Permira

Permira was founded in 1985 by Nicholas Ferguson as a number of country specific separate businesses operating under the Schroder Ventures brand. In 1996, the United Kingdom, French, German and Italian teams joined together to create Schroder Ventures Europe and in 1997 it raised its first pan European fund. In 2001, the firm was renamed Permira.

Permira opened an office in New York City in 2002,[3] one in Tokyo in 2005,[4] and one in Hong Kong in 2008.[5]

It also opened an office in Menlo Park in 2008.[6]

• 2019 - Acquisition of Cambrex [7]
• 2018 - Acquisition of Duff & Phelps [8]
• 2018 – Acquisition of Cisco's SPVSS division[9]
• 2017 – Acquisition of DiversiTech Corporation[10]
• 2016 – Acquisition of Schustermann & Borenstein (Best Secret)[11]
• 2015 – Acquisition of Medora Snacks and Ideal Snacks[12]
• 2015 – Acquisition of Vacalians Group, a European campsite and mobile home company operating under the Tohapi brand [13]
• 2015 – Acquisition of GFKL Financial Services, a provider of receivables management services in Germany [14]
• 2015 – Acquisition of Informatica, independent provider of enterprise data integration software and services [15]
• 2014 – Acquisition of Teraco Data Environments, Sub-Saharan Africa's provider of carrier neutral datacenter services [16]
• 2014 – Acquisition of Metalogix, provider of management tools for collaboration platforms [17]
• 2014 – Acquisition of TeamViewer, developer and distributor of solutions for online communication, collaboration and remote monitoring of IT systems[18]
• 2014 – Acquisition of Tilney and Bestinvest, the wealth manager and online investment service based in the United Kingdom.[19]
• 2014 – Acquisition of $200 million of the outstanding equity of LegalZoom.[20]
• 2013 – Acquisition of R Griggs Group, parent of the Doc Martens brand for 300 million pounds or US$485.7 million.[21]

(full realisations only; does not include partial realisations)

• 2017 – Netafim, smart drip and micro irrigation solutions, Israel [22][23][24][25]
• 2015 – New Look Retail Group, fashion brand[26]
• 2015 – Iglo Group, European frozen food business[27]
• 2015 – Hugo Boss, company in premium and luxury segment of the apparel market[28]
• 2015 – Arysta LifeScience Limited, one of the world's agrochemical businesses[29]
• 2014 – Renaissance Learning, provider of technology based school improvement and student assessment programmes[30]
• 2014 – All3Media, creator of television, film and digital content[31]
• 2014 – ProSiebenSat.1, one of the independent media corporations in Europe[32]