London (UK) \u2014 Thoma Bravo, a leading global soft\u00adware invest\u00adment firm, has announ\u00adced the comple\u00adtion of the fund\u00adrai\u00adsing of its first Euro\u00adpean fund, the Thoma Bravo Europe Fund (the \u201cFund\u201d), with total capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately \u20ac1.8 billion.<\/p>\n
The fund aims to invest in inno\u00adva\u00adtive, medium-sized soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies in the most important Euro\u00adpean markets. The aim is to support foun\u00adders, entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and manage\u00adment teams in deve\u00adlo\u00adping their compa\u00adnies from Europe into global market leaders. The company sees great growth poten\u00adtial with a view to the next gene\u00adra\u00adtion of leading Euro\u00adpean soft\u00adware companies. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur first fund for invest\u00adments in the Euro\u00adpean soft\u00adware indus\u00adtry is a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mile\u00adstone for our company,\u201d says Orlando Bravo (photo)<\/strong>, foun\u00adder and Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner of Thoma Bravo. \u201cWe see a great oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to support tech\u00adno\u00adlogy pioneers in Europe and help them grow further. We are grateful for the long-term support of our investors.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThe closing of our first Euro\u00adpean fund allows us to further streng\u00adthen our presence in the region,\u201d says Irina Hemmers, Part\u00adner and Head of Thoma Bravo\u2019s Euro\u00adpean office in London. \u201cDigi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion in Europe is advan\u00adcing rapidly and leading soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies are incre\u00adasingly looking for targe\u00adted support and invest\u00adment to realize their growth stra\u00adte\u00adgies. As a highly specia\u00adli\u00adzed inves\u00adtor, we bring deca\u00addes of opera\u00adtio\u00adnal exper\u00adtise to the table. We believe that this expe\u00adri\u00adence can help leading regio\u00adnal soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies to deve\u00adlop into Euro\u00adpean cham\u00adpi\u00adons and global market leaders.\u201d <\/p>\n Thoma Bravo has been inves\u00adt\u00ading in Europe for 14 years and has alre\u00adady inves\u00adted more than \u20ac14 billion of equity in 16 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions in the region. Since opening its first inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal office in London in 2023, Thoma Bravo\u2019s Euro\u00adpean team has acqui\u00adred four compa\u00adnies in the Nether\u00adlands, Germany and Sweden, inclu\u00adding the \u20ac400 million take-private of EQS Group and growth invest\u00adments in USU, Hyper\u00adgene and LOGEX. <\/p>\n About Thoma Bravo<\/strong><\/p>\n Thoma Bravo is one of the largest soft\u00adware inves\u00adtors in the world with assets under manage\u00adment of more than 166 billion US dollars (as of Septem\u00adber 30, 2024). With private equity, growth equity and credit stra\u00adte\u00adgies, the company invests in growth-orien\u00adted, inno\u00adva\u00adtive compa\u00adnies opera\u00adting in the soft\u00adware and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy sectors. Thoma Bravo lever\u00ada\u00adges its deep indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise and proven stra\u00adte\u00adgic and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties to part\u00adner with its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies to imple\u00adment best prac\u00adti\u00adces in opera\u00adti\u00adons and drive growth initia\u00adti\u00adves. Over the past 20+ years, the firm has acqui\u00adred or inves\u00adted in more than 500 compa\u00adnies with an enter\u00adprise value in excess of $265 billion, inclu\u00adding both control\u00adling and non-control\u00adling invest\u00adments. The firm has offices in Chicago, Dallas, London, Miami, New York and San Fran\u00adcisco. www.thomabravo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London (UK) \u2014 Thoma Bravo, a leading global soft\u00adware invest\u00adment firm, has announ\u00adced the comple\u00adtion of the fund\u00adrai\u00adsing of its first Euro\u00adpean fund, the Thoma Bravo Europe Fund (the \u201cFund\u201d), with total capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately \u20ac1.8 billion. The fund aims to invest in inno\u00adva\u00adtive, medium-sized soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies in the most important Euro\u00adpean markets. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n