# Apax Partners

> Apax Partners is a VC fund in London backing Software and Health Care. See 166 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 166
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Fund size: $13B
- Last fund: Feb 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apax-partners
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/apax_partners
- Website: http://www.apax.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Apax-Partners/108404955849764

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $5M–$50M |
| Private Equity | $49M–$304M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 18% |
| Health Care | 23 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 17 | 10% |
| Medical | 15 | 9% |
| Internet | 14 | 8% |

165 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 29 | 17% |
| Series C | 27 | 16% |
| Private Equity | 26 | 16% |
| Series B | 23 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 14 | 8% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 65 | 39% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 8% |
| India | 8 | 5% |
| France | 5 | 3% |
| Israel | 5 | 3% |

19 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ashish Karandikar | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-karandikar |
| David Marks | Partner and Senior Tax Adviser | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-marks-4 |
| George Jiao | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-jiao |
| Giancarlo Aliberti | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giancarlo-aliberti |
| Jason Wright | Equity Partner, Tech & Telco | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-wright-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Naviq | 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 by Millennium Global | 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 |  |
| MillTechFX by Millennium Global | 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 |  |
| MillTechFX by Millennium Global | 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 | 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 | 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 | GAN Integrity is a provider of a completely integrated compliance solution for global businesses. GAN Integrity’s all-in-one platform for compliance teams is the first of its kind, connecting all aspects of a corporate compliance program into a single, cloud-based solution. Today, many of the world's leading brands trust GAN’s innovativesoftware to help them better manage compliance. |  | Series C | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| GAN Integrity | GAN Integrity is a provider of a completely integrated compliance solution for global businesses. GAN Integrity’s all-in-one platform for compliance teams is the first of its kind, connecting all aspects of a corporate compliance program into a single, cloud-based solution. Today, many of the world's leading brands trust GAN’s innovativesoftware to help them better manage compliance. |  | Series C | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| Controlant | 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 Education | 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 |  |

10 of 166 investments shown.

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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 Funding Round and Series C stage. Most of the 166 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.

### How do I contact Apax Partners?

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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