Nic Humphries

Senior Partner and Head of Saturn

Focus

Nic is the Senior Partner and Executive Chairman of Hg and Head of the Saturn fund. He has ultimate responsibility for Hg’s strategy, management and governance. He focuses on larger software investments that provide daily-use mission critical applications for accountants, tax / compliance professionals and designers / engineers / scientists.

Experience

Nic started his investing career in 1990 with 3i and has focused exclusively on software / technology for the last 30 years. He Joined Hg in 2001 as the founder of the firm's Software team and as CEO from 2007 - 2017 helped to build Hg into the leading software investor in Europe.

Opportunities for the future

"As an electronic engineer, self confessed techy and Star Wars nerd I'm fascinated by the exponential growth in compute-power that Moore's Law has unleashed and what that means for the long-term secular growth of the software industry that we focus on. It means that we can build long-term, large scale cloud businesses that provide real world benefits to customers, employees and shareholders alike. Outside of investing I'm passionate about helping the planet and those who have had less of life's luck as a core supporter of the Duke of Edinburgh International Awards, The Royal Foundation, Impetus and The Nature Conservancy"

Featuring Nic

Orbit Podcast

Thousands of small experiments

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Orbit Podcast

The art of pattern recognition

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Do tech leaders have to be tech experts?

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AuditBoard agrees to be acquired by Hg for over $3 billion

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"The thinking barbarians: how private equity has evolved" Hg and Visma featured in the Financial Times

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Argus announces strategic transaction to support next phase of growth

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Nic Humphries discusses Visma on Business Breakdowns

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IRIS Software Group secures major US investment from Leonard Green & Partners

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Visma attracts new investors for further international expansion in a transaction valuing the company at EUR 19 billion

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Built to last: why a narrow focus is the secret to Hg’s success

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Hg invests in IFS and WorkWave

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Leading global software investor offers STEM scholarships in Salford

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insightsoftware attracts c.$1bn strategic investment from Hg

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Bloomberg TV interviews Nic Humphries and Matthew Brockman

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Two World-Leading Impact and Sustainability Funds Invest in Benevity, Accelerating the Movement to Drive Corporate Purpose

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Benevity announces investment from Hg to continue to strengthen corporate purpose globally

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Hg invests in Hyperion in a transaction valued at $5 billion

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Hg announces new investment in The Citation Group

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Hg leads further majority investment in Visma valued at US$12.2 billion in the world’s largest ever software buyout

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Hg purchases Cinven stake in Visma

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Hg Saturn Fund makes new joint partnership investment in IRIS with ICG

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HgCapital invests in The Foundry

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e-conomic joins forces with Sweden’s SpeedLedger

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Nic Humphries appears on FT.com’s Deals & Dealmakers

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