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Five Arrows

London, United Kingdom

Five Arrows manages corporate and secondary private equity, multi-managers funds and co-investments, as well as broadly syndicated loans and direct lending as part of Rothschild & Co.

Focus Areas
Alternative assets, Corporate private equity, Secondary private equity

Tracked deals

25

25 tracked deals across 2019-2025.

Recent pace

2

2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

11 addon · 10 buyout · 3 growth capital

Five Arrows Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 7 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 7 years for Five Arrows. 1 2019 6 2020 6 2021 3 2022 3 2023 4 2024 2 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

Showing the 12 most recent of 25 tracked deals for Five Arrows.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows, STG Allegro (Symphony Technology Group)
    Target
    NetVendor, OffenderWatch
    Seller
    RF Investment Partners
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    RF Investment Partners has exited two vertical SaaS investments: NetVendor received a majority investment from Five Arrows (the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co), while OffenderWatch secured a significant investment from STG Allegro (part of Symphony Technology Group). The transactions position both businesses for product innovation, geographic expansion, and continued growth under new private equity ownership.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG)
    Target
    Totalmobile
    Seller
    Bowmark Capital
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Bowmark Capital has agreed to sell Totalmobile, a provider of field service management software, to Five Arrows and funds managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    CGE Partners, Five Arrows
    Target
    Intact
    Seller
    IMCap Partners
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Austria
    Type
    Buyout

    CGE Partners and Five Arrows have taken a majority stake in Intact, the Austria-founded provider of end-to-end auditing and certification workflow SaaS, with management and prior investor IMCap Partners retaining minority stakes. The investment will support Intact's product, service and international expansion as the company scales within the Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) market.

  • Buyer
    Texthelp, Five Arrows
    Target
    Texthelp, n2y
    Industry
    Education
    Type
    Addon

    Texthelp and n2y have completed a transformational merger to create a unified assistive-technology and special-education platform, and have named Craig Powell as CEO. Martin McKay will remain as Executive Chairman and investor Five Arrows played a key role in bringing the organizations together; a new combined brand will be announced in the future.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows (Five Arrows Long Term Fund and Five Arrows Principal Investments)
    Target
    Rimes
    Seller
    EQT, Co-shareholders
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Five Arrows (via its Long Term Fund and Principal Investments vehicles) has agreed to acquire Rimes, a provider of enterprise data management-as-a-service and investment platform solutions, from EQT and its co-shareholders. The transaction — intended to support Rimes' next phase of growth in investment data and AI-enabled capabilities — is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows (Rothschild & Co), TA Associates
    Target
    Agilio Software
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    England, United Kingdom

    Agilio Software, a UK frontline healthcare operations software provider, has received a strategic growth investment from Five Arrows (Rothschild & Co) and TA Associates to support product development and international expansion. The investment will help Agilio expand into new healthcare verticals and accelerate growth in its core UK and Netherlands markets; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Causeway Technologies, Five Arrows
    Target
    one.network
    Seller
    Bridgepoint
    Industry
    Infrastructure
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Causeway Technologies, backed by Five Arrows, has agreed to acquire one.network, a leading digital road management SaaS platform, from Bridgepoint. The acquisition is an add-on to Causeway's infrastructure software suite and is intended to expand its roadwork planning, coordination and public engagement capabilities across the UK and US.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows (Rothschild & Co)
    Target
    n2y
    Seller
    The Riverside Company
    Industry
    Education
    Type
    Buyout

    Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, has acquired a majority stake in n2y, a Huron, Ohio–based provider of SaaS solutions for special education. Providence Equity Partners will remain a minority investor; The Riverside Company sold its investment as part of the transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Mintec
    Target
    AgriBriefing
    Seller
    Horizon Capital
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Mintec, a Five Arrows-backed agri-food data and price-reporting business, has acquired AgriBriefing from Horizon Capital. The deal combines complementary proprietary data and SaaS capabilities to create a leading global agri/food and FMCG price reporting and analytics platform.

  • Buyer
    Providence Equity Partners, Five Arrows Principal Investments
    Target
    A2MAC1
    Seller
    Keensight Capital, Five Arrows Principal Investments
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Location
    Île-de-France, France
    Type
    Buyout

    Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire A2MAC1, the global leader in automotive benchmarking and analytics. Five Arrows Principal Investments and Keensight Capital, current shareholders, will sell their stakes with Five Arrows reinvesting as joint-lead alongside Providence to support the company's next growth phase and expansion of its benchmarking platform.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows Principal Investments, Management team (Groupe EDH)
    Target
    Groupe EDH (GEDH)
    Seller
    Quilvest Capital Partners, IK Partners
    Industry
    Education
    Location
    Île-de-France, France
    Type
    Buyout

    Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) has entered exclusivity to acquire a majority stake in Groupe EDH (GEDH) from Quilvest Capital Partners and IK Partners, with GEDH's management reinvesting alongside the buyer. The transaction, subject to regulatory approvals, will support GEDH's continued expansion in France, enhancement of its digital capabilities, and acceleration of its international development.

  • Buyer
    Five Arrows Capital Partners, BPOC
    Target
    basys
    Seller
    WindRose Health Investors, LLC
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Addon

    Five Arrows Capital Partners (FACP) and BPOC completed the acquisition of basys from WindRose Health Investors and merged basys with their portfolio company Innovative Software Solutions, Inc. (ISSI) to form a leading multiemployer benefits administration solutions provider. Harbour Benefit Holdings retained an investment in the combined business; terms were not disclosed.

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