Hg (equity firm)

Hg
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryPrivate equity
PredecessorMercury Private Equity
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
FoundersPartnership
HeadquartersLondon
ProductsPrivate equity funds, Leveraged buyout
Total assetsUS$70 billion (2024)
Websitewww.hgcapital.com

Hg is a private equity firm targeting technology buyouts primarily in Europe and the US. Hg focuses on investments in technology and services sectors. It invests out of its 8th £2.5 billion core fund and its 2nd £575 million Mercury fund, targeting smaller technology buyouts, both raised in February 2017.[1] Both funds were closed on their hard-caps and were more than 3x oversubscribed versus their targets, receiving strong re-ups from existing investors.[2] The company raised its 1st time £1.5B Saturn large-cap fund in March 2018[3] and in 2020 raised $11B across three funds, Mercury 3, Genesis 9 and Saturn 2.[4]

The company has close to 120 employees in investment offices in London, UK, Munich, Germany, San Francisco, and New York, NY, and serves over 100 institutional investors, including private and public pension funds, endowments, insurance companies and fund of funds.[5]

In April 2023, Hg announced it was in the nascent stages of adding a dedicated unit within its client services team to focus on individual clients and their wealth advisers, as well as family offices.[6]

In June 2024, Hg was ranked tenth in Private Equity International's PEI 300 ranking of the largest private equity firms in the world.[7][8]

  1. ^ "HgCapital closes two funds at a total of about 3.1 bln pounds". PE Hub. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. ^ "HgCapital LP Profile". Private Equity International. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Hg hits first close of Saturn fund, launches transition capital strategy". PE Hub. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Hg Said to Top $11 Billion for Its Largest Ever Buyout Funds". Bloomberg.com. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. ^ "HgCapital About Us". HgCapital. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ Mendoza, Carmela (2023-04-06). "Hg to build out dedicated wealth team". Private Equity International. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  7. ^ "The Largest Private Equity Firms in the World | PEI 300". Private Equity International. 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  8. ^ Beer, Helen de (2024-06-03). "Blackstone holds PEI 300 top spot". Private Equity International. Retrieved 2024-06-04.