
Cathay Capital backs FuturMaster
Cathay Capital has acquired a minority stake in French supply chain management specialist FuturMaster.
FuturMaster plans to use Cathay Capital's strategic and financial support to boost its growth strategy, accelerate the development of its SaaS solutions and bolster its global expansion, especially in Europe and Asia, with a particular focus on China.
Cathay invests tickets in the €5-75m range in rapidly growing companies based in Europe, China and the US. Founded in 2007, the firm has completed 140 buyouts, growth and venture capital investments and manages €3.5bn of assets, distributed in a range of investment strategies and vehicles.
Company
Established in 1994, FuturMaster designs and implements AI-augmented supply-chain planning and trade-promotion management for companies operating in the food, cosmetics, retail, health and consumer goods sectors.
FuturMaster serves around 600 customers across 90 countries, including international corporations such as L'Oréal, Heineken, Lactalis, Mars Royal Canin, Nestlé and Sanofi.
The company is headquartered in Paris, with offices and subsidiaries in the UK, Singapore and China and distributors in Germany, Australia and Brazil.
People
Cathay Capital - Jérémie Falzone (partner).
FuturMaster - Bo Zhou (founder, CEO).
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