Blackfin Capital Partners

Founded in 2009, BlackFin Capital Partners is the leading private equity firm investing in financial services companies across Europe. A fully independent firm, BlackFin is led by its partners, who have worked together as senior executives and entrepreneurs in the European financial industry for decades. The firm now spans Europe with offices in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London and has team of +50 investment professionals with nationalities spanning the globe. Backed by institutional investors from Europe, the Americas and Asia, BlackFin has raised an aggregate of +€4 billion in commitments and deploys capital from its complementary financial services buyout and fintech venture funds. Our Buyout strategy targets asset-light businesses, such as: asset management, institutional and retail brokerage, distribution of insurance and banking products, payments, fund administration, business process outsourcing, and financial software. BlackFin Tech, our VC strategy, focuses on early-stage B2B FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech companies with exceptional growth that have also a demonstrated a clear product-market fit with potential to be international category leaders. We believe in responsible investing and incorporate ESG in our investment and monitoring processes.