Vitruvian Partners
{{short description|European private equity firm}}
{{buzzword|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Vitruvian Partners
| logo = Vitruvian Partners logo
| type = Private
| founders = Founding Partners: Ian Riley (Advisory Partner), Michael Risman, Toby Wyles (Retired) Mark Harford (Retired), David Nahama.
| key_people = Joined founding team: Stephen Byrne, Ben Johnson, Jussi Wuoristo
| industry = Private Equity
| products = Leveraged buyouts and growth capital
| assets = VIP I: €925 million, VIP II: £1 billion, VIP III: €2.4 billion, VIP IV: €4 billion, VIP V: €7.3 billion.
| num_employees = >100
| homepage = [http://www.vitruvianpartners.com www.vitruvianpartners.com]
| foundation = {{start date and age|2006}}
| location = London, United Kingdom / Munich, Germany / Stockholm, Sweden / Luxembourg, Luxembourg / Madrid, Spain / Miami, United States / Mumbai, India / Shanghai, China / Singapore, Singapore / San Francisco, United States|
}}
Vitruvian Partners is a global private equity firm, focusing on growth buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies.
Vitruvian invests throughout Europe, the U.S. and Asia. The firm has offices in London, Munich, Madrid, Miami, Mumbai, Stockholm, Shanghai, Singapore, San Francisco and Luxembourg.
The firm was founded in 2006 by former partners of Apax Partners, BC Partners and Bridgepoint Capital. In 2008, Vitruvian completed the fundraising for its inaugural €925 million fund, the Vitruvian Investment Partnership I ("VIP I").[http://www.altassets.com/private-equity-news/article/nz12793.html Vitruvian Partners closes inaugural fund on €925m]. AltAssets, February 27, 2008 In December 2013, Vitruvian announced that it had closed the fundraising of its second fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership II (“VIP II”), at its self-imposed cap of £1 billion ($1.6 billion; €1.2billion).{{cite web|title=UK investor Vitruvian raises USD1.6 billion in fundraising for second fund|url=http://www.vcpost.com/articles/19254/20131205/uk-investor-vitruvian-closes-usd1-6-billion-fundraising-second-fund.htm|website=Venture Capital Post|date=5 December 2013|access-date=23 May 2016}} In June 2017, Vitruvian announced that it had closed the fundraising of its third fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership III (“VIP III”), at the hard cap of €2.4 billion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/eeb2e8d6-4d95-3793-945b-e9dc6ff0aaa1|title=Vitruvian raises €2.4bn in latest sign of buoyant private-equity market|newspaper=Financial Times|date=30 June 2017|last1=Espinoza|first1=Javier}} In July 2020 Vitruvian announced the closing of Vitruvian Investment Partnership IV (“VIP IV”) at the hard cap of €4.0 billion.{{Cite web|last=Pai|first=Laxman|date=3 August 2020|title=Vitruvian Partners races to $4.7bn hard cap close for the new fund|url=https://www.opalesque.com/680729/Vitruvian_Partners_races_to_hard_cap_close072.html|access-date=22 January 2021|website=Opalesque}} In September 2024 Vitruvian announced the closing of Vitruvian Investment Partnership V ("VIP V") at the hard cap of €7.3 billion.
In an annual study of the long-term performance conducted by Dow Jones/HEC Vitruvian was ranked in the Top 1% of GPs (General Partners) globally for the third year running.[https://www.hec.edu/en/news-room/hec-paris-dowjones-2022-large-buyout-performance-rankings-show-stronger-presence-european-firms-global-top-20]
Investments
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Category:Private equity firms of the United Kingdom