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Vitruvian Partners
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Vitruvian Partners is an international private equity firm that invests in higher growth, dynamic situation buyouts and growth capital investments. The firm backs exceptional entrepreneurs and management teams in companies creating sustainable high growth and strategic value, investing between €40m–€600m+ in companies typically valued between €75m–€4bn+. Vitruvian focuses on asset-light industries across four core sectors — information technology, financial services, life sciences & healthcare, and business services — and is flexible in structure, encompassing majority and minority investments, growth buyouts alongside existing management, primary/secondary growth capital, and public-to-private transactions. The firm operates from 10 global offices and prides itself on a partnership-led, low-bureaucracy approach with strong alignment of interest, investing significant personal capital alongside its funds.
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“Vitruvian focuses on dynamic situations investment strategy that it operates in four sectors: information technology, financial services, life sciences & healthcare and business services. Notable investments to date include global market leaders and innovators in their field such as Just Eat, EasyPark, Voxbone, Global-E, CRF Health, Snow Software, Accountor, Wise, CFC, and Trustpilot.”
“We are a relatively small, focused team of investors and experienced operators. The entrepreneurs we back deal directly with decision-makers. They are not required to endure pointless bureaucracy.”
“Our interests are aligned with our investors and those we back. We invest a significant portion of our own personal capital alongside our funds.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just Eat | Growth Capital | — | 2012-01-01 |
| Wise (TransferWise) | Growth Capital | — | 2017-01-01 |
| Trustpilot | Growth Capital | — | 2019-01-01 |
| EasyPark | Growth Buyout | — | 2017-12-01 |
| Vestiaire Collective | Series F | $254m | 2021-03-01 |
| Global-E Online | Growth Capital | — | 2019-01-01 |
| Options Technology | Growth Buyout | — | 2024-10-16 |
| Aspia | Growth Buyout | — | 2023-10-26 |
| AlphaSense | Series F | $350m | 2026-03-24 |
| Ebury | Private Equity | $678m | 2026-04-30 |
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