GMT Communications Partners

GMT Communications Partners is a leading private equity firm focusing on investments in the European Communications Industry. With a 20 year record of active investing, the GMT team is Europe’s longest-established private equity firm specialising in the Communications arena. Pioneers during the growth of the European Communications Industry, GMT has established three funds since its launch in 1993 and has made 32 investments across 19 countries. GMT has organised syndicated portfolio financings - including equity and debt - with a total value in excess of €3.5 billion. With a track record and skill set built over a series of successful funds comprising over €775 million of capital, and with the backing of a powerful group of international investors, GMT aims to further expand its franchise to remain one of the leading specialist, independent private equity firms in Europe. Its objectives of working with the best possible entrepreneurs, anticipating future industry developments and providing continuity and experience to the investment process continue to provide top quartile returns to investors.

Timothy S Green

Managing Partner

Jean-Sébastien Talbot

Principal

18 past transactions

IT-Ernity

Private Equity Round in 2013
IT-Ernity Internet Services B.V. develops and provides Internet services and hosting solutions to companies in the Netherlands. The company offers infrastructure and cloud services, including colocation and dedicated, enterprise cloud, managed, networking and connectivity, data storage and security, application, IT-outsourcing, and streaming services; online services, such as domain registration, managed shared hosting, workspace online, Internet access, and backup services; and security services, which include management security, identity and access management, and threat and vulnerability scan services. It serves institutions and corporations. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Zwolle, the Netherlands. As of August 10, 2018, IT-Ernity Internet Services B.V. operates as a subsidiary of TransIP Group B.V.

Seagull

Private Equity Round in 2012
Seagull AS is the provider of computer based training systems for seafarers.

MeetingZone

Acquisition in 2011
MeetingZone provides workplace collaboration and conferencing services. It provides Cisco WebEx services, such as WebEx meeting center, collaboration meeting rooms, WebEx event and training center, and online communication services; and Skype for business voice solutions, such as audio conferencing Skype, on premise Skype, and hosted Skype for business.

Karnov Group Denmark

Acquisition in 2011
Karnov Group is a Denmark-based company, provider of online legal professional information. The Company provides subscription-based legislation, case law and regulatory information primarily online. Its customers include law firms, companies, government lawyers and law students, as well as accounting firms and corporate accountants.

Bigpoint

Private Equity Round in 2008
Bigpoint.com is the biggest game portal in Germany and is among the top 3 gaming portals worldwide. The company develops and operates browser games as a publisher, content provider and developer, they set new standards with each game in terms of technology, gameplay and entertainment fun. In addition to high quality, Bigpoint offers a successful business model, "free use voluntary payment". The basically free use of the game allows players of all ages and income levels to have high-class fun. In the course of the game, the player can purchase virtual goods or get a Premium subscription in order to use additional game features. As a developer, they have set high quality standards“ and as a publisher, they promote online games which meet these standards. With this recipe for success, Bigpoint.com has become the top destination for the best online games; from casual games to complex, long-term multiplayer games. Founded in 2002, Bigpoint is located in Hamburg, Berlin, San Francisco and Malta and has currently more than 500 employees. GMT and Peacock Equity, NBC Universal™ capital fund, bought a majority share of Bigpoint in June 2008. Bigpoint was honored for its success with the Red Herring 100 Europe, Eco Internet Award 2009 (best content provider), the Ruban da™Honneur from the European Business Awards 2009 and the OnlineStar awards as the most popular website in Germany.

Primesight

Acquisition in 2007
Primesight is an outdoor advertising operator that specializes in providing a range of advertising services. The company offers various formats, including advertising screens and banners, allowing businesses to promote their brands in both small and large displays. Primesight's advertising solutions are strategically positioned in high-traffic areas such as major roads, cinemas, health clubs, retail outlets, airports, and the Glasgow underground network. In addition to traditional advertising formats, the company also engages in targeted selling and public relations services, enabling enterprises to effectively reach their audience through diverse promotional strategies.

Melita

Acquisition in 2007
Melita is a Maltese telecommunications company.

Asiakastieto

Acquisition in 2006
Autamme yrityksiä tehostamaan päätöksentekoprosesseja ja asiakkuuksien hallintaa automatisoiduilla yritys- ja luottotietoratkaisuilla.

Grupo Redext

Private Equity Round in 2005
Redext operates a network of large-format advertising billboards around larger cities in Spain as well as urban furniture concessions along the eastern coast.

Addsecure

Acquisition in 2005
Addsecure is a provider of communications solutions for alarm and mobile data that help users in saving lives.

Docu Group

Acquisition in 2004
DOCUgroup's information / database solutions and our on- and offline media report on construction projects, building products, current subsidy programs, and provide valuable information on the world of architecture.

Invitel Holdings

Acquisition in 2003
Invitel Holdings A/S is the number one alternative and the second-largest fixed line telecommunications and broadband Internet Services Provider in the Republic of Hungary, delivering voice, data and Internet services to residential and business customers.

Le Marché du Travail

Private Equity Round in 2003
Le Marché du Travail independent weekly recruitment publication, focusing on a broad base of small-to-medium sized customers.

Casema NV

Private Equity Round in 2003
Casema NV offers cable television operating services in the Netherlands.

PEPcom

Debt Financing in 2002
The Pepcom group of companies, based in Unterföhring near Munich, is one of the five leading cable network operators in Germany. To Pepcom Group of companies employs twelve regional cable operators, which ensure the operation of more than 100 local and regional networks nationwide. Overall, the medium-sized company operates more than 25 years a large number of autonomous networks and supplies more than 750,000 households with television and radio, Internet and telephone.

PEPcom

Private Equity Round in 2001
The Pepcom group of companies, based in Unterföhring near Munich, is one of the five leading cable network operators in Germany. To Pepcom Group of companies employs twelve regional cable operators, which ensure the operation of more than 100 local and regional networks nationwide. Overall, the medium-sized company operates more than 25 years a large number of autonomous networks and supplies more than 750,000 households with television and radio, Internet and telephone.

PacketExchange

Acquisition in 2001
PacketExchange is the provider of private network services with Internet economics – providing Global Ethernet, Global Peering, Collaborative Networking, Cloud Networking, Dedicated Internet Access and Internet Transit. Their unique real-time transactional services platform leverages a global private layer-2 MPLS/VPLS and layer-3 IP network to offer a fast, secure, reliable and cost-effective alternative to the public Internet backbone. PacketExchange's redundant mesh across Europe, North America and Asia and exclusive wide-area peering fabric enable hundreds of access and broadband service providers, digital media, content and web application providers, enterprises and customers to connect directly to their trading partners around the world.

Steleus

Private Equity Round in 2000
Steleus, Inc. is a performance management company, engages in supplying network-related intelligence to telecom operators. It offers general packet radio services monitoring solutions.
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