Arma Partners is pleased to announce that it has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Civica, a portfolio company of Partners Group, on its sale to Blackstone.

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Civica is a leading software provider to the public sector in the UK, APAC and North America. Civica’s mission-critical GovTech solutions are designed to help public bodies, including local councils, government departments, health and social care providers and schools, operate more effectively through automating and streamlining services. Having served the public sector for over 20 years, Civica has deep relationships with over 6,000 organisations and 2.5 million public sector professionals rely on the company’s software to provide services to more than 100 million citizens globally.

Under Partners Group’s ownership, Civica has transformed into a pure play software business, developed its cloud offering, increased cloud adoption within its customer base, accelerated organic growth and executed 24 highly complementary add-on acquisitions. The investment from Blackstone will further accelerate Civica’s growth by capitalising on the unprecedented opportunity driven by the digital transformation of the public sector.

This transaction underscores Arma Partners’ continued leadership position in vertical software and consistent track record of successfully advising global private equity investors on landmark multi-billion transactions.