approach to entry prices. It is also one of the world's largest Private Equity players.

Five Arrows is the name of the merchant banking investment division created in 2008 within Rothschild & Co bank. Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) focuses exclusively on the universe of midmarket LBO’s in Europe and the United States.

General Atlantic is a world leader in Growth Equity (Private Equity). The size and responsiveness of its teams enable it to carry out a wide range of operations on a global scale. The company is backed by an exceptional digital DNA.

GTCR is one of the oldest and most respected buyout firms in the U.S. market, with over forty years of history and a remarkably consistent track record across market cycles. What sets them apart today is the depth of their sector expertise and their ability to attract top-tier executives, the result of decades of building networks of CEOs. These strengths account for their strong long-term performance.

Hg is an emblematic European investor in software, and has become one of the world leaders in this sector. With its complementary buyout fund architecture, Hg covers all market segments, from lower mid-market to large cap, with dedicated investment teams. Hg has built up one of the world's most comprehensive private equity organizations dedicated to the software sector, in terms of sub-sector, operational and functional expertise. The quality and depth of its track record make it a keyAltaroc relationship, particularly for co-investing in the software sector.

Inflexion is a leader in European mid-market private equity, distinguished by the exceptional quality and size of its organization. Since its inception, Inflexion has focused exclusively on investments in high-growth, market-leading companies with high operating margins, low capital requirements and strong internationalization potential. Based on these precise criteria, Inflexion 's origination team generates a mostly proprietary dealflow, which has enabled Inflexion to produce a first-rate performance for over 25 years.

Insight Partners is a long-standing player in North American growth equity, whose proprietary origination approach and specialization in the software sector have enabled it to generate high, consistent performance over time, using a very low level of financial leverage. The strength of its institutionalized organization lies in its sector and operational expertise, as well as in the stability of its senior management team.

K1 a Fund manager specializing in B2B software in the North American lower mid-market, recognized for its disciplined execution and ability to systematize value creation. The fund targets resilient software companies focused on critical business processes, supporting them in active sector consolidation strategies (Buy & Build). Inspired by best practices in the software industry, K1 organization K1 around dedicated functional teams (sourcing, execution, value creation), enabling the firm to deploy its strategy in a structured, rapid, and replicable manner. This collaborative model breaks with the traditional private equity approach, where each partner is solely responsible for the entire investment cycle.

Main Capital has become the leading buyout firm in the software sector within the lower mid-market in Northern Europe. What sets it apart is its deep sector specialization, its advanced institutional structure, and its proven ability to execute a high volume of acquisitions. This strategy has generated exceptional returns with a minimal loss rate.

New Mountain stands out for its “defensive growth” strategy, which has enabled it to generate strong returns with a very low loss rate while maintaining a highly conservative level of leverage. Its longstanding presence in the U.S. mid-market segment has become firmly established, and its sector-specific and operational expertise make it a leading player LBO . LBO .

Nordic Capital is an iconic management company and a pioneer of private equity in the Nordic countries. Its teams have gradually become highly specialized in four sectors: Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Services & Industrial Technology. Today, Nordic Capital is a leading player in the European upper mid-market and large cap segments, and also invests in North America in its two sectors of greatest expertise: Technology and Healthcare.

Seven2 is a leading Private Equity fund in France and Europe. This historic player invests in companies with solid fundamentals and strong growth potential.

STG formerly known as Symphony Technology Group, was founded in 2002 to support software and technology companies in the Mid-Market segment. Initially structured as a captive Family Office, STG became an independent asset management company in 2008. Since then, it has succeeded in attracting major institutional investors and has enjoyed significant growth.

Summit Partners is one of North America's historic Growth Equity players, whose proprietary origination approach and sector specialization have enabled it to generate consistently high returns over time, using a very prudent level of financial leverage. The strength of its institutionalized organization lies not only in its sector and operational expertise, but also in the stability of its senior management and its ability to successfully manage two founder successions.

TA Associates is a key historical player. A leader in Growth and Buyout, the firm focuses on growth companies and consolidation platforms, two-thirds in the United States and one-third in Europe.

Thoma Bravo is an internationally renowned, pioneering American private equity firm specializing in the software sector. The team has developed a highly operational approach to value creation, consisting of an initial phase of rapid margin improvement and a second phase focused on external growth.

Vitruvian Partners is a leading name in growth equity and growth buyout Europe. Over nearly 20 years, Vitruvian has built a team and infrastructure on par with those of large-cap firms to invest in the mid-market.