BlackFin Capital Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, BlackFin Capital Partners has acquired 1 company. It has also invested in 9 others.

BlackFin Capital Partners’ most common sectors for investment are financial services (24%) and insurance (20%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (47%) and venture (31%). In total, BlackFin Capital Partners has invested in 7 different countries.

In the last 3 years, BlackFin Capital Partners has exited 7 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (58%). BlackFin Capital Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2020 when it sold Santiane Group SAS for $225M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity33
    • M&A Buy Activity26
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 3

BlackFin Capital Partners

15, rue de Laborde,
Paris, 75008
France
+33 (0)1 75 00 02 30
www.blackfincp.com
contact@blackfincp.com

BlackFin Capital Partners is a private equity firm focusing on financial services across continental Europe. The firm strategy focuses primarily on asset-light businesses in the financial services sector. BlackFin looks to invests €10 - €30 million in companies. BlackFin Capital Partners was formed in 2009 and is based in Paris, France additional office in Germany and France, Belgium.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Distribution, Financial Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Software

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Venture

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 10 30
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (2.6/yr) # 13 3 2 6 2 - 26
Sell (1.4/yr) # - - 4 - 2 1 7
vol $225M $225M
  33

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
LSA Courtage 2021-01-04 - Secondary Buyout
Rueil-Malmaison, France · www.lsa-courtage.com
Santiane Group SAS 2020-10-09 225M EUR Secondary Buyout
Paris, France · www.groupe-santiane.com
Memo Bank 2020-06-23 - Venture
Paris, France · www.memo.bank
Cyrus Conseil 2020-03-31 - Stake Purchase
Paris, France · www.cyrusconseil.fr
Akur8 2020-03-12 - Venture
Paris, France · www.akur8-tech.com
Consultim Groupe 2019-04-05 - Stake Purchase
Vertou, France · www.consultim.com
Bonnfinanz AG 2019-03-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Bonn, Germany · www.bonnfinanz.de
Viabill 2019-02-07 - Venture
Copenhagen, Denmark · www.viabill.com
Descartes Underwriting 2019-02-06 - Venture
Puteaux, France · www.descartesunderwriting.com
Pretto 2019-02-05 - Venture
Paris, France · www.pretto.fr
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
New Access SA 2015-10-18 FIS Global - Ambit Private Banking Business 2017-04-10 1
Geneva, Switzerland · www.newaccess.ch Jacksonville, Florida

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Financial Services 4 (24%) - 6 (23%) -
Insurance 2 (12%) - 5 (19%) -
Internet Software and Services 4 (24%) - 5 (19%) -
Software 4 (24%) - 5 (19%) -
Information Technology 3 (18%) - 3 (12%) -
Business Services - - 2 (8%) -
Total 17 - 26 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
France 10 (59%) - 16 (62%) -
Netherlands 3 (18%) - 3 (12%) -
United Kingdom 1 (6%) - 2 (8%) -
Germany 1 (6%) - 2 (8%) -
Denmark 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Switzerland 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Italy - - 1 (4%) -
Domestic 10 (59%) - 16 (62%) -
Cross-border 7 (41%) - 10 (38%) -
Total 17 - 26 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 6 (35%) - 12 (46%) -
Venture 8 (47%) - 8 (31%) -
Growth Capital 1 (6%) - 3 (12%) -
Consolidation 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Secondary Buyout - - 1 (4%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Total 17 - 26 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 4 (57%) 225M (100%)
Stake Sale 1 (14%) -
Trade Sale 1 (14%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (14%) -
Total 7 $225M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors LLC
 1
Kempen & Co.
 1
Legal Deals
Loyens & Loeff N.V.
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $225M
TOTAL $225M
Largest Santiane Group SAS
$225M (2020-10-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
4%
1 (4%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
71%
5 (71%)
Strategic(s)
29%
2 (29%)

Investor Summary

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

620M EUR

Established

2009

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Bruno Rostain

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Eric May

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Laurent Bouyoux

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Paul Mizrahi

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Julien Creuzé

Managing Director

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