Hg Becomes Significant Shareholder in Pirum Systems

Hg Acquires Majority Stake in A-LIGN from Warburg Pincus

July 8, 2025

Cybersecurity

Hg has acquired a majority stake in A-LIGN from Warburg Pincus to support the cybersecurity compliance firm's next phase of global expansion. HgCapital Trust plc and other institutional clients of Hg (via the Hg Genesis Fund) are investing alongside Hg; terms were not disclosed. A-LIGN, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a tech-enabled cyber compliance and audit provider serving over 5,700 clients and will leverage Hg's resources to scale internationally and expand services.

Permira and Hg take co-controlling stakes in GGW Group

December 8, 2023

Insurance

Permira announced in December 2023 that a Permira-backed vehicle agreed to acquire GGW Group, the Hamburg-based insurance brokerage and MGA platform. In April 2024 Hg completed a new investment from its Hg Saturn fund and will own a co-controlling stake alongside Permira; GGW operates more than 60 brokerages and MGAs and employs over 1,700 people as it scales across Germany and Europe.

Hg Makes c.$1bn Strategic Investment in insightsoftware

July 13, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Hg’s Saturn 2 Fund will make a c.$1bn equity investment in insightsoftware to become a significant minority shareholder alongside TA Associates, in a transaction valuing the business at an enterprise value of around $4.0bn. The investment will support insightsoftware’s continued scale as a cloud financial reporting and EPM platform, with existing minority shareholders Genstar and ST6 remaining supportive and TA and Hg sharing joint control.

Hg Saturn Fund Acquires Personal & Informatik (P&I) from Permira

December 23, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Hg (via its Saturn 1 Fund) has acquired a majority stake in Personal & Informatik AG (P&I), a Germany‑headquartered provider of cloud‑based HR software, from funds advised by Permira for an enterprise value of €2 billion. Permira funds retain a substantial minority stake and Hg-managed funds will be the majority shareholder, marking the fourth investment from the Hg Saturn 1 Fund and reinforcing Hg's focus on cloud HR/SaaS businesses.

Hg Increases Ownership in Visma; Cinven Sells Remaining Stake

April 18, 2019

Software

Hg Saturn (Hg) and its investors agreed to a further ~€640 million equity investment in Visma, with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) committing ~€110 million. As part of the transaction Cinven sells its remaining stake, valuing Visma at an enterprise value of over €6.5 billion and leaving Hg-managed funds with about a 63% ownership alongside co-investors including GIC, ICG and Montagu.

Bowmark Capital Backs Buy-out of Pirum Systems from Five Arrows Principal Investments

March 14, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Bowmark Capital is backing a management-led buyout of Pirum Systems from Five Arrows Principal Investments, subject to regulatory approval, with completion expected in April 2019. Pirum is a London-based provider of post-trade market infrastructure delivered via a multi-tenant SaaS platform used by global securities finance participants; Bowmark aims to support further product innovation and growth amid regulatory change.