Company:Claranet

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Claranet
TypePrivate
IndustryTechnology
FoundedNovember 1996; 29 years ago (1996-11)
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Key people
Charles Nasser (CEO)
Websitewww.claranet.com
Claranet network as of 2013

Claranet is a business which provides network, hosting and managed application services in the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands (Benelux), Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil.

History

Charles Nasser founded the ISP in 1996[1] and by 1999 had 150,000 subscribers.[2]

The company has annualised revenues of circa £375 million, over 6,500 customers and over 2,200 employees.

In 2012 ABRY Partners and Ares Private Equity Group invested in Claranet[3] with ABRY later selling their minority stake in 2017[4]

In 2017, Tikehau Capital invested a £80 million minority stake in Claranet.[5]

Acquisitions

Company acquired Country Date Business Reference
Netscalibur United Kingdom 2003 Internet Service Provider [6][7]
VIA net.works United Kingdom 2004 Internet Service Provider and Managed Hosting [8][9]
Artful Template:Country data FR 2005 Managed Hosting Provider [10][11]
Star Technologies United Kingdom 2012 Internet Service Provider and Managed Hosting [12]
Bashton Ltd United Kingdom 2016 Managed Service Provider [13]
Oxalide Template:Country data FR 2017 Managed Service Provider [14]
ITEN Solutions Portugal 2017 Managed Hosting and Security Services [15]
Union Solutions United Kingdom 2018 Managed Hosting [16]
NotSoSecure United States 2018 Penetration Testing and Security Training [17]
XPeppers Spain 2018 Managed Hosting [18]
Quinfox Netherlands 2018 Managed Hosting [19]
CorpFlex Brazil 2020 Managed Hosting, Security Services [20]
ID Grup Spain 2021 Managed Hosting, Security Services [21]
Mandic Cloud Solutions Brazil 2021 Managed Hosting [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Charles Nasser". the Guardian. 5 October 1999. https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/oct/05/netrich.internet6. 
  2. ↑ "Business: The Economy UK Net millionaires boom". BBC News. 1999-10-03. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/464208.stm. "Charles Nasser, who has built up the ISP ClaraNet to 150,000 subscribers in the UK and France." 
  3. ↑ "ABRY Partners and Ares Private Equity Group Invest In Claranet". 23 November 2012. https://mergr.com/transaction/abry-partners-invests-in-claranet. 
  4. ↑ "Private equity houses battle it out for £500m UK IT services firm Claranet". 21 February 2017. https://www.cityam.com/private-equity-houses-battle-out-500m-uk-services-firm/. 
  5. ↑ "Tikehau Capital invests £80m". 12 May 2017. https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/tikehau-takes-80m-stake-in-claranet-mnQ. 
  6. ↑ "TechWeekEurope UK - Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com". TechWeekEurope UK. http://www.silicon.com/technology/networks/2003/07/28/exclusive-claranet-buys-netscalibur-10005344/. 
  7. ↑ "Claranet buys Netscalibur UK to lead sector consolidation". http://www.claranet.co.uk/about/news/2003-07-28-claranet-buys-netscalibur-uk-lead-sector-consolidation.html. 
  8. ↑ "ClaraNet Agrees to Buy VIA.Net Works". 12 April 2005. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/04/12/claranet_agrees_to_buy_vianet_works.html. 
  9. ↑ "Claranet buys VIA NET.WORKS UK for £7.3 million in cash". http://www.claranet.co.uk/about/news/2004-09-27-claranet-buys-networks-uk-%C2%A373-million-cash.html. 
  10. ↑ "Claranet buys French hosting outfit" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2005/10/14/claranet_artful/. 
  11. ↑ "Claranet expands into the managed hosting market by buying Artful S.A. in France". http://www.claranet.co.uk/about/news/2005-10-09-claranet-expands-managed-hosting-market-buying-artful-sa-france.html. 
  12. ↑ "Claranet acquires Star - Claranet UK". http://www.claranet.co.uk/about/news/2012-11-23-claranet-acquires-star-deal-valued-%C2%A355-million.html. 
  13. ↑ "Claranet swallows AWS MSP for web apps fun and frolics". 22 Feb 2016. https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2016/02/22/claranet-swallows-aws-msp-for-web-apps-fun-and-frolics/1094916. 
  14. ↑ "Claranet acquires Oxalide". 31 May 2017. http://www.frenchweb.fr/claranet-annonce-le-rachat-doxalide/294144. 
  15. ↑ "Claranet compra ITEN e revoluciona o sector dos serviços de TI em Portugal=". 30 May 2017. https://www.claranet.pt/about-us/news/claranet-compra-iten-e-revoluciona-o-sector-dos-servicos-de-ti-em-portugal. 
  16. ↑ "Claranet Group Financial Statements 2018" (pdf). 30 June 2018. https://tisegroup.com/umbraco/surface/proxyapi/newspdf?id=269536&index=0. 
  17. ↑ "Claranet acquires NotSoSecure". 5 July 2018. https://www.notsosecure.com/notsosecure-joins-the-claranet-group/. 
  18. ↑ "Claranet Group Financial Statements 2018" (pdf). 30 June 2018. https://tisegroup.com/umbraco/surface/proxyapi/newspdf?id=269536&index=0. 
  19. ↑ "Claranet acquires Dutch IT services provider Quinfox". 23 October 2018. https://www.information-age.com/claranet-acquires-quinfox-11786/. 
  20. ↑ "CorpFlex, a pioneer in cloud computing in Brazil, is now part of the Claranet Group". 4 August 2020. https://www.claranet.com/br/news/corpflex-pioneira-em-cloud-computing-no-brasil-passa-integrar-o-grupo-claranet. 
  21. ↑ "Claranet acquires ID Grup and grows in Spain". https://www.claranet.com/uk/about-us/news/claranet-acquires-id-grup-and-grows-spain. 
  22. ↑ "Mandic Cloud Solutions has been acquired by Claranet". April 2021. https://www.oaklins.com/us/en/deals/107917/. 




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