Permira

E155921

company investment firm private equity firm

Permira is a global private equity firm that invests in and acquires businesses across sectors such as technology, consumer, healthcare, and financial services.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Permira canonical	2
Permira Credit	1
Permira Growth Opportunities	1
Permira Strategic Opportunities	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Permira
Context triple: [Magento, acquiredBy, Permira]

A. The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a major global private equity and investment firm known for managing large alternative asset portfolios and employing prominent political and financial figures.
B. Apollo Global Management
Apollo Global Management is a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, credit, and real assets.
C. Silver Lake Partners
Silver Lake Partners is a leading American private equity firm specializing in technology and technology-enabled investments, known for high-profile stakes in major global companies.
D. Icahn & Co.
Icahn & Co. is an investment firm and brokerage associated with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, focusing on securities trading and corporate finance.
E. Greylock Partners
Greylock Partners is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early-stage investments in leading technology companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Permira
Target entity description: Permira is a global private equity firm that invests in and acquires businesses across sectors such as technology, consumer, healthcare, and financial services.

A. The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a major global private equity and investment firm known for managing large alternative asset portfolios and employing prominent political and financial figures.
B. Apollo Global Management
Apollo Global Management is a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, credit, and real assets.
C. Silver Lake Partners
Silver Lake Partners is a leading American private equity firm specializing in technology and technology-enabled investments, known for high-profile stakes in major global companies.
D. Icahn & Co.
Icahn & Co. is an investment firm and brokerage associated with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, focusing on securities trading and corporate finance.
E. Greylock Partners
Greylock Partners is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for early-stage investments in leading technology companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	company ⓘ investment firm ⓘ private equity firm ⓘ
assetsUnderManagement	over €70 billion ⓘ
chairperson	Kurt Björklund ⓘ
clientType	endowments ⓘ foundations ⓘ institutional investors ⓘ insurance companies ⓘ pension funds ⓘ sovereign wealth funds ⓘ
coManagingPartner	Kurt Björklund ⓘ Tom Lister ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOnSector	consumer ⓘ financial services ⓘ healthcare ⓘ services ⓘ technology ⓘ
formerName	Schroder Ventures (predecessor) ⓘ surface form: Schroder Ventures Europe
foundedBy	Nicholas Ferguson ⓘ Schroder Ventures (predecessor) ⓘ
geographicScope	global ⓘ
hasDivision	Permira self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Permira Credit Permira self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Permira Growth Opportunities Permira self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Permira Strategic Opportunities
hasOfficeIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Frankfurt am Main ⓘ surface form: Frankfurt Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong London, England ⓘ surface form: London Los Angeles ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Madrid ⓘ Menlo Park, California ⓘ surface form: Menlo Park Milan ⓘ New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ Seoul ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Stockholm ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
inception	1985 ⓘ
industry	alternative investments ⓘ private equity ⓘ venture capital and growth equity ⓘ
investmentStrategy	buyout ⓘ growth equity ⓘ private equity ⓘ
legalForm	limited partnership structure (funds) ⓘ
notableInvestment	Adevinta ⓘ All3Media ⓘ Bird & Bird (former stake in associated entities) ⓘ Dr. Martens ⓘ Exclusive Networks ⓘ Genesys ⓘ Hugo Boss ⓘ Inmarsat ⓘ LegalZoom ⓘ Magento ⓘ McAfee ⓘ Synamedia ⓘ TeamViewer ⓘ Tilney Bestinvest ⓘ
website	https://www.permira.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magento → acquiredBy → Permira ⓘ

Genesys → parentCompany → Permira ⓘ

Permira → hasDivision → Permira self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Permira Credit

Permira → hasDivision → Permira self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Permira Growth Opportunities

Permira → hasDivision → Permira self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Permira Strategic Opportunities

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (67)

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Referenced by (5)

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