Apax Partners
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies. Funds advised by Apax Partners typically invest in large companies with an enterprise value between €1bn and €5bn. The Funds invest in four sectors: Tech & Telco, Services, Healthcare, and Consumer.Releasing potential is at the heartof everything they do. Whether it's identifying potential investments, growing their portfolio companies or realising their value at the right time, their strategy is geared to releasing potential.Throughout over 30 years since the raising of the first fund, the company has successfully invested across all investment stages, and through several complete economic cycles.The firm's current success is rooted in a culture that has always been outward looking, pioneering and committed to growing businesses. The deep understanding of the four sectors in which it invests has been at the core of Apax Partners' strategy, giving it early access to investment opportunities and an ability to quickly add value to portfolio companies.
- Total investments:
- 168
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
- Fund size:
- $12B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Apax Partners invests in
Stages Apax Partners invests in
Countries Apax Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 19 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series C
- $5M–$50M
- Private Equity
- $49M–$304M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 30 (18%)
- Health Care 23 (14%)
- Biotechnology 17 (10%)
- Medical 15 (9%)
- Internet 14 (8%)
Stage
- Series C 27 (16%)
- Private Equity 26 (15%)
- Funding Round 25 (15%)
- Series B 23 (14%)
- Post-IPO Equity 14 (8%)
Country
- United States 65 (39%)
- United Kingdom 14 (8%)
- India 9 (5%)
- France 5 (3%)
- Israel 5 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashish Karandikar
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
David Marks
Partner and Senior Tax Adviser
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Partner and Senior Tax Adviser | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
George Jiao
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Giancarlo Aliberti
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jason Wright
Equity Partner, Tech & Telco
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Equity Partner, Tech & Telco | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
| See all 19 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naviq is an AI-first vertical technology transformation company purpose-built for the travel industry. We help travel enterprises modernise platforms, simplify complex systems, and create seamless digital experiences that make every journey more joyful. Our mission is to co-pilot a digital future for travel by building smart, intuitive systems thathelp our customers grow and unlock new opportunities. From airlines, airports, cruise lines, vacation providers, and hospitality groups, we combine deep travel domain expertise with strong engineering capabilities, turning disconnected systems into unified launch pads for accelerated growth. Our teams work side by side with customer teams to strengthen operations, improve performance, and deliver measurable outcomes at every touchpoint, so organisations can move faster with confidence and clarity. Further information can be found at https://naviqplc.com. | Seed / Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| MillTechFX is not a market maker, venue, broker or bank.MillTechFX is an independent FXaaS (FX-as-a-service) enabling best execution. Its one-stop currency marketplace allows you to manage all your global FX activity: independent, transparent and tech-enabled.Designed specifically for Fund Managers, Institutional Investors, Corporates andGlobal Businesses, we aim to significantly reduce FX and hedging costs by giving you direct access to preferential currency rates and credit from 10+ Tier 1 counterparty banks. The offering includes:• Hedging, settlement & margin management • Centralising FX activity & reporting in a single platform • Undertaking of regulatory trade reporting, administrator reporting & reconciliation • Demonstrating best execution & total cost transparency with ongoing & independent Transaction Cost AnalysisSeeking fairer, more transparent and cost-effective FX solutions. | $60M / Private Equity / Apr 08, 2026 | ||
| iD Fresh Food is a Bangalore-based company. The company has two production plants in Bangalore and one each in Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Mangalore and Dubai (Middle East). iD products are also supplied to distribution centres in Mysore and Pune, and the brand is also available with online grocers like BigBasket. | $166.5M / Private Equity / Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Guesty is a property management platform that provides end-to-end property management software for short-term rentals. The Guesty platform provides property managers and management companies with an end-to-end solution to simplify the complex operational needs of short-term rentals. With Guesty, users across the globe can seamlessly manage listingsfrom multiple online travel agencies including Airbnb, Booking.com, Agoda and more, by utilizing the company’s advanced tools which include: Channel Manager, Unified Inbox, Multi-Calendar, Mobile Management App, Automation Tools, 24/7 Guest Communication Services, Payment Processing, Owners Portal and more. | $130M / Series F / Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| GAN Integrity gives compliance teams a better way to do their good work. With a flexible platform that unifies compliance, ethics, and third-party risk management across the enterprise, coupled with deep domain expertise, we make it easy for compliance teams to see everything, adapt to anything, and get all the help they need. That’s why leadingcompanies worldwide — from manufacturing to energy to financial services — rely on GAN Integrity. | Series C / Oct 26, 2023 | ||
