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BlackFin Tech

www.blackfin.com

VCMatch tracks BlackFin Tech as an investor focused on Fintech, Insurtech, and Cybersecurity companies, Seed and Series A rounds, and Europe, France, and Germany markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Geography

Europe, France, and Germany

Investment Thesis

BlackFin Capital Partners is a sector-focused investor that targets the financial services and adjacent technology ecosystem across Europe, combining venture and buyout capabilities. The firm leverages deep operator and industry experience from its founding partners (who built and sold businesses such as ProCapital/Fortuneo) and a multi-disciplinary team to source, scale and transform companies in fintech, insurtech and broader financial services.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

BlackFin Tech is most relevant for founders raising Seed, Series A, and Growth rounds in Fintech, Insurtech, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise SaaS, especially across Europe, France, and Germany.

Focus statement

BlackFin focuses on investments in financial services, fintech and insurtech across stages (they run both venture and buyout teams) with a pan-European footprint (teams/responsibility across France, DACH, UK and Northern Europe).

Value Add

  • Founders/operators background: multiple senior partners trace their origins to building/operating financial services businesses (e.g. founders “grew the business to become the French leader in the sector” — ProCapital/Fortuneo) which gives practical operating experience.
  • Integrated stage coverage: explicit venture team (e.g. Julien Creuzé “in charge of the Venture team” and launched “BlackFin Tech 1”) alongside buyout and growth capabilities.
  • Sector-specialisation: heavy emphasis on fintech/insurtech/financial services (several team bios note fintech/insurtech focus — e.g. Maxime Mandin “focusing on the Fintech Insurtech space in France and Germany”).
  • Pan-European footprint and local experts: dedicated leads for DACH, UK, Northern Europe and multi-lingual team members (e.g. “Head of BlackFin in Germany” and multiple regional team hires).
  • Operational/technical capabilities in-house: roles for transformation, cyber and value-creation (e.g. Chief Cyber Transformation Officer, Transformation Manager) indicating hands-on post-investment support.
  • Governance, risk & compliance emphasis: named compliance and risk officers across the firm (e.g. Compliance Officer, Conducting Officer in charge of Risk and Compliance).

Stage And Sector Fit

Portfolio Highlights

Descartes Underwriting

Insurtech