• H.I.G. Capital is a leading global alternative asset manager with $74 billion in assets under management.
• H.I.G. announced the final closing of H.I.G. Europe Capital Partners IV with €1.6 billion in total commitments.
• Fund IV reached an oversubscribed first and final close within six months of launch.
• Strong demand came from both existing and new limited partners despite a competitive fundraising environment.
• Fund IV continues H.I.G.’s established strategy in the European lower middle market.
• The fund targets undermanaged companies where operational value creation and complex situations offer upside.
• H.I.G. has a 19-year track record in Europe, with more than 150 investment professionals across London, Milan, Hamburg, Paris, and Madrid.
• Since 2007, H.I.G. has completed 92 private equity platform investments in Europe across lower middle and middle market strategies.
• Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, Co-Founders and Co-Executive Chairmen of H.I.G. Capital, highlighted the firm’s global scale, operating capabilities, and long-standing presence in Europe as key differentiators for middle market investing.
• Wolfgang J. Biedermann, Executive Managing Director and Head of H.I.G. Private Equity, Europe, emphasized the attractive timing for launching Fund IV and the firm’s focus on control investments in complex and operationally undermanaged European lower middle market companies.
• Fund IV benefits from strong performance and momentum from prior H.I.G. European vintages.
• Jordan Peer Griffin, Executive Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Formation, underscored the strong global limited partner support that enabled an oversubscribed close in a compressed fundraising timeline.
• Limited partners include asset managers, public and corporate pensions, family offices, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and consultants.
• Investors are based across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
