Investment Summary

Permira Invests In G2

On June 22, 2021, private equity firm Permira invested in internet software and services company G2

Investment Highlights
  • This is Permira’s 15th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Permira’s 37th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Permira’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-06-22
Target G2
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Permira
Deal Type Venture

Target

G2

Chicago, Illinois, United States
G2 is an online destination to discover, review, and manage the technology that businesses need to reach their potential. The platform is set to reach 60 million software buyers annually, with 100,000+ software and services companies in 2,000+ categories and over 1.3 million trusted user reviews. G2 was founded in 2012 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Permira

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 80.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 144 of 171
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 15 of 22
Type: Venture M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 37 of 48
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-22 Full Truck Alliance

Guiyang, China

Full Truck Alliance is an online commercial freight platform in China in the full-truck-load (FTL) segment. Its mobile applications provide match-making services to shippers, third-party logistics providers and truck drivers in China’s road freight logistics market, improving transportation efficiency by reducing transaction costs and the number of empty return loads. Full Truck Alliance was founded in 2017 and is based in Guiyang, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-25 Arcaplanet

Genoa, Italy

Arcaplanet is an operator of a pet care retail chain. Arcaplanet operates 46 stores, each averaging 500 square meters in size and being mainly located in the north and center of Italy. Arcaplanet was founded in 1995 and is based in Genoa, Italy.

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