Hg Capital's Reputation in Europe?
SubscribeHi there - how is Hg Capital perceived in the buyout / growth equity world? Any colour as to prestige, comp, work/life balance? Thanks a lot
Sep 09, 2020
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Comments (12)
Are they recruiting at the moment? Lateral or general associate hiring?
No - I want to move into the software space and have decent colour on most of the main players except for Hg. Do you know anyone there?
Yes know one. Heard culture is not very good. Mostly buy and let it ride - don't get too involved
Solid firm that has funds to invest accross sizes from LMM all the way to Large Cap deals (see Visma, TeamSystem type of deals).
The strongest Software investor in Europe imo but the culture is absolutely horrendous, to the extent that headhunters warn you about it.
Any examples of how/why it is bad?
Hg headhunter in Europe?
I know they were recently looking for an Associate in Europe and used Dartmouth Partners to reach out to potential candidates. Can't 100% remember which fund it was for, but believe it was either Genesis (mid-cap) or Saturn (large-cap).
great software investor, rough culture, smart people.
smart PF / fund structuring (see P&I and Visma for the xth time). latest return targets for the "steady and well known" assets in the PF quite low so some return needs to come from new additions but allows a large fund
Know several people here across their three funds (Mercury, Genesis and Saturn).
Never heard of negative comments on culture bar that it is perceived as "nerdy". They are extremely active on PF (not buy and let it ride) especially in their LMM/MM funds.
Pushing more growthier deals in areas they know well.
They have made a bunch of hires recently (new funds) and are using Dartmouth Partners.
super solid returns & have just upped comp...
Thanks vccce - any idea what the comp was upped to for beginner / mid-level Associates?
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