Software is our largest sector of investment

Our experience means we can recognise the specific challenges faced by management teams and the know how required to support them to deliver business success.

We focus on businesses providing B2B vertical market application software and data, regulatory software and fintech and internet infrastructure.

We have invested in high-quality, market leaders which have strong sector reputations, diverse customer bases, and which feature subscription‑based business models generating predictable revenues and cash flows. With c.50 software investments in our portfolio, we bring a unique set of networks and insights to help support value creation in our businesses.

Visma

Visma is a leading provider of mission-critical business software to SMBs in Northern Europe.

Our portfolio

Automation & Engineering

Athletics Sport Sponsoring is a leading B2C online platform for car and mobility subscriptions.

ABOUT ATHLETIC SPORT SPONSORING

Founded in 1997, Athletic Sport Sponsoring (ASS) is a flat-rate car subscription provider to members of closed user groups. ASS was acquired by MeinAuto Group in 2018, joining the Hg portfolio of companies. Following the partial sale of the MeinAuto and Mobility Concept Online Leasing business in 2024, Hg retained their ownership of ASS.

1997

FOUNDED

2018

PARTNERED WITH HG

Germany

COUNTRY

Automation & Engineering

CATEGORY

Legal & Regulatory

CTAIMA is a leading provider of software and specialized services for contractor management, health & safety, ESG, and compliance.

ABOUT CTAIMA

CTAIMA is a leading provider of software and specialized services for contractor management, health & safety, ESG, and compliance. CTAIMA orchestrates one of the largest global networks of contractors and suppliers, seamlessly connecting over 100 thousand contractors and subcontractors with over a thousand clients worldwide.

2004

FOUNDED

2024

PARTNERED WITH HG

Spain

COUNTRY

Legal & Regulatory

CATEGORY

Legal & Regulatory

Cube Global

ABOUT CUBE GLOBAL

Founded in 2011 in London, Cube Global is a regulatory intelligence software provider, primarily serving large financial institutions. The company’s software helps businesses to simplify the complexities of multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance and change management, allowing them to stay compliant, limit potential fines and automate compliance workflows. In 2024, Cube Global announced that it had secured a significant investment from Hg.

2011

FOUNDED

2024

PARTNERED WITH HG

United Kingdom

COUNTRY

Legal & Regulatory

CATEGORY

Legal & Regulatory

Ncontracts provides integrated risk, vendor and compliance management software to a rapidly expanding customer base of over 4,000 financial institutions, mortgage companies, and fintech companies in the United States.

ABOUT NCONTRACTS

Ncontracts provides integrated risk, vendor and compliance management software to a rapidly expanding customer base of over 4,000 financial institutions, mortgage companies, and fintech companies in the United States. The company’s powerful combination of software and services enables financial institutions to achieve their risk management and compliance goals with an integrated, user-friendly cloud-based solution suite encompassing vendor, organizational, audit, and compliance risk management.

2009

FOUNDED

2024

PARTNERED WITH HG

USA

COUNTRY

Legal & Regulatory

CATEGORY

ERP & Payroll, Tax & Accounting

Bright develops innovative and intuitive accounting, practice management and payroll software to accounting firms and SMBs in the UK & Ireland.

ABOUT BRIGHT

Bright develops and delivers innovative and intuitive accounting, practice management and payroll software to accounting firms and SMBs in the UK & Ireland.

With a customer-centric approach to its offering, Bright has a core focus on streamlining processes for accountants and businesses, through software solutions that evolve with legislative changes and the needs of accounting firms and their clients. Bright’s software solutions are underpinned by world-class support their customers can rely on.

2012

FOUNDED

2018

PARTNERED WITH HG

Ireland

COUNTRY

ERP & Payroll Tax & Accounting

CATEGORY

ERP & Payroll

The Access Group is a leading provider of fully-integrated business management software to UK mid-market organisations.

ABOUT ACCESS GROUP

Founded in 1991, the Access Group ('Access') is a leading Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") business, providing a range of horizontal and industry-specific software solutions to SME and mid-market customers in Australia, Ireland and the UK. With its portfolio spanning Finance, HR, and Payroll, as well as Recruiting, Hospitality, Health & Social Care, Legal, Not for Profit, and Education sectors, Access’ software helps over 60,000 businesses and not-for-profit organizations to work efficiently.

Hg initially partnered with Access in 2018, and further invested in 2020 and 2022, to continue supporting them in their geographical and product portfolio expansion, as well as their cloud strategy

1992

FOUNDED

2018

PARTNERED WITH HG

UK

COUNTRY

ERP & Payroll

CATEGORY

Wealth & Markets

Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets.

ABOUT ARGUS

Founded in 1970, Argus is an independent media organisation headquartered in London with 22 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets, and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences.

1970

FOUNDED

2019

PARTNERED WITH HG

UK

COUNTRY

Wealth & Markets

CATEGORY

Automation & Engineering

AUVESY-MDT is a provider of version control software for smart production machinery and other industrial Internet of Things devices.

ABOUT AUVESY-MDT

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Germany, AUVESY-MDT is the global market and technology leader for versioning and backup solutions in industrial automation with more than 2,500 customers around the globe. The company secures automation through strong end-point management that consistently captures and monitors changes to configurations, programming, and project statuses of operational technology in manufacturing. In doing so, it closes the gap that still exists between operational technology systems and information technology systems. The advantage of this is that automated production is much more robustly secured and can be better controlled.

Their octoplant software solution succeeds in integrating different automation technologies - from PLCs to HMIs, CNCs, SCADA systems and robots - regardless of the manufacturer. It enables traceability of changes, compliance as well as transparency of security gaps, e.g. in the form of due software updates. This gives industrial companies a comprehensive overview of all automation backups and the current status of the plant. Management teams therefore have a better basis for decision-making to increase the reliability of production facilities, avoid or at least minimize production downtimes, and significantly increase manufacturing efficiency and cybersecurity.

The company was formed from the merger of AUVESY and US-based MDT Software.

2007

FOUNDED

2021

PARTNERED WITH HG

Germany

COUNTRY

Automation & Engineering

CATEGORY

Tax & Accounting

Azets is an international accounting, tax, audit, advisory and business services group.

ABOUT AZETS

Azets (formally Cogital Group) is an international accounting, tax, audit, advisory and business services group that delivers a personal experience, both digitally and in person. With over 7,300 people across their office network, they help companies and organisations of all shapes and sizes, public sector enterprises and high net-worth private clients achieve their personal and business ambitions.

Hg supported the formation of Azets through the merger of Visma BPO, Blick Rothenberg, and Baldwins in 2016.

2016

FOUNDED

2016

PARTNERED WITH HG

International

COUNTRY

Tax & Accounting

CATEGORY