Tech & Telecom
Sector Expertise
Funds advised by Apax Partners invest in both technology and telecommunications assets.
The demand for telecommunications services and products has been increasing at a phenomenal rate, driven by deregulation and an insatiable appetite for bandwidth-hungry applications and devices.
Network operators and technology providers now have to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions, creating substantial opportunities for private equity investment into new technologies and infrastructure.
Apax Partners Funds invest across all wireless and wireline industry segments, varying from growth technologies and applications for next generation networks to buy-outs of telecommunications assets from major operators and equipment providers.
The Funds also invest in components, systems, software and services companies. The main drivers of change across these segments are the proliferation of broadband, cost reduction, globalization and system manageability.
News
Weather Investments announces sale of part of its shares to Apax Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners and TA Associates
Weather Investments S.p.A. (“Weather Investments”) today announces the sale of part of its shares for an amount equal to 1.1 billion euro to funds managed by private equity firms Apax Partners Worldwide LLP, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and TA Associates, Inc.
Acquisition of Intelsat by Serafina Holdings provides exit for Apax Partners Consortium
Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today announced the successful closing of the acquisition of all of the primary equity ownership of its parent, Intelsat Holdings, Ltd.
Apax Partners to take minority stake in SMART Technologies
SMART Technologies Inc. announces that funds advised by Apax Partners will take a significant minority position in the company.
Sector Insight
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