Our sites Contact Investors About Sectors News & Views People Portfolio Home About Permira today Permira today €33bn committed capital 30+ years of backing growth €7.5bn currently investing Growing an ambitious business into an acclaimed industry leader is challenging. That’s why companies need the support of an experienced partner. Connect to our global network More than 240 people in 14 offices across Europe, the US and Asia are ready to support companies global ambitions, help them to find acquisition targets, attract new senior members to their boards and assist them in developing new strategic relationships Benefit from our deep sector expertise Our five global sector teams are highly skilled in finding growth opportunities in Consumer, Healthcare, Financial Services, Industrials and Technology Profit from our funds' sound investment record Since 1985, our funds have secured €32bn of committed capital and back more than 200 businesses What we do and how we do it Permira works with many leading businesses from Dr. Martens and Intelligrated to Genesys and Pharmaq. Each is different. Some require extensive support to expand internationally. Some just need access to the right team of people and opportunities to flourish. That’s why we provide bespoke solutions for each. Like you, we are entrepreneurial by nature. So it is important for us to work with like-minded people. We actively search for companies with a positive track record and a real ambition to grow. When we find them, we offer them access to funding, but most of all we become a true partner while they become an integral part of our global network. They benefit from the insight of our senior experts who share the knowledge and experience needed to help them achieve their full potential. We ensure they have the strongest team for any situation and geography, throughout the investment lifecycle. Our history The firm was founded in 1985 and operated under the Schroder Ventures brand. After raising its first pan-European fund in 1997, the firm became Permira following a rebrand in 2001. Today we are an international investment firm with more than 200 people in 14 offices globally spanning Europe, North America and Asia. Dr Martens "We know they will respect the brand and its heritage and keep everything that is good about the business and help us improve where we are not so good.’" David Suddens, Former CEO Provimi "Permira took the time and took the interest to really get deep into the business and to get a good understanding of the business." Ton Van Der Laan, CEO NDS "The people from Permira we have interacted with have all been unanimously extremely helpful, eager to understand our business and eager to identify new opportunities" Abe Peled, CEO BakerCorp "The thing I enjoyed about working with Permira is that we are very focused on things that really matter to the business." Bryan Livingston, CEO Leadership Kurt Björklund Co-Managing Partner Tom Lister Co-Managing Partner John Coyle Partner Head of New York Alex Emery Partner Head of Asia Cheryl Potter Partner Head of Consumer Jörg Rockenhäuser Partner Head of Frankfurt Brian Ruder Partner Head of Menlo Park Co-Head of Technology Richard Sanders Partner Co-Head of Technology Benoit Vauchy Partner Privacy Policy Cookie Notice Legal Modern Slavery Act Subscribe to our monthly newsletter