Apax Partners
RSS Apax PartnersSwedish Tele2 to buy Dutch Versatel
News The Swedish firm apparently isn't as interested in the German market, though, as it plans to sell Versatel's German operations to Apax Partners for €565m upon completion of the purchase. Rumours of the... [18 Jul 2005]
15 bids for NTL towers
News Bidders include private equity firms and infrastructure companies such as Australia's Macquarie Bank, Apax Partners and Terra Firma, according to the report. NTL's television and radio broadcasting... [12 Oct 2004]
Greg Dyke joins VC firm
News Greg Dyke, who left his post as director general of the BBC in January, has accepted a position at private equity firm Apax Partners. Dyke will serve on Apax's media advisory board... [12 Oct 2004]
Tech investment healthy in Europe, healthiest in UK
News Another prediction is that only the top quartile of VCs will survive - players such as 3i and Apax Partners - along with some niche investors. Private equity investments in European technology companies... [17 Jun 2004]
Energis chiefs consider rescue package
News The group includes Apax Partners, Carlyle Group and Credit Suisse First Boston. The management board of Energis is debating a £550m rescue offer from a private equity consortium. The consortium's offer... [12 Jul 2002]
For Sale sign still hangs outside Energis
News After last week rejecting a joint bid of around £500m from Apax Partners and Carlyle Group, Energis' backers are considering ongoing funding of £150m, according to a report in this morning's FT. Energis... [08 Jul 2002]
Murdoch and the Beeb join forces for digital TV push
News Other bids came from United Business Media and NTL, and Digital Television Broadcasting and venture capitalists Apax Partners. A consortium led by the BBC and BSkyB has been awarded the digital... [04 Jul 2002]
Yell flotation is off
News It had been hoped the flotation, expected to raise around £2bn, was going to signal a major return for the new economy, but current market conditions have forced a rethink on the part of its owners, Hicks Muse Tate & Furst and... [01 Jul 2002]
Energis bidders lower offer
News The firms bidding for Energis, which include Apax Partners, Carlyle Group and Credit Suisse First Boston's private equity division, put together the initial bid earlier this month. The private equity... [26 Jun 2002]
Decision time for troubled Energis
News The consortium, which consists of private equity firms Apax Partners, Carlyle Group and Permira and Credit Suisse First Boston, is understood to have made an offer in excess of the £690m of outstanding... [14 Jun 2002]
Yell on course for £2.3bn IPO bonanza
News Yell was bought from BT Group last year by private equity firms Hicks Muse Tate & Furst and Apax Partners & Co for £2.1bn. Directory service Yell looks on course for a record breaking IPO when it... [13 Jun 2002]
Energis set for £90m rescue
News The three companies are Apax Partners, Carlyle and Permira (formerly Schroder Ventures), and had originally been fighting each other for ultimate control of Energis. A consortium of three venture capital... [10 Jun 2002]
Energis bidders may get together
News The two camps comprise Apax Partners and Carlyle in one corner, and Permira, formerly Schroder Ventures, in the other. There is speculation that the two private equity firms picking over the withered... [31 May 2002]
Dot-com shockers and the Grabiner effect
Comment Mike now works for a venture capital company, Apax Partners. In a bizarre co-incidence, Stephen works for Apax Partners as well. And in an even stranger slice of... [24 Apr 2002]
ITV rescue bid on the cards
News Stephen Grabiner, the founder of On Digital, is considering a rescue bid for ITV Digital in his guise as venture capitalist at Apax Partners. Along with his elder brother, also an Apax... [09 Apr 2002]
