
Saachi Oza
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- Full Name
- Saachi Oza
- Title
- Principal
- Firm
- Bregal Milestone
- Firm Type
- Growth private equity / growth capital
- Investment Stage
- Growth equity / late-stage growth capital
- Check Size
- €30-150 million
- Target Company Profile
- High-growth, mission-critical European software companies; founder-owned or bootstrapped businesses with global ambitions; typically €50-300 million enterprise value, high revenue visibility, recurring or re-occurring revenue, and double-digit annual growth
- Sector Focus
- B2B software, mission-critical software, AI, cybersecurity, technology-enabled services
- Geographic Focus
- Pan-European; Forbes notes Oza oversees deals in the Netherlands, Denmark, and DACH markets
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Background
Saachi Oza is a Principal at Bregal Milestone, a London-based European software growth private equity firm. Bregal’s team page says she joined after working as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan, where she executed M&A and capital markets transactions across European sectors, with a particular focus on the U.K.
Oza joined Bregal Milestone in 2019 as a junior associate, according to Forbes, and has been heavily involved in six investments. Forbes highlighted Epassi as the firm’s largest and most successful exit and said she currently oversees deals in the Netherlands, Denmark, and DACH markets.
Her education is in economics: Bregal states she holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, and LSE identifies her as BSc Economics 2016. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2024 in Finance.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Bregal Milestone’s stated focus: “We invest in ambitious high-growth, mission-critical European software champions, helping them to reach their full potential.”
- The firm invests as a sole or lead investor, targeting control or co-control positions.
- Typical investment size is €30-150 million, with target enterprise value of €50-300 million.
- Target businesses are pan-European B2B software companies with proprietary products and services, high revenue visibility, recurring or re-occurring revenue, and double-digit annual growth.
- Bregal Milestone emphasizes operational support through Milestone Performance Partners and data-driven sourcing/value creation through its proprietary Beehive data engine.
- Recent firm strategy commentary around Fund III emphasizes mission-critical European software, AI, and cybersecurity businesses, plus bilateral sourcing and active partnerships with founders and management teams.
Notable Investments
- Epassi: Employee-benefits and wellbeing payments platform; Bregal invested in 2019 and announced sale to TA Associates and Warburg Pincus in August 2023, generating over 5x return. Oza was quoted on supporting Epassi’s M&A, go-to-market strategy, technology evolution, operational integration, and ESG.
- CUBE: Automated regulatory intelligence / RegTech software company; Bregal announced a strategic growth investment in October 2022 and exited to Hg in March 2024 after ARR grew more than 2.5x during the partnership.
- Basware: Source-to-pay software and e-invoicing network; Bregal invested in 2019 and exited in November 2020 after supporting the company’s cloud transition.
- Paack: Scheduled, next-day, and same-day e-commerce delivery platform; Bregal invested in 2020 and Paack raised a €200 million Series D led by SoftBank in January 2022.
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