Who owns Optimo?
Optimo is owned by Lion Finance Group (Georgia, LSE: BGEO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Lion Finance Group PLC - Annual Report 2025 (ESEF report). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Lion Finance Group PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇪 Georgia, Tbilisi
- Origin
- 🇬🇪 Georgia, Tbilisi
- Category
- Technology › Software › Enterprise software
- Parent ticker
- LSE: BGEO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Optimo
Optimo is point-of-sale and inventory-management software for merchants, sold by the Bank of Georgia group's digital arm, Digital Area. Since 2024 it has concentrated on physical tills, and its offline points of sale rose 24.9% in 2025 to 2,500 across Georgia and Uzbekistan. The group bought 77.5% of FINA, an accounting software company with about 15,000 active sales points, on 29 December 2025 to sell alongside it.
Ownership timeline of Optimo
- Current owner Lion Finance Group [1] reported
Where Optimo sits in Lion Finance Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Ameriabank (90%)
- Bank of Georgia
- Belarusky Narodny Bank (99.98%)
- Biletebi.ge (93.94%)
- Galt & Taggart
- Optimo
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Other brands owned by Lion Finance Group
Lion Finance Group controls 6 brands on Brandtree.
- Ameriabank (1992)
- Bank of Georgia (1994)
- Belarusky Narodny Bank (1992)
- Biletebi.ge (2008)
- Galt & Taggart (1995)
Other brands in enterprise software, and who owns them
The 32 brands in enterprise software on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Globant, with 6.
About the owner: Lion Finance Group
Lion Finance Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: BGEO.
Lion Finance Group is the London-listed holding company of Bank of Georgia and Armenia's Ameriabank, and a constituent of the FTSE 100. It was called Bank of Georgia Group PLC until 6 February 2025, when it changed its name to reflect the March 2024 purchase of Ameriabank; the two banks kept their own names in their markets. It is incorporated in England and Wales, but its business is retail and corporate banking in Georgia and Armenia, with smaller operations in brokerage, leasing, a Belarusian bank and a Georgian digital business.
Lion Finance Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇪 Optimo and other Georgian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 15 brands that began in Georgia. All of them are controlled from Georgia.
- Georgian Airways — Georgian Airways 🇬🇪
- Georgian Railway — Georgian Railway 🇬🇪
- Metable — Nikora 🇬🇪
- Myauto — TBC Bank Group 🇬🇪
- Myhome — TBC Bank Group 🇬🇪
- Mzareuli — Nikora 🇬🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Optimo?
The parent company of Optimo is Lion Finance Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Georgia.
Is Optimo Georgian?
Yes. Optimo originated in Georgia and its owner, Lion Finance Group, is also headquartered in Georgia.
Is Optimo still owned by Lion Finance Group?
Yes. As of 27 October 2026, Optimo is still owned by Lion Finance Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Lion Finance Group PLC - Annual Report 2025 (ESEF report) — Lion Finance Group PLC, Annual report; retrieved 27 October 2026.
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