| Controlant is a leader in real-time supply chain monitoring and visibility for heavily regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals & life sciences, and food & beverage sectors. Controlant’s mission is to deliver value across the end-to-end supply chain by dramatically increasing the visibility of product flow and quality whileminimizing waste and increasing responsiveness through a completely new category of automated Cold Chain as a Service solution. Using Controlant’s IoT, cloud-enabled advanced analytics, API connectivity, and cost-reducing operational services, customers are achieving an annualized ROI and, in many cases, millions of dollars in savings, reducing material losses, and enhancing reliability of their operations. Controlant is empowering Fortune 500 and world-leading enterprises, as well as their supply chain stakeholders, to achieve greater efficiency by automating their business processes and optimizing communication through technology. | $39.8M / Private Equity / Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Swing provides substitute teachers to fill hard-to-fill staff absences. On average, U.S. students spend 5% of the typical school year with substitute teachers, which translates to over 6 months of their K-12 school career.Failing to fill a substitute teacher opening not only impacts students, but causes teachers, school leaders, andadministrators to shuffle around to cover gaps. There's also the time administrators spend on the logistical issues of finding, recruiting, screening, scheduling, and paying contract substitute teachers. Swing's marketplace helps schools cover hard-to-fill absences by seamlessly providing substitute teachers on-demand. | $38M / Series C / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| IBS Software is a global provider of new generation IT solutions to the global Travel, Transportation, and Logistics industry. | $450M / Secondary Market / May 15, 2023 | ||
| Tree service experts at SavATree provide experience, reliability and expertise in environmentally sensible tree, shrub and lawn care programs. There award winning team of arborists is committed to beautification through arboricultural excellence. They're proud to be able to improve the quality of life in the communities we service by providingunique tree services that preserve and enhance the environment.They're passionate about lawn care programs and tree services, and devoted to the living treasures on the properties that we serve. Accentuating the natural beauty of trees, shrubs and turf requires delicately balancing sophisticated science with the complexity of suburban ecosystems. SavATree is committed to maintaining this balance by looking for solutions that respect nature’s existing harmony. | Private Equity / Apr 23, 2023 | ||
| Matches Fashion is a multi-brand fashion retailer with stores in Wimbledon Village, Richmond, Notting Hill, Marylebone High Street, Mayfair and Bicester Village in Oxfordshire.Their success is built on their close relationships with their clients and they are rightly proud of their superior customer service. they welcome employee involvement in thebusiness and recognise the impact of their employees on their successes. At Matches Fashion they build on the potential in all their employees and are committed to promoting internally whilst welcoming the best talent from outside the organisation to boost their ever-expanding teams.They value creativity, hard work, innovation and loyalty. In return they will provide an excellent salary and benefits, plus the support and training needed to develop within the business. | $49.4M / Private Equity / Jan 30, 2023 | ||
| See all 168 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Apax Partners invest in?
Apax Partners invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series C and Private Equity stage. Most of the 168 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Apax Partners's check size?
Apax Partners typically joins rounds of $5M–$50M at Series C and $49M–$304M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Apax Partners participates in.
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Who are the partners at Apax Partners?
The team at Apax Partners includes Ashish Karandikar (Partner), David Marks (Partner and Senior Tax Adviser) and George Jiao (Vice President), among 19 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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