BlackFin Capital Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, BlackFin Capital Partners has acquired 1 company.

BlackFin Capital Partners’ most common sectors for investment arefinancial services (23%) and software (19%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (45%) and venture (30%). In total, BlackFin Capital Partners has invested in 7 different countries.

In the last 3 years, BlackFin Capital Partners has exited 1 company. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (50%). 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 Activity35
    • M&A Buy Activity27
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • 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 ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 26 - 1 - - - 27
Sell (0.4/yr) # 6 1 1 - - - 8
vol $225M $225M
  35

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
New Access SA 2022-07-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Geneva, Switzerland · www.newaccess.ch
Groupe CIR 2022-03-28 - Secondary Buyout
Paris, France · www.groupecir.com
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
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Financial Services 4 (24%) - 6 (22%) -
Insurance 2 (12%) - 5 (19%) -
Internet Software and Services 4 (24%) - 5 (19%) -
Software 3 (18%) - 5 (19%) -
Information Technology 3 (18%) - 3 (11%) -
Business Services - - 2 (7%) -
Real Estate 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Total 17 - 27 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
France 11 (65%) - 17 (63%) -
Netherlands 3 (18%) - 3 (11%) -
United Kingdom 1 (6%) - 2 (7%) -
Germany 1 (6%) - 2 (7%) -
Denmark 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Italy - - 1 (4%) -
Switzerland - - 1 (4%) -
Domestic 11 (65%) - 17 (63%) -
Cross-border 6 (35%) - 10 (37%) -
Total 17 - 27 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 5 (29%) - 12 (44%) -
Venture 8 (47%) - 8 (30%) -
Growth Capital 1 (6%) - 3 (11%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (6%) - 2 (7%) -
Consolidation 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (6%) - 1 (4%) -
Total 17 - 27 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 4 (50%) 225M (100%)
Trade Sale 2 (25%) -
Stake Sale 1 (13%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (13%) -
Total 8 $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)
7%
2 (7%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
63%
5 (63%)
Strategic(s)
38%
3 (38%)

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