BlackFin Capital Partners
Also known as BlackFin, BlackFin Tech
Paris private equity and venture manager founded in 2009 that invests only in European financial services: asset-light buyouts and fintech/insurtech venture rounds; €4bn raised across six funds.
- HEADQUARTERS
- Paris, France
- FOUNDED
- 2009
- AUM
- —
- OUTSIDE CAPITAL
- Yes
- TEAM LISTED
- 16 people
Focus
- STAGES
- Series ASeries BBuyout
- SECTORS
- Fintech
- ASSET MIX
- Private equityVenture capital
- GEOGRAPHY
- Europe
Overview
BlackFin Capital Partners is a Paris-based management company (AMF GP-09000005, approved 3 April 2009) specialised in financial services. Its buyout strategy takes majority stakes in asset-light businesses such as asset and wealth management, brokerage, payments, processing and software; its venture strategy (BlackFin Tech) leads early-stage rounds in European fintechs and insurtechs. It manages six French FPCI funds and reports €4bn raised, more than 110 deals, and offices in Paris, Luxembourg, Brussels, Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam.
Investment thesis
Buyout: primary, locally sourced control deals (majority owner in 90% of deals) in asset-light financial services in continental Europe, with operational reengineering and buy-and-build; no banks, insurers or balance-sheet exposure. Venture: lead investor in post product-market-fit fintech and insurtech companies with initial tickets of €3–30m.
PORTFOLIO (12)
- SPBNOTABLEFintech · since 2024
- MorgenFundNOTABLEFintech · since 2022
- Akur8NOTABLEFintech · since 2020
- AgicapNOTABLEFintech · since 2019
- IBS Capital AlliesFintech · since 2025
- FundsightFintech · since 2025
- OpGroenFintech · since 2024
- Concentra GrupoFintech · since 2022
- Groupe BacalanFintech · since 2022
- De Hypotheker (DHA)Fintech · since 2021
- CAFPIFintech · since 2021
- ChiftFintech · since 2026
People
- Laurent BouyouxFounding Partner · source
- Eric MayFounding Partner · source
- Paul MizrahiFounding Partner · source
- Bruno RostainFounding Partner · source
- Sabine MathisPartner · source
- Daniel Cohen-SabbanPartner · source
- Damien LestangPartner · source
- Kai FranzmeyerPartner · source
- Julien CreuzéPartner · source
- Aloysius Von Mitschke-CollandePartner · source
- Loic FonteneauPartner · source
- Michele ForadoriPartner · source
- Jean-Philippe LatourPartner, CFO · source
- Jouke GarretsenManaging Director · source
- Sonja LilienthalManaging Director · source
- Marc KaadiManaging Director – Investor Relations · source
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Frequently asked questions
BlackFin Capital Partners is a private equity fund based in Paris, France, founded in 2009.
Yes. BlackFin Capital Partners invests its own capital in private companies.
BlackFin Capital Partners invests at Series A, Series B and Buyout stages in Fintech.
BlackFin Capital Partners's stated ticket size is €3M–€30M.
Key people at BlackFin Capital Partners include Laurent Bouyoux (Founding Partner), Eric May (Founding Partner), Paul Mizrahi (Founding Partner) and Bruno Rostain (Founding Partner).
BlackFin Capital Partners's investments include SPB, MorgenFund, Akur8, Agicap, IBS Capital Allies, Fundsight, OpGroen and Concentra Grupo, among others.
The most recent publicly reported investment by BlackFin Capital Partners is Chift (Series A (lead)), announced in Sep 2026.
Yes. BlackFin Capital Partners manages capital from outside investors.