Acquisition of FuturMaster by Sagard NewGen alongside the Management team and Cathay Capital
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Sycomore Corporate Finance acted as Financial Advisor to Sagard NewGen in its acquisition of a FuturMaster, alongside the Management team and Cathay Capital
On October 29th, 2024, Sagard NewGen acquired FuturMaster, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Growth Management solutions, from its founder and Cathay Capital. Sagard NewGen becomes the Group’s majority shareholder alongside the management team and Cathay Capital, who reinvest in the new transaction.
Rationale
FuturMaster, with its Bloom platform, offers a comprehensive suite of SaaS-based solutions for the end-to-end supply chain planning and revenue optimisation of large enterprises and mid-sized companies worldwide. FuturMaster solutions transform the complexity of business operations into levers of performance and resilience, offering competitive advantage in a volatile and uncertain environment. Thanks to cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twin modelling and operational research, FuturMaster enables its customers to better plan for demand, and adapt their operational response by optimising production, distribution and supply plans.
FuturMaster’s platform is used daily by many leading companies in all sectors, including Heineken, L’Oréal, TotalEnergies and SNCF, in over 90 countries. The Group is profitable, with growth of c.30% per year, and generates over €30 million in revenue, over a third of which is generated outside France. It employs nearly 200 people in France, the UK, Singapore and China.
Sagard NewGen and Cathay Capital will support FuturMaster in accelerating its international expansion, in Europe and beyond. The organic development of FuturMaster is expected to rely on its continued strategy of product innovation, while being potentially amplified through external growth.
FuturMaster, a pioneer in supply chain planning, is a SaaS software provider that, for over 30 years, has been helping companies optimize their operations, from end-to-end supply chain planning to revenue optimization. Innovation is at the core of its strategy, leveraging advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twin modeling, and operational research. In 2024, FuturMaster introduced Forecast At Scale, a solution designed to enhance the accuracy of large-scale forecasting, and Network Insight Graph, an analysis tool that strengthens supply chain resilience and performance. Trusted by over 650 clients across 90 countries, FuturMaster empowers businesses to turn operational complexity into a competitive advantage in a volatile and uncertain world.
Sagard NewGen supports the development of leaders in the Technology and Healthcare sectors. It finances expansion strategies of European, profitable companies with sales of up to €200m that share a DNA of innovation and sustainability, through majority or minority equity investments.
Sagard NewGen is part of Sagard’s international platform, which has assets under management of over $25bn across 6 strategies covering the full range of financing needs of growth companies. Leveraging flexible capital, an entrepreneurial culture and a global network, Sagard provides management teams with tailor-made support, a high value-added ecosystem and international reach, with 7 offices in Europe, North America and Abu Dhabi.
Cathay Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm that supports companies in Europe, North America, and Asia. Cathay Capital helps companies at all stages of development, from start-ups to mid-sized companies, to unlock growth opportunities, drive international expansion, and enable sustainable transformation. With its international reach and deep local expertise, its platform connects people – investors, entrepreneurs, management teams, and leading corporations – to share knowledge and resources, fostering the evolution and transformation of businesses. Founded in 2006 with a strong entrepreneurial heritage, Cathay Capital now manages more than 6 billion euros in assets and has completed more than 280 investments in sectors such as healthcare, technology, and consumer goods from its offices in Paris, New York, San Francisco, Munich, Berlin, Madrid, Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore.