Wael Daif

Wael Daif is a Director within Bridgepoint Development Capital, the lower mid-market private equity strategy of Bridgepoint. Bridgepoint’s firm page says he joined the firm in 2018 and is based in Paris. He is a member of Bridgepoint’s Technology sector team.

Before Bridgepoint, Daif spent three years at Natixis Partners in its Mergers & Acquisitions team, advising private equity and corporate clients in the midcap market. Third-party profile data also lists earlier M&A and investment roles at Bryan, Garnier & Co, Astorg Partners, Lazard, and Natixis, but Bridgepoint’s own biography only verifies Natixis Partners and ESCP.

Daif is a graduate of ESCP Europe. His LinkedIn profile lists ESCP Europe education from 2010 to 2013 and shows his current affiliation with Bridgepoint Group in Paris.

• Bridgepoint Development Capital targets lower mid-market companies typically valued between €100 million and €300 million.
• BDC invests in market-leading businesses benefiting from structural growth, across Advanced Industrials, Business & Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology-enabled models.
• The technology strategy focuses on “enterprise software” and “technology services with a specialised focus,” including vertical and horizontal enterprise software serving growing markets.
• BDC can execute both majority acquisitions and minority transactions, with emphasis on alignment with founder-management teams.
• Bridgepoint describes its value-add around scaling, go-to-market expansion, market consolidation through M&A, and organisational/data/digital systems change.
• For Skello, Bridgepoint cited “clear market leadership, strong growth momentum, a differentiated product, and a European market that remains largely underserved and fragmented” as the fit.