Sagard NewGen Acquires FuturMaster

Sagard NewGen acquired FuturMaster, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of supply chain planning and revenue growth management solutions. Sagard NewGen becomes the group's majority shareholder alongside the management team and Cathay Capital, who reinvest in the new transaction.

“We are delighted to begin this new chapter with Sagard NewGen, which shares our ambition to become a global leader in supply chain planning and revenue growth management solutions. With the support of Sagard NewGen and Cathay Capital, and backed by a talented and committed team, we will accelerate our international expansion while continuing to offer our customers innovative solutions to transform their complexity into sustainable competitive advantage in a constantly changing world,” says Yacine Zeroual, CEO.

“We are delighted to support Yacine and his team in the next stages of FuturMaster's development in Europe and beyond. This project, alongside the management team, is based above all on the continuity of the company's strategy of product innovation and internationalisation. This transaction, which opens up the capital more widely to the company's management team, is perfectly in line with Sagard NewGen's Growth Buyout strategy,” adds Bérangère Barbe and Guillaume Lefebvre, partners at Sagard NewGen.

Key takeaways: 

• FuturMaster, with its Bloom platform, offers a comprehensive suite of SaaS-based solutions for the end-to-end supply chain planning and revenue optimization of large enterprises and mid-sized companies worldwide.
• FuturMaster employs nearly 200 people in France, the UK, Singapore and China.
• Sagard NewGen's CEO Yacine Zeroual succeeds Bo Zhou, the group's founding chairman and majority shareholder, who is stepping down as part of the deal.