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Partners Group

Fund of fund · Founded 1995 · Baar, Switzerland

One of the largest global private markets firms, investing across private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate.

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144 VC firms backed

$186B AUM

01 · Background

Who Partners Group is.

Historical Background: Founded in 1996 in Zug, Switzerland, by Marcel Erni, Alfred Gantner, and Urs Wietlisbach. The firm became one of the first private markets firms to go public with its listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange in 2006. It launched an evergreen private equity fund in the US in 2009.
Source of Capital: Capital is sourced from an international clientele of institutional investors, private banks, individual investors, and other financial institutions. The firm manages a range of funds, structured products, and customized portfolios. There is an increasing focus on evergreen funds to attract capital from individual investors.
Allocation Strategy: The firm's investment activities are concentrated in private markets, with a focus on private equity, private infrastructure, private real estate, and private debt. The allocation strategy includes direct investments into companies, primary commitments to funds, and secondary investments. The firm invests globally across various sectors. A core part of the strategy involves taking an industrial and operational approach to the assets it manages, with a focus on transformational growth.

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02 · Fund commitments

The funds Partners Group backs.

Partners Group is a limited partner in 144 funds. 22 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

United States

#7 Power Law

New Enterprise Associates

Amadeus Capital Partners

3i Group

United Kingdom

Abingworth

United Kingdom

Act Venture Capital

Ireland

Affinity Equity Partners

China

Aksia Group

Italy

Apax Partners

United Kingdom

AsiaVest Partners

Taiwan

Astorg

Luxembourg

August Equity

United Kingdom

Baring Private Equity Asia

China

BC Partners

United Kingdom

BGH Capital

Australia

Capvis

Switzerland

CMC Capital

China

Cybernaut

Hong Kong

Hony Capital

China

J-STAR

Japan

Primavera Capital Group

China

SB China Capital

China

True North

India

YunFeng Capital

China

03 · Allocation

How Partners Group’s fund book is spread.

The 144 funds Partners Group backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.

Where those managers are based

By fund headquarters.

North America 8156%
Europe 5035%
Rest of world 139%

United States 80 · United Kingdom 29 · China 7 · France 6

How established those managers are

Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 103 of 144 with a fund history on record.

Emerging funds · 32

Established funds · 71

14 1

13 2

5 3

11 4

15 5-6

18 7-9

10 10-14

17 15+

Funds raised by the manager

04 · Knowledge graph

News Partners Group closes $1B private credit mandate in Asia Aug 17, 2026

News Partners Group closes $15B infrastructure program, 50% larger than prior vintage Aug 9, 2026

News Partners Group to buy majority of AVK with $1B-plus data center power bet Aug 6, 2026

05 · Exits

Partners Group’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Partners Group’s transaction record.

Crown Resorts

IPO · 2007

Now $6.3BGaming

Techem

$5.1B acquisition · 2018

Real Estate

FONCIA Group

$2.0B acquisition · 2016

Real Estate

AVK-SEG

$1.0B acquisition · 2026

Energy

06 · Direct investments

The companies Partners Group backs directly.

Partners Group holds 60 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner. Broken down by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage.

By countryCount

USA40
Germany9
UK9
Switzerland7
India6
France5
Australia4
Canada3
Spain3
Brazil2
China2
Netherlands2

By sectorCount

Energy18
Enterprise Software16
Health15
Fintech9
Food8
Telecom6
Real Estate5
Marketing4
Transportation4
Fashion3
Home Living3
Legal3

By growth stageCount

Early Growth34
Late Growth27
Mature26
Breakout Stage19

07 · Portfolio market map

Inside Partners Group’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 38 tracked.

Enterprise Software · Decacorn

Fermaca

Telecom · Unicorn

$2.0B

Ecom Express

Transportation

$156M

Darwinbox

Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn

$1.0B

Harbinger Health

Health

$700M

Restor3D

Health

$275M

Lumin Digital

Fintech · Unicorn

$1.6B

Nozomi Networks

Security

$400M

Nippon Renewable Energy

Energy

Healogics

Health

Omie

Fintech

$700M

Akur8

Fintech

$480M

SirionLabs

Legal

$425M

Neara

Enterprise Software

$712M

Version 1

Enterprise Software

$35M

Budderfly

Energy

$275M

Alltub Group

France

ET Solar Group

Energy

$124M

Infinity Fincorp Solutions

Fintech

$160M

Arpida

Switzerland

SunCulture

Food

$138M

CSS Corp

USA

$270M

GlobalLogic

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

$9.5B

Forterro

Enterprise Software · Unicorn

$2.2B

Symplr

Health

Layr

Fintech

$40M

Seaborn Networks

Media

$8.9M

Purple Labs

Security

$101M

IDrive

Enterprise Software

$40M

Softonic

Media

$91M

Oorja Development Solutions

Energy

$4.8M

Hanseatic Energy Hub

Energy

Life Cycle Power

Energy

FairJourney Biologics

Health

$990M

PowerTransitions

Energy

Digital Halo

Security

Green Flexibility

Energy

Gateway Fleets

USA

Lyocontract

Health

Citivale

Real Estate

GreenSquareDC

Energy

$30M

Ennoble Care

Health

Empira-Gruppe

Switzerland

Sunsure Energy

Energy

Precisely

Enterprise Software

Aroma-Zone

France

Sterling Pharma Solutions

Health

Rosen Group

Energy

Foundation Risk Partners

Legal

Greencross

Health

Eteck

Netherlands

SureWerx

Home Living

Cloudflight.io

Germany

$440M

Astek

Telecom

VelocityEHS

USA

EStruxture Data Centers

Hosting

Techem

Real Estate · Unicorn

$7.4B

08 · Portfolio founders

Where Partners Group’s portfolio founders come from.

68 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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