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Top 25 Private equity backed software companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 939 private equity backed software companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,790 professional contacts across them, including 966 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers private equity backed software companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest private equity backed software companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 327 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Damco Solutions Limited is a specialist software solutions and services & a business process outsourcing services company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Digis is a leading software development company with a team of over.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tigbourne Capital is a distinguished private equity firm founded in 2011, headquartered in the UK and boasting a robust footprint across the USA, Europe, and the Arabian Gulf.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Axiom is a global information technology, consulting and outsourcing company and services provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a software company with a difference!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At GSC Technologies, we are architects of digital transformation, empowering businesses with innovative IT solutions that drive growth and efficiency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bowmark Capital is a leading private equity investment firm specialising in technology, data and services companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We provide Software Development, Maintenance and Other Related IT Services, across spectrum, depending on individual client’s needs and dependability on us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 2022, we were acquired by Node4, an IT services and consulting provider on a mission to deliver change that matters to public and private sector organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At SKO Systems, we engineer enterprise-grade software ecosystems designed for the unique, high-stakes realities of the maritime environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are now Agilico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nexucon is a global firm that offers technology consulting and services to clients from diverse industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AnaCap is a specialist, lower-mid market private equity firm, investing in Software, Technology and Services companies operating within the European Financial Ecosystem.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SpyreSync provides bespoke development, consultancy and next-gen technology services to global customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HP Infosystem is a comprehensive consulting and IT Services provider of absolute tech-business solutions having strong expertise and extensive technical skills with global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Incorporated in 1982, Touchstone Group is one of the UK's leading IT Services Group, solving real business issues for its clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Nine is a highly acclaimed, award winning, privately owned and entirely independent Software Development Company, delivering consultancy, software strategy and build solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “One Peak is a leading growth equity firm investing in high-growth software scale-ups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trusted by 40+ private capital sponsors - including 6 of the top 10 globally by AUM (8 of the top 10 in Europe)- and 7 of the top 10 M&A law firms worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At ARK IT Services, we focus on building practical software solutions that solve real business problems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CGE Partners is a private equity firm investing in information, data and software businesses that are shaping the future of their industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Volpi Capital is a specialist private equity investor, founded in January 2016, investing in ambitious businesses that are rapidly growing by disrupting traditional B2B value…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ACCELERATING BUSINESSES WITH TOP TECHNOLOGIES As a technology and solutions consulting company we bring software innovations to working businesses to increase their efficiency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Speecto is an AI product and software engineering company helping Digital Health, Fitness and Wellness startups design, build and scale intelligent digital products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Upliift partners with founders of European B2B software companies with €1-25m in revenue considering a full or partial exit in a way that’s right for them and their business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: private equity backed software companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names private equity backed software companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity backed software companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity backed software companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Private equity backed software companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 939 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among private equity backed software companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “private equity backed software companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names private equity backed software companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity backed software companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 966 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Private equity backed software companies by metro
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names private equity backed software companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many private equity backed software companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 939 private equity backed software companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Damco Solutions Limited, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most private equity backed software companies?
London leads with 329 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (20) and Edinburgh (15).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 966 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 939 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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