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March 4th, 2022

Splunk

In 2022, H&F made a minority investment in Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK).  Splunk is a leading enterprise data platform for cybersecurity and observability solutions.  Customers use Splunk to ingest data across increasingly complex and disparate IT environments to monitor and respond…

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February 8th, 2019

ABRA Auto Body & Glass

In 2014, H&F acquired ABRA, a leading multi-state operator (“MSO”) of auto body and glass repair centers. ABRA provided repair solutions that enabled its insurance company partners to improve customer satisfaction and drive policyholder retention while also reducing repair costs…

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February 13th, 2018

Nets A/S

In 2018, H&F led a take-private transaction of Nets, a leading payments processing utility for the Nordics region. Nets connected banks, businesses, public sector organizations, merchants and consumers through an international network facilitating digital payments. In 2021, H&F completed a…

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August 7th, 2017

Snap One

In 2017, H&F acquired Snap One, a leading eCommerce provider in the connected home sector. The Company sells proprietary-branded audio/video (“AV”), security, networking, and automation products to residential and commercial AV dealers. These dealers sell, install, and integrate Snap One’s…

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July 7th, 2015

Young & Rubicam Inc.

In 1996, H&F invested as part of a recapitalization in Young & Rubicam (“Y&R”), one of the world’s then largest integrated marketing and communications companies. Y&R completed its initial public offering in 1998 and H&F fully exited its investment in…

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July 7th, 2015

Wood Mackenzie Ltd.

In 2012, H&F acquired Wood Mackenzie, a leading global energy and metals industry research and consultancy firm based in Scotland. Wood Mackenzie was sold to Verisk Analytics in 2015.


July 7th, 2015

Web Reservations International Ltd.

In 2009, H&F acquired Web Reservations (“WRI”), a leading provider of online booking solutions for budget accommodations with a focus on the hostel segment. WRI completed its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange (with a secondary listing on the…

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