Blueforge Partners | Independent M&A Advisory for Cross-Border Strategic Growth

About Blueforge Partners

Our core focus is buy-side M&A. We help companies identify and acquire the right targets anywhere in the world, in sectors where we build deep operational expertise.

We generate proprietary deal flow through direct outreach and long-term relationships with business owners, building an acquisition pipeline that never reaches the open market. We also advise on sell-side mandates, minority financial partnerships, and inorganic growth strategy. The needs vary. The commitment does not.

We operate across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, with offices in Barcelona, Paris and Dubai. We are a team built around outcomes not advisory postures.

We do 360° corporate development

We engage entire markets : building conviction, sourcing off-market deals and connecting the right capital.

01

Define Vision
& Ambition

We help ambitious leaders define their corporate development strategy, assess priority markets, perform strategic audits and translate growth ambitions into actionable M&A roadmaps

01 Define Vision and Ambition

We help ambitious leaders define their corporate development strategy, assess priority markets, perform strategic audits and translate growth ambitions into actionable M&A roadmaps

01

Define Vision & Ambition

We help ambitious leaders define their corporate development strategy, assess priority markets, perform strategic audits and translate growth ambitions into actionable M&A roadmaps

02

Build Off-market
Acquisition Pipeline

We identify and approach relevant acquisition targets, combining market intelligence, strategic fit assessment and direct off-market outreach to build a proprietary pipeline

02 Build Off-market Acquisition Pipeline

We identify and approach relevant acquisition targets, combining market intelligence, strategic fit assessment and direct off-market outreach to build a proprietary pipeline

02

Build Off-market Acquisition Pipeline

We identify and approach relevant acquisition targets, combining market intelligence, strategic fit assessment and direct off-market outreach to build a proprietary pipeline

03

Drive efficient Deal
Execution

We drive the full transaction process, from target engagement and due diligence coordination to SPA negotiation, closing and post-merger integration from a solid business perspective

03 Drive efficient Deal Execution

We drive the full transaction process, from target engagement and due diligence coordination to SPA negotiation, closing and post-merger integration from a solid business perspective

03

Drive efficient Deal Execution

We drive the full transaction process, from target engagement and due diligence coordination to SPA negotiation, closing and post-merger integration from a solid business perspective

04

Identify Financial
Partners

As a tool to accelerate growth, we support our clients in identifying the most relevant financial partners, ensuring strategic and cultural alignment, transaction readiness and access to the right capital

04 Identify Financial Partners

As a tool to accelerate growth, we support our clients in identifying the most relevant financial partners, ensuring strategic and cultural alignment, transaction readiness and access to the right capital

04

Identify Financial Partners

As a tool to accelerate growth, we support our clients in identifying the most relevant financial partners, ensuring strategic and cultural alignment, transaction readiness and access to the right capital

Transactions & Projects

Corporate Development | HR Tech

Global Buy-and-Build

From 200 to 500mE revenue

Five acquisitions across four continents transformed Hightekers from a local champion into a global EOR platform.

Asia

2023

NL

2023

Global

2023

LatAm

2023

India

2023

2025 | Buy-side | Building Tech

Schneider Electric carve-out

Comelit Group has acquired 100% of Ritto, the historic German door-entry systems brand, from Schneider Electric.

Advisors

2026 | Buy-side | HR Tech

India market entry through cross-border M&A

Remunance strengthens Hightekers’ presence in India, a strategic market for tech talent, EOR services and global employment growth.

Advisors

2025 | Sell-side | Industry

Public-to-PE of a Danish Industrial Group

SKAKO, a Danish listed industrial company, has completed its public-to-private transition through its sale to FCDE, a French private equity fund.

Advisors

Consolidation strategy | Industry

International Consolidation

From 100 to 200mE revenue

Bernard Controls is expanding its global footprint through targeted acquisitions, while strengthening its product offering in actuator solutions.

Buy-and-build strategy | Electrical Installation

Creating a National Champion

Building a leading electrical services leader

Alleray is accelerating its regional expansion and diversifying into complementary activities, with the ambition to become a leading French electrical services group.

2025 | Buy-side | HR Tech

Latin-American expansion through strategic acquisition

Hightekers acquires Serviap, a leading Latin American employment solutions specialist operating across 15 countries.

Advisors

Consolidation strategy | Lighting

PE-backed Global Buy-and-Build

Scaling an Italian embedded lighting specialist

Following its secondary LBO, L&S Lighting is accelerating its global buy-and-build strategy to strengthen its position as a leading international specialist in embedded lighting solutions.

Corporate Development | Industry

Pivoting Toward Recycling to Create a European Sorting Leader

From €35m to €100m revenue

SKAKO is accelerating its pivot toward recycling, leveraging its strong industrial heritage and resilient aftermarket activity to create a €100m+ European leader in sorting equipment through organic growth and buy-and-build.

2024 | Buy-side | HR Tech

Asia-Pacific expansion through strategic acquisition

Hightekers has acquired Eos Global Expansion, an Asian employment solutions specialist active across 15 countries, strengthening global consolidation.

Advisors

Buy-and-build strategy | Building Tech

Accelerating a Family-Owned Group’s M&A Journey

From 200 to 300mE revenue

Comelit is accelerating its European buy-and-build strategy across complementary building technologies, with a carve-out from Schneider Electric completed and two further acquisitions in process.

2023 | Buy-side | HR Tech

Becoming global with one acquisition

Hightekers has acquired Rivermate, strengthening its global EOR positioning and making Rivermate the Group’s EOR brand from 2026.

Advisors

2023 | Buy-side | HR Tech

Cross-border expansion to Netherland

Hightekers has acquired Dutch Employer of Record, its first acquisition step into aggressive global buy-and-build strategy.

Advisors

The Team

Our team brings together operational, financial and strategic experience built across four continents.