# Thorsten Toepfer

> Thorsten Toepfer is a private equity investor at Hg backing Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hgcapital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorsten-toepfer-952140

Thorsten Toepfer is a private equity investor at Hg in London focused on Software and Business Intelligence. Thorsten Toepfer is based out of London, England and is the Partner of HG. Thorsten previously worked at Hellman & Friedman as a Investment Professional. Thorsten Toepfer attended the Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Business Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| insightsoftware | insightsoftware is a provider of financial reporting and enterprise performance management software. They provide a range of solutions that have helped organizations and enterprises worldwide solve some of their complex business challenges. insightsoftware was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. | $1B | Private Equity | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Gen II Fund Services | Gen II Fund Services provides highly customized, client-centric accounting and administrative services to the private equity industry worldwide. |  | Private Equity | Nov 06, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-atlantic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Genstar Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genstarcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- ST6 — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hg

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Hg is a private equity firm that invests in software and services, focused on backing businesses. Hg is a sector expert investor, committed to helping build ambitious businesses across the technology, services, and industrial technology space, primarily in Europe. Deeply resourced sector teams focus on specific sub-sectors and investment themes toidentify companies occupying an established position within a niche, and which have the potential to grow faster than their market, create employment and become the leader in their industry. Hg’s dedicated operations innovation team provides practical support to management teams to help them realize their growth ambitions. Based in London and Munich, Hg has funds under management of close to £10 billion serving some of the world’s leading institutional and private investors.

5 contacts available at Hg.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dawn Marriott-Sims | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dawn-marriott-sims |
| Joris Van Gool | Partner | — |
| Nick Jordan | Partner | — |
| Thorsten Toepfer | Partner | — |
| Zeng Zhiqiang | President and Managing Partner | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Thorsten Toepfer invest in?

Thorsten Toepfer invests primarily in Software and Business Intelligence startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Thorsten Toepfer?

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### When did Thorsten Toepfer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thorsten Toepfer closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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