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Warburg Pincus

450 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, 10017, United States

Overview

Warburg Pincus LLC is a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing. The firm has more than $60 billion in private equity assets under management. The firm’s active portfolio of more than 200 companies is highly diversified by stage, sector, and geography. Warburg Pincus is an experienced partner to management teams seeking to build durable companies with sustainable value. Founded in 1966, Warburg Pincus has raised 19 private equity funds, which have invested more than $90 billion in over 930 companies in more than 40 countries. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Mauritius, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore. For more information please visit www.warburgpincus.com.

Total investments
134
Lead investments
90
Investments · 12mo
6
Active investors
13

Sector focus

  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Oxylabs

    Led · Equity · Jul 2026

    Founded in 2015, Oxylabs began as a premium web proxy service and has evolved into a web intelligence platform that handles billions of requests per day. Its proxy pool includes over 175 million ethically sourced consumer device IPs and it offers tools such as a fully-managed Web Scraper API, Web Unblocker proxy manager and a Headless Browser for dynamic sites. The company reports more than 350,000 customers globally and annual recurring revenue exceeding $350 million. Oxylabs positions itself as a supplier of large-scale data infrastructure for AI model developers and autonomous agents. It emphasizes compliance and industry stewardship as a founding member of the Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative. Until this round it was entirely bootstrapped and now carries a $3.6 billion valuation after the Warburg Pincus investment.

  • The Deployment Company

    Participated · Equity · May 2026

    The Deployment Company is a joint venture controlled by OpenAI and backed by 19 investors including major private equity firms and strategic partners. It is structured to combine OpenAI’s software with the distribution and portfolio access of private equity participants to accelerate enterprise AI deployment. The joint venture was valued at $10.0 billion before the new investment and raised over $4.0 billion in the reported transaction. Named investors include TPG, Brookfield Asset Management, Advent, Bain Capital, Dragoneer and SoftBank, alongside several consultancies. The firm aims to leverage the investors’ access to more than 2,000 companies to drive adoption of OpenAI’s tools. The raise follows significant recent financings involving OpenAI and comes as competitors such as Anthropic pursue similar partnerships.

  • Varo Bank

    Led · Series G · Feb 2026

    Varo Bank operates a fully digital, nationally chartered banking platform that has focused on the needs of everyday Americans since launching its app in 2017. The company offers a suite of products such as high-yield savings accounts, cashback debit cards, the Varo Believe secured card, Varo Advance, and the Varo Line of Credit. Its proprietary machine-learning models supplement traditional credit data, broadening access to credit beyond conventional scoring methods. In 2025, these lending products generated $547 million in loan volume, underscoring strong demand for Varo’s credit offerings. Management reports simultaneous revenue growth and cost reductions in 2025, demonstrating improved operating efficiency. Varo’s technology-first approach is reinforced by the governance and risk discipline required of a nationally chartered bank, and the company has earned recognition on the Inc. 5000, CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies, Forbes’ World’s Best Banks, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies lists. Recent additions to the board, including former Morgan Stanley CMO Alice Milligan and former JPMorgan executive Kevin Watters, bring additional financial industry expertise to guide the next stage of growth.

  • Avanse Financial Services

    Participated · Equity · Jan 2026

    Avanse Financial Services operates as an education-centric NBFC, offering student loans and funding for educational infrastructure across a broad range of courses and geographies. The company positions itself as a technology-driven lender committed to enabling academic aspirations through responsible financing. Its current portfolio spans education loans for individuals as well as institutional financing for schools and colleges. Avanse plans to introduce new products such as flexi-term loans and receivable-financing term loans to serve additional white-space opportunities in the sector. Management is also investing in digital platform enhancements and deeper institutional partnerships to extend its reach and efficiency. The latest capital injection is intended to scale loan disbursements, drive product innovation, and strengthen the firm’s capital adequacy and balance-sheet resilience.

  • Truhome Finance

    Led · Equity · Oct 2025

    Truhome Finance, formerly known as Shriram Housing Finance, operates as a specialist housing finance player serving customers across India. The company recently surpassed ₹20,000 crore in assets under management (AUM) as of September 2025, doubling its AUM from ₹10,000 crore in August 2024. It supports this growth through a nationwide footprint of 200 branches and a workforce of nearly 5,000 employees. Following a fresh capital infusion, Truhome’s net worth now exceeds ₹4,000 crore. Management says the strengthened balance sheet will back the next phase of expansion, targeting ₹25,000 crore in AUM while maintaining financial prudence. The continued backing of majority shareholder Warburg Pincus underscores confidence in the firm’s long-term strategy and business fundamentals.

Team

  • Eric M. Warburg

    Founder

  • Lionel I. Pincus

    Founder

  • John Rowan

    Managing Director

  • Adam Sherman

    Principal

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