Vitruvian
A benchmark brand for Growth Equity & Growth buyout in Europe
Vitruvian Partners is a leading Growth Equity & Growth brand buyout in Europe. In almost 20 years, Vitruvian has built up a team and an infrastructure of large-cap quality for investing in the mid-market.
Companies
Strategy
Growth, Buyout
sectors
Consumption
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Services
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Healthcare
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regional split
North America
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Europe
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Rest of the world
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In the selection universe
In the vintage(s)
2006
year of inception
16 €bn
of assets under management
8
global offices
190
professionals
Data as of April 1, 2024. Source: public data from companies' websites and social media accounts. For more up-to-date information, we invite our investors to consult the reports available in their investor relations portal.
Source: Public data from companies’ websites and social media accounts. For more up-to-date information, we invite our investors to view the report made available on their space.
Vitruvian Partners is an independent private equity firm founded in 2006 by four Managing Partners from leading private equity firms (Apax Partners, BC Partners and Bridgepoint). The founders, Mike Risman, Toby Wyles, Ian Riley and Mark Harford, set up Vitruvian with the aim of focusing on very high-growth investments in the mid-market, a segment neglected by their former firms, which had gradually turned to large cap.
The firm is headquartered in London, with offices in Stockholm, Munich, Madrid, Luxembourg, San Francisco, Shanghai and Singapore, and a staff of 190.
Vitruvian Partners has expanded significantly since its inception. After initially targeting the UK, DACH and Nordic regions, the company has expanded its strategy to include Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, as well as the USA and Asia.
A leading Growth investment brand
- With the largest team dedicated to investing in high-growth companies in Europe, Vitruvian Partners is recognized as the benchmark for Growth Equity and Growth buyout. Thanks to its global organization, Vitruvian has a proven ability to internationalize European mid-market companies, and benefits from the absence of significant competition from American managers specializing in Growth in Europe.
- Thefirm's leadership in Europe enabled it to go global, initially investing in the USA with founders of companies wishing to grow in Europe. Thanks to an increasingly deep European track-record in numerous sub-sectors of expertise, Vitruvian was then able to successfully invest in numerous American and Asian companies involved in these same sub-sectors.
Strategic flexibility guided by investment discipline
- VitruvianPartners has a strategy that focuses on a precise business model: the team targets only asset-light companies with explosive organic growth thanks to technological, regulatory disruption or internationalisatio
- Thedealflow of companies meeting these criteria is organized around 10 to 12 long-term investment themes in which Vitruvian is developing strong sub-sector expertise which, combined with its mastery of asset-light business models, gives it a competitive edge in sourcing transactions and creating value.
- Vitruvianis very disciplined about the price paid for its investments and systematically measures acquisition prices relative to organic growth; which must be less than 1 to be attractive. Vitruvian looks for the best opportunities to buy explosive growth at the right price within its investment sub-themes.
A leading institution with a large cap to invest in the mid-market
- VitruvianPartners has built a large-cap organization and infrastructure while remaining focused on the mid-market. The investment team is made up of experienced investors of the highest calibre, most of whom have previous senior experience in leading private equity firms.
- Vitruvianhas also developed a very substantial in-house value creation team, made up of functional experts dedicated to the operational improvement of holdings.
- With offices strategically located in London, Munich, Stockholm, San Francisco, Shanghai and Singapore, Vitruvian, which today employs nearly 100 professionals dedicated to investment and value creation, can invest and support its holdings worldwide.
The differentiating factors presented reflect the opinions of the Altaroc investment team. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future results.
Vitruvian Investment Partners V
Odyssey 2024
Horizon 2024
Selected fund
regional split
North America, Europe, Rest of World
target sectors
Technology & Software - Healthcare - Services - Consumer Goods
Diversification
30 investments
Enterprise value
Between 200 M€ and 5 Mds€
Investment ticket
10 €m
Role
Controlling positions
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