Mario Razzini

Mario Razzini is a Partner at Francisco Partners, based in the firm’s London office. He joined Francisco Partners in 2011 and is listed by the firm as part of its Private Equity investment team.

At Francisco Partners, Razzini works on technology and technology-enabled private equity investments. The firm states that he currently serves on the boards of Jama Software, Kobalt, Macrobond, Native Instruments, nShift and Thinventory, and previously served on the boards of ClickSoftware and LiveU.

Before Francisco Partners, Razzini worked at Arma Partners, an M&A advisory firm focused on technology, and earlier at Citigroup in London. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

• Razzini’s investments point to a focus on established software and technology-enabled businesses rather than seed-stage startups. Francisco Partners describes its private equity strategy as partnering with technology companies and providing capital for growth financing, M&A funding, liquidity and recapitalizations.
• The firm’s stated approach is to provide “transformational capital and expertise at key inflection points,” with deep sector knowledge and operational expertise.
• In vertical and industrial software, Razzini has backed Jama Software, ClickSoftware, nShift and Thinventory, all businesses with clear workflow, infrastructure or operational-criticality angles.
• In financial technology and data, he is on the Macrobond investment team; Francisco Partners described Macrobond as a global macroeconomic and financial-data platform serving banks, asset managers, hedge funds, central banks and research houses.
• In music and creator technology, he has worked on Kobalt and Native Instruments. On Kobalt, he said Francisco Partners’ partnership was built around “innovation and the success of the independent creator.”
• Razzini appears to favor companies with strong domain leadership, founder or management continuity, and room to accelerate international expansion, product innovation, operational scale or acquisitions.