Welcome to Hg’s monthly update, designed to keep you updated with news from Hg and our network of portfolio companies.

Hg announces the sale of GTreasury for a total transaction value of over $1 billion

"The business has firmly cemented its position as the most adaptable treasury platform on the market, evidenced by its accelerating growth, increasingly transatlantic footprint, and exciting product innovations, including the recent launch of GSmart AI. I have no doubt the GTreasury team will continue to thrive in this exciting new chapter.”

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INSIGHTS

Orbit 51: Perplexity on trust, velocity and building the Answer Engine

Perplexity’s Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko tells Hg's Farouk Hussein how execution velocity has become the company’s true moat. From scaling to 22 million monthly users to building trust as the scarcest online currency, Perplexity’s story is a masterclass in how focus and adaptability can outmaneuver size.

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Why AI gets the pilot but product earns the renewal

As model capabilities compress, advantage returns to domain depth and product discipline. Success means starting with workflow, obsessing over integration, doing the "thick context" work, and measuring usage intensity, not pilots.

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A blueprint for AI GTM adoption

Hg's Head of Growth, Chris Ross, in collaboration with Everett Berry at Clay, breaks down the three-level framework that’s helping Hg portfolio companies scale AI the right way - from literacy and standardization to true GTM advantage.

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AI's transformative role in value creation for private equity

On Alt Goes Mainstream, Hg's Chris Kindt joins Michael Sidgmore to share how we’ve embedded AI across Hg and our portfolio - from educating and exciting our teams to giving them hands-on hackathon time and fostering an AI-first culture.

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LISTENING RECOMMENDATIONS

Dive into some of the podcasts that we are listening to! 

Dwarkesh Podcast:
Andrej Karpathy - AGI is still a decade away


Listen to this episode of the Dwarkesh Podcast for a discussion on the timeline and nature of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Unsupervised Learning:
AI Round Up: Ari Morcos from Datalogy AI and Rob Toews from Radical VC

Dive into this episode for a wide-ranging discussion on the latest trends, the current state and future of AI.

A16Z Podcast:
Software finally eats services - Aaron Levie


Listen from 14:47, for insights into how AI is accelerating product development, confirming what we are seeing across our portfolio. 

Hg NEWS

Hg welcomes Anna Tye

"Hg has an impressive track record, outstanding culture, and has made huge strides in AI innovation across the firm and portfolio. The opportunity to work with such a talented team and to contribute more broadly to the leadership in North America is a once-in-a career opportunity and I am looking forward to getting started." Read more

"AI is the amplifier, not the magic wand"

"You can't amplify what's broken, you need to fix the foundations to achieve GTM Alpha." Chris Ross, Head of Portfolio Growth at Hg, defined the agenda as we gathered GTM Leaders from across Hg’s $180bn EV portfolio at the Hg Growth Summit 2025 in Vienna. Read more

Striking the balance: technology & human-centred leadership

At our CHRO Forum, we explored practical frameworks for embedding GenAI into organisational DNA and the pivotal role CHROs play in supporting AI-first cultural transformation at every level of a business. Read more

Strategic legal leadership: driving value creation and exit success

A huge thank you to our speakers and attendees from CENTURY Tech, Proskauer, Linklaters, Skadden, O Shaped, Azets and Trackunit for making this year’s GC Forum so impactful and collaborative. Read more

PORTFOLIO NEWS

AuditBoard x FairNow

“Integrating FairNow into AuditBoard’s Connected Risk Platform delivers the most comprehensive and modern solution on the market, directly addressing the enormous risks that come alongside this technology.” Read more

CUBE acquires Kodex AI

“Kodex AI is a natural next step in CUBE’s strategy, allowing us to instantly deliver enhanced, AI-based compliance and risk capabilities to our global customers." Read more

JTL x FFN Connect

"The acquisition of FFN Connect gives both our fulfillment partners and retailers greater flexibility. Fulfillment service providers in the JTL network can now also connect retailers on the most popular platforms." Read more

SafetyStratus joins Ideagen

"This acquisition means we can now provide our existing customers with integrated chemical management capabilities, while offering new clients the specialized compliance solutions they've been seeking within a comprehensive EHS platform." Read more

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