Keensight V

Keensight V, managed by Keensight Capital, is a private equity growth expansion fund founded in 2000 and based in Paris, France. The fund primarily focuses on investing in the software, healthcare, and technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. It targets companies with revenues between €10 million and €150 million, seeking to make equity investments ranging from €20 million to €200 million per company. Keensight V aims to finance growth through organic means, acquisitions, or by facilitating the buyout of existing shareholders. The fund is particularly active in Europe, with a focus on France and Italy, and it may participate in financing rounds of up to €100 million through syndication. Keensight V typically takes both minority and majority shareholder positions in its portfolio companies and emphasizes collaboration with management teams to enhance company value.

Gregory Agez

Partner

Jean-Michel Beghin

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Anne de Bonnefon

Head of Investor Relations

Jean Michel Béghin

Managing Partner

Alexandre Carrot

Chief Financial Officer

Carlo Cartapani

Associate

Jean-Christophe Cini

Principal

Arnaud Cohen

Partner and COO

Philippe Crochet

Managing Partner

Lambert Diacono

Associate

Adrien Van Eynde

CFO

Jose Franca Ph.D

Partner

Pierre Giacobbi

Associate

Jaana Gruter

Associate Director

Arjan Hannink

Director

Stéphane Jamin

Director

Amit Karna

Partner

Guillaume Lefebvre

Associate Director

Rémi Louvel

Associate Director

Javier Lopez Moras

Associate Director

David Piccoli

Director

Jérôme Pujol

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Pierre Remy

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Joséphine Theron

Principal

Stanislas de Tinguy

Partner

Nicolas Ulrich

Principal

Elena Utrera

Principal

Past deals in Luxembourg

FircoSoft

Acquisition in 2011
FircoSoft is the recognised leader worldwide of watch list filtering solutions. Founded in 1990, FircoSoft has a track record of partnering closely with its customers to keep ahead of regulatory changes and eliminate the risk of fines and reputational exposure. Over 700 customers including eight of the world’s top 10 financial institutions rely on FircoSoft to filter customers and transactions against sanctions and watch lists to ensure compliance with regulations on terrorist financing and sanctions programs, and meet Know Your Customer requirements. With FircoSoft, financial institutions accurately detect listed parties, eliminating the risk of processing illegal transactions. FircoSoft is a global company with offices in New York, Tampa, São Paulo, London, Paris, Luxembourg, Zurich, Pretoria, Chennai, Singapore and Melbourne. Together with its global partner network, FircoSoft delivers ongoing services, support and expertise to 2,000 customer sites in more than 85 countries.