
Vitruvian Partners
Description
Vitruvian Partners is a prominent European private equity firm headquartered in London, renowned for its focus on growth buyouts and growth capital investments. Established with a clear mandate to back dynamic, high-growth companies, the firm primarily targets asset-light businesses across a diverse range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, media, and business services. Vitruvian's investment philosophy revolves around partnering closely with ambitious management teams, providing not only capital but also strategic guidance and operational support to accelerate growth and facilitate international expansion. Their approach emphasizes long-term value creation, often transforming regional leaders into global contenders.
Investor Profile
Vitruvian Partners has backed more than 85 startups, with 7 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 45 rounds, about 53% of its total and boasts 24 exits across its portfolio.
Investment Focus Highlights
- Concentrates on Private Equity, Series E, Series D rounds (top funding stages).
- Majority of deals are located in United Kingdom, United States, Germany.
- Strong thematic focus on Financial Services, Internet, FinTech.
- Led 5 rounds in the past year.
- Typical check size: $27M – $540M.
Stage Focus
- Private Equity (41%)
- Series E (11%)
- Series D (8%)
- Series C (7%)
- Series F (7%)
- Series Unknown (6%)
- Series G (5%)
- Secondary Market (5%)
- Series A (4%)
- Series B (4%)
Country Focus
- United Kingdom (33%)
- United States (18%)
- Germany (8%)
- France (8%)
- India (7%)
- Sweden (6%)
- Finland (4%)
- Denmark (2%)
- Spain (2%)
- Singapore (2%)
Industry Focus
- Financial Services
- Internet
- Fintech
- E-commerce
- Information Technology
- Software
- Payments
- Health Care
- Medical
- Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
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