Fundcraft expands in Europe with Paris office opening

The office will be led by Thomas Ibanez, acting as Country Head, France. This announcement marks a new phase in fundcraft’s execution and scaling strategy, as the company expands beyond its Luxembourg foundation. 

This expansion reflects fundcraft’s continued investment in building institutional-grade digital fund operations at scale, combining its proprietary digital platform, regulated services and hands-on operational expertise, at a time when European private markets are undergoing structural change. 

Fundcraft has reached a stage where disciplined execution and scale matter as much as innovation. The opportunity now is to industrialise what we’ve built and extend it across Europe. I’m looking forward to helping scale this operating model beyond Luxembourg, starting with France.
Christian Senitz, Chief Operating Officer at fundcraft

Fundcraft expands into France with new Paris office

Fundcraft has opened an office in central Paris to support local hiring and the build-out of its French presence. The office underpins the continued expansion of fundcraft’s client-facing and service delivery capabilities, with on-the-ground teams already being built across portfolio management, risk management and compliance to support alternative asset managers managing Luxembourg- and France-linked fund structures. 

As part of this expansion, fundcraft confirms that it has filed an application with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) for authorisation as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM). This authorisation would enable fundcraft France to carry out collective portfolio management of alternative investment funds, at the core of its integrated model combining a proprietary digital platform, regulated services and hands-on operational expertise.

France is a uniquely important market for private markets access in Europe, with distribution dynamics that demand operational scalability, strong governance and an investor-centric experience. Fundcraft is uniquely positioned to enable managers to operate complex structures and high-volume investor flows without relying on manual processes or fragmented tooling. I’m proud to lead the expansion in France, subject to AMF authorisation for regulated activities, and to build a local team that can serve this market with the level of rigour it requires.
Thomas Ibanez, Country Head, France at fundcraft

Building on a Luxembourg foundation

Fundcraft’s entry into France builds on its track record in Luxembourg, one of the world’s most established and complex fund domiciles, where the platform supports more than 260 funds across venture capital, private equity and fund of funds strategies. 

In France, fundcraft will focus on the provision of collective portfolio management services to support the next generation of private markets operating models — including semi-liquid and evergreen structures, feeder and nominee configurations, and multi-distributor onboarding and reporting — leveraging experience gained with platform-led private markets access models such as Moonfare, where operational scale, investor volumes and data integrity are mission-critical.