Paris, 17 February 2025 – Three months after its acquisition by Sagard NewGen, software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider in Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Growth Management FuturMaster announces the acquisition of PlaniSense, a leading solution in the scheduling segment. The combination of FuturMaster’s and PlaniSense’s expertise positions the new entity as a key player in SaaS solutions for logistics and production planning for enterprise and mid-market accounts worldwide.
By integrating PlaniSense’s technological and business expertise in scheduling into its Bloom software platform, FuturMaster continues to expand its unique offering of innovative solutions for industrial companies, covering strategic planning, process optimisation and real-time scheduling. By bringing together artificial intelligence, digital twins and algorithmic excellence, FuturMaster and PlaniSense are creating a powerful ecosystem that pushes the boundaries of industrial optimisation. The Group is thus confirming its cutting-edge technological lead, particularly in sectors such as fast-moving consumer goods, luxury goods and automotive.
For PlaniSense, which employs around forty people in France, the merger will enable it to accelerate its geographical deployment benefiting from the international reach of FuturMaster, whose software suite is used in over 90 countries. FuturMaster and PlaniSense customers include Heineken, L’Oréal, Forvia, LVMH and Bel.
FuturMaster’s acquisition of PlaniSense marks the first acquisition in its history, just three months after the group was acquired by private equity firm Sagard NewGen, alongside the management team and Cathay Capital.
Nazim Nachi, CEO of PlaniSense, states: “The alliance with FuturMaster represents a strategic and natural alignment between our complementary products and teams. We are confident that this collaboration will offer our clients an expanded range of solutions, allowing them to address their Supply Chain management needs even more effectively. Together, we aim to transform the industry by redefining performance and innovation standards.”
Yacine Zeroual, CEO of FuturMaster, adds: “We are very pleased to welcome Nazim and his team. The complementarity between the FuturMaster group and PlaniSense is even more evident as we know each other well and have already built a successful partnership. This merger is a decisive step in realizing our ambitions. We share a common value proposition: transforming complexity into a competitive advantage. Together, we provide businesses worldwide with an unparalleled offer in terms of performance, completeness, and agility.
About PlaniSense
PlaniSense is a software provider specializing in Supply Chain Planning. By fostering collaborative work, resource optimization, and demand anticipation, the PlaniSense solution enhances productivity and efficiency for industrial companies. PlaniSense offers four complementary modules for end-to-end planning: Demand Planning, Distribution Planning, Supply Chain Planning, and Scheduling.
For more information: https://www.planisense.com/en
About FuturMaster
FuturMaster is a pioneer in Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Growth Management. For over 30 years, the company has helped organizations optimize their operations through advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and operational research. In 2024, FuturMaster launched Forecast At Scale, an innovative solution improving large-scale forecasting reliability, and Network Insight Graph, an advanced analytics tool enhancing supply chain resilience. With solutions used in more than 90 countries, FuturMaster turns complexity into a competitive advantage.
For more information: https://www.futurmaster.com/
About Sagard NewGen
Sagard NewGen supports the development of leaders in the Technology and Healthcare sectors. We finance 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 $27bn 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.
For more information: https://www.sagard.com/newgen/
About Cathay Capital
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.
For more information: www.cathaycapital.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter @CathayCapital
Press contacts
FuturMaster: Naïri Kurdoghlian, [email protected]
Sagard NewGen: Aliénor Miens, [email protected], +33 6 64 32 81 75
Participants in the operation
PlaniSense:Nazim Nachi, Mustapha Sali
FuturMaster: Yacine Zeroual
Sagard NewGen: Bérangère Barbe, Guillaume Lefebvre, Jan Kinsky, Louis Gosselin, Michel Bsarini
Cathay Capital: Jérémie Falzone, Maximillian Gairard, Marc Lin
PlaniSense advisors
Lawyers: Scotto Partners (Coralie Oger)
Corporate lawyers: Paul Hastings (Olivier Deren, Vincent Nacinovic, Adèle Patinier)
Tax lawyers: Paul Hastings (Charles Filleux-Pommerol, Laetitia Mingarelli)
Financial due diligence: Alvarez & Marsal (Benoît Bestion, Victoire Charlet, Charles Suet, Alberic de Limerville)
Technologic due diligence: Akvize (Mickael Maindron)
Legal, tax and employment due diligence: Paul Hastings
Unitranche debt
Eurazeo (Olivier Sesboüé, Hugo Torresano)
