Hg
Hg is a London-headquartered private equity firm founded in 2000, focused on software and business-services buyouts across Europe and North America. It manages capital of around US$75 billion across its large-cap Saturn, mid-market Genesis and small-cap Mercury fund families, and is the largest investor in the listed HgCapital Trust plc. Hg Pooled Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
7 funds tracked, 24 portfolio companies (21 active · 3 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Hg has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Hg Mercury 4Buyout2023 · 3yr€2.4B1 active
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamant Software | Software | Germany | 2025 |
Hg Saturn 3Buyout2022 · 4yr€10.1B4 active
Unrealized
4 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-LIGN | Cybersecurity | United States | 2025 |
| AuditBoard | Software | United States | 2024 |
| Focus Group | Telecom | UK | 2024 |
| OneStream | Software | United States | 2026 |
Hg Genesis 10Buyout2022 · 4yr€6.8B0 active
No portfolio companies tracked yet.
Hg Genesis 9Buyout2020 · 6yr€4.4B5 active
Unrealized
5 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMDT | Software | Germany | 2021 |
| Ideagen | Software | UK | 2022 |
| Rightsline | Software | United States | 2026 |
| The Citation Group | Business Services | UK | 2023 |
| Trackunit | Software | Denmark | 2021 |
Hg Saturn 2Buyout2020 · 6yr€4.5B6 active
Hg Saturn 1Buyout2018 · 8yr€1.8B4 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
4 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howden Group Holdings | Financials | UK | 2020 |
| Sovos Compliance | Software | United States | 2020 |
| team.blue | Software | Belgium | 2019 |
| The Access Group | Software | UK | 2018 |
Hg Mercury 2Buyout2017 · 9yr€673M1 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azets | Business Services | UK | 2016 |
Realized
2 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLA | Business Services | UK | 2010 | 2018 | Secondary | – | |
| STP Informationstechnologie | Software | Germany | 2016 | 2020 | Secondary | – |
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About Hg
Hg is a London-headquartered B2B software and tech-enabled services specialist private equity firm with approximately $75 billion of assets under management as of December 2024, with offices in Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Singapore. The firm was founded in 2000 (as Hg Capital) following the Mercury Private Equity spin-out from Merrill Lynch, and has been operating as an independent partner-owned LLP since 2003. Hg has developed deep specialisation across eight B2B software verticals with 100+ AI experts embedded in portfolio companies.
Investment thesis
Hg deploys capital through three flagship series (Saturn large-cap, Genesis mid-cap, Mercury lower mid-cap) plus the listed HgT investment trust, supporting buyout and growth investments in mission-critical B2B software across ERP and payroll, tax and accounting, legal and regulatory compliance, fintech, healthcare IT, automation and engineering, tech services and insurance software verticals. Geographic deployment spans Europe and North America, with the platform offering integrated value-creation through the Hg Catalyst AI incubator and HIVE 2,750-executive network.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Intelerad (healthcare IT, 2025), GTreasury (fintech software, 2025) and Argus Media (data and tech services, 2024). Recent acquisitions include AuditBoard (compliance software, 2024), OneStream (fintech software, 2026) and Scopevisio AG (ERP DACH, 2025). The platform continues active deployment across all three flagship series. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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