Apax Partners Acquires Trade Me Group

Frasers Group Acquires Matches (Matchesfashion) from Apax Partners

December 20, 2023

E-Commerce

Frasers Group has acquired luxury e-tailer Matches (formerly Matchesfashion) from private equity firm Apax Partners for £52 million (around $63 million). Frasers said the deal will strengthen its luxury offering and unlock synergies; Matches CEO Nick Beighton will remain in place.

Apax Funds to Acquire Finastra's Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) Business

May 19, 2025

Software

Funds advised by Apax Partners LLP have entered into an agreement to acquire Finastra's Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business unit, which will be rebranded and operated as an independent company. The divestiture will streamline Finastra's portfolio and provide capital for reinvestment while enabling the TCM business to accelerate product development, cloud capabilities and customer-focused innovation under Apax ownership.

Apax Partners Funds to Acquire Baltic Classifieds Group

May 9, 2019

Media & Entertainment

Funds advised by Apax Partners agreed to acquire Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) from Media Investments & Holding OÜ. BCG operates leading online classifieds portals across the Baltics (automotive, real estate, jobs and general merchandise); the deal is expected to close by July 2019 and financial terms were not disclosed.

Apax Partners Acquires Expereo from The Carlyle Group

May 25, 2018

Telecommunications

Apax Partners has agreed to acquire 100% of Expereo from The Carlyle Group, with Expereo management retaining a stake and continuing to run the business. The deal will support Expereo's growth through product enhancement, complementary acquisitions and global go-to-market expansion; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

EQT IX Acquires idealista from Apax Partners for €1.3 Billion

September 10, 2020

Media & Entertainment

EQT IX (advised by EQT Partners) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in idealista, the leading online real estate classifieds platform in Spain, Italy and Portugal, from funds advised by Apax Partners for €1.3 billion. idealista, headquartered in Madrid, will continue to be led by founder and CEO Jesús Encinar, with management reinvesting; EQT plans to support product and service capability expansion and further market penetration across Southern Europe.

Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus Acquire T-Mobile Netherlands for €5.1bn

September 7, 2021

Telecommunications

Funds advised by Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus have agreed to acquire T-Mobile Netherlands Holding B.V. from Deutsche Telekom AG and Tele2 AB in a deal valuing the company at an enterprise value of €5.1 billion. Under the new ownership, T-Mobile Netherlands will become an independent Dutch company and the buyers plan to support management in accelerating network and fibre-to-the-home growth while continuing to expand its consumer and fixed-broadband customer base.