Apax Partners Acquires Expereo from The Carlyle Group

Vitruvian Partners to acquire majority stake in Expereo

February 1, 2021

Telecommunications

Vitruvian Partners has agreed to acquire a majority shareholding in Expereo, the managed internet, SD-WAN and cloud access provider, with Apax sas remaining as a minority shareholder and management continuing to lead the business. The deal (subject to customary merger clearances) is intended to accelerate Expereo's growth, broaden its services suite and support further acquisitions to deepen its global network and cloud connectivity offering.

Expereo Acquires Breeze Networks

August 15, 2022

Telecommunications

Expereo has acquired Breeze Networks, a UK-based managed SD-WAN/SASE service provider, to strengthen its SD-WAN/SASE practice and expand its managed network services in the UK. The deal is supported by Expereo's majority investor Vitruvian Partners and minority investor Apax Partners SAS; Breeze's CTO Matthew Lea joins Expereo as Technical Portfolio Lead.

The Carlyle Group Acquires Majority Stake in 1E

June 9, 2021

Software

The Carlyle Group has acquired a majority stake in 1E, a London-based Unified eXperience Management (UXM) software provider. Founder and CEO Sumir Karayi retains a significant minority stake and will remain CEO as Carlyle supports 1E's international growth and product and go-to-market investments.

The Carlyle Group and Mubadala Take Minority Stakes in Apex Group Ltd.

July 15, 2021

Financial Services

Apex Group Ltd. secured minority equity investments from The Carlyle Group and Mubadala Investment Company alongside founder Peter Hughes and existing investors Genstar Capital and TA Associates. The capital supports Apex's continued organic growth and integration of recent acquisitions as it expands its global fund and asset servicing platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

Apax Partners Acquires PIB Group from The Carlyle Group

January 25, 2021

Insurance

Funds advised by Apax Partners acquired PIB Group alongside PIB's management team; The Carlyle Group (PIB's existing investor) will re-invest for a minority stake. Financial terms were not disclosed; Apax said the investment will support PIB's continued organic growth and accelerated M&A and international expansion. PIB is a diversified insurance intermediary employing over 2,000 people across the UK, Channel Islands, Ireland, Germany, Poland and India.

1E Acquires Exoprise

October 9, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

1E, a London-based Digital Employee Experience (DEX) platform provider, has acquired Exoprise, a provider of digital experience monitoring and application/network observability. The acquisition expands 1E’s observability and application experience management capabilities—bringing Exoprise’s RUM, synthetics and ISP/UC monitoring into the 1E platform to improve troubleshooting and user-centric performance insights for enterprise customers.