Five Arrows

Focus

STAGES

GrowthBuyout

SECTORS

Software & SaaS

ASSET MIX

Private equityFunds (as LP)Private credit

GEOGRAPHY

EuropeNorth America

Overview

Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, founded in 2009, managing funds for corporate and secondary private equity, multi-manager programmes and co-investments, broadly syndicated loans and direct lending. Its corporate private equity team invests in the lower mid-market (€30M–€100M equity tickets), mid-market (€100M–€300M) and upper mid-market (over €400M) in Western Europe and North America, in data and software, healthcare and technology-enabled business services. Investors include institutions, corporations, family offices and entrepreneurs, alongside commitments from the Rothschild & Co Group and the teams. It reported more than €29bn of assets under management in September 2025, with offices in Paris, London, Luxembourg, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Investment thesis

Corporate private equity: asset-light service businesses or product businesses with a strong service component in data and software, healthcare and technology-enabled business services, with entrenched market positions, visible organic growth and strong cash generation; growth capital, replacement capital and buyouts alongside entrepreneurs, families, management, sponsors and corporates. Multi Strategies: GP-led secondaries, primaries and co-investments in the European and US small-mid market.

PORTFOLIO (12)

• StarRezNOTABLE
  Software & SaaS · since 2026
• KplerNOTABLE
  Software & SaaS
• SocotecNOTABLE
• Solvares | Totalmobile
  Software & SaaS
• Blue Mountain
  Software & SaaS
• Nepting
  Fintech
• Hublo
  Software & SaaS
• Padoa
  Software & SaaS
• Intescia
• Softway Medical
  Software & SaaS
• Expana
• iad
  Real Estate & PropTech

People

• Javed Khan
  Managing Partner of Rothschild & Co | CEO of Five Arrows · source
• Emmanuel Roth
  Global Head of Corporate Private Equity · source
• Mireille Klitting
  Managing Partner and Head of Five Arrows Multi Strategies · source
• Michael Clancy
  Global Head of Credit Management · source
• Marc-Olivier Laurent
  Chairman of the Rothschild & Co Supervisory Board & Managing Partner FALT · source
• Alexandre de Rothschild
  Executive Chairman of Rothschild & Co (FA Management Committee) · source
• Jean-Daniel Bertoncini
  Co-Head of Five Arrows Growth Partners (FAGP) · source
• Olivier Baron
  Head of FASA · source
• Vivek Kumar
  Partner · source
• Seif Khoufi
  Partner · source
• Edouard Veber
  Co-Managing Partner, Five Arrows Debt Partners IV · source
• Martin Hook
  Co-Managing Partner, Five Arrows Debt Partners IV · source
• Benjamin Breard
  Partner, Five Arrows Multi Strategies · source

Links

• Website
• Official contact page

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