About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight Blogs

Horizon Software sets Development Plans Following Capzanine Investment

Subscribe to our newsletter

Horizon Software is planning to develop its electronic trading platform and build geographical presence on the back of investment from European private equity firm Capzanine. The equity firm has taken a majority stake in the company alongside shareholder Sylvain Thieullent, CEO at Horizon, and the management team.

Thieullent says the investment will help Horizon confirm its electronic trading platform as a cross-asset solution and expand its geographical presence through organic strategy or acquisition. He says: “The management team and I are convinced by Capzanine’s capacity to support the company in this new developmental phase. We share a common goal, namely value creation through strong commitment to delivering quality to clients. This alignment will allow Horizon to accelerate its growth while staying focused on its expertise.”

Benoit Choppin, partner at Capzanine, adds: “Horizon Software shows great promise. The management team aspires to expand in APAC and the Americas, develop new asset classes and reinforce its position in France. We are happy to invest together with the management and support Horizon in this new development era.”

From its inception in 1998, Horizon has worked with investment banks in the design of its electronic trading platform. It has 90 clients in 26 countries and connectivity to over 70 exchanges. The company is headquartered in Paris with operations worldwide and 100 employees.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Upcoming Webinar: High-Performance Networks & Low-Latency Connectivity for Trading

10 June 2025 10:00am ET | 3:00pm London | 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 Minutes With financial markets becoming more complex and interconnected in today’s electronic trading environment, trading firms, exchanges, and infrastructure providers need to continually push the boundaries of network performance to stay ahead. Ultra-low latency, seamless connectivity, and resilient infrastructure are no longer...

BLOG

Nasdaq Suspends High-Speed Trading Service Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Nasdaq has halted a high-speed trading service following concerns raised by competitors and regulatory scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The service, which offered select clients access to lower-latency hollow-core fiber optic cables, was not publicly disclosed and had not undergone the SEC’s rule-filing process. Low-latency network provider McKay Brothers brought the...

EVENT

TradingTech Briefing New York

Our TradingTech Briefing in New York is aimed at senior-level decision makers in trading technology, electronic execution, trading architecture and offers a day packed with insight from practitioners and from innovative suppliers happy to share their experiences in dealing with the enterprise challenges facing our marketplace.

GUIDE

Connecting to Today’s Fast Markets

At the same time, the growth of high frequency and event-driven trading techniques is spurring demand for direct feed services sourced from exchanges and other trading venues, including alternative trading systems and multilateral trading facilities. Handling these high-speed data feeds its presenting market data managers and their infrastructure teams with a challenge: how to manage...