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Claranet

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.

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Claranet
Company type
Private
IndustryTechnology
FoundedNovember 1996 (1996-11)
HeadquartersLondon, England, UK
Key people
Charles Nasser (CEO)
Websitewww.claranet.com
Claranet network as of 2013 source ↗

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 19961 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 Claranet3 with ABRY later selling their minority stake in 20174

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

Acquisitions

Company acquired Country Date Business Reference
Netscalibur GmbH Germany 2002 Internet Service Provider 6
Netscalibur UK United Kingdom 2003 Internet Service Provider 78
VIA net.works United Kingdom 2004 Internet Service Provider and Managed Hosting 910
VIA net.works International / Amen Group United StatesNetherlandsPortugal 2005 Internet Service Provider 11
Artful France 2005 Managed Hosting Provider 1213
Star Technologies United Kingdom 2012 Internet Service Provider and Managed Hosting 14
Typhon France 2012 Managed Hosting 15
Cgest S.A Portugal 2014 Managed Hosting 16
Celigest SL Spain 2014 Managed Hosting 17
Grita France 2014 Managed Hosting 18
Echiron Portugal 2014 Application Management 19
NovaData Netherlands 2014 Managed Hosting 20
Rede VF (Visual Fusion) Portugal 2015 Managed Hosting 21
LinuxIT United Kingdom 2015 Managed Hosting 22
TechGate United Kingdom 2015 Managed Hosting 23
Morea France 2015 Managed Hosting 24
Runiso France 2015 Managed Hosting 25
Aspaway France 2015 Managed Hosting 26
Inok Consulting Portugal 2015 Managed Hosting 27
Bashton Ltd United Kingdom 2016 Managed Hosting 28
Diademys France 2016 Managed Hosting 29
Ardenta United Kingdom 2016 Managed Hosting 30
Credibility Brazil 2016 Managed Hosting 31
Rely Netherlands 2017 Managed Hosting 32
Oxalide France 2017 Managed Hosting 33
ITEN Solutions Portugal 2017 Managed Hosting and Security Services 34
Sec-1 United Kingdom 2017 Security Services 3536
Union Solutions United Kingdom 2018 Managed Hosting 37
NotSoSecure United States 2018 Penetration Testing and Security Training 38
XPeppers Spain 2018 Managed Hosting 39
Quinfox Netherlands 2018 Managed Hosting 40
CorpFlex Brazil 2020 Managed Hosting, Security Services 41
ID Grup Spain 2021 Managed Hosting, Security Services 42
Mandic Cloud Solutions Brazil 2021 Managed Hosting 43
BizDirect Portugal 2021 Managing Hosting 44
KHETO Germany 2021 SAP Consulting 45
Geko Cloud Spain 2022 Managed Hosting 46
Addon AG GermanySwitzerland 2022 SAP Managed Services 4748
Pictime Groupe France 2022 Application Management 49
Flowing Italy 2022 Application Development 50
ADTsys Brazil 2023 Managed Hosting 51
References

References

  1. "Charles Nasser". the Guardian. 5 October 1999.
  2. "Business: The Economy UK Net millionaires boom". BBC News. 1999-10-03. Retrieved 15 September 2010. 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.
  4. "Private equity houses battle it out for £500m UK IT services firm Claranet". 21 February 2017.
  5. "Tikehau Capital invests £80m". 12 May 2017.
  6. "Claranet mops up Netscalibur's German ops". 18 September 2002.
  7. "TechWeekEurope UK - Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com". TechWeekEurope UK.
  8. "Claranet buys Netscalibur UK to lead sector consolidation". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  9. "ClaraNet Agrees to Buy VIA.Net Works". 12 April 2005.
  10. "Claranet buys VIA NET.WORKS UK for £7.3 million in cash". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  11. "Via Net.Works Completes Sale to Claranet". 13 July 2005.
  12. "Claranet buys French hosting outfit". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  13. "Claranet expands into the managed hosting market by buying Artful S.A. in France". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  14. "Claranet acquires Star - Claranet UK". Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  15. "Claranet buys French hosting specialist Typhon". 17 December 2012.
  16. "Claranet Group Limited Company Accounts 2014". 30 June 2015.
  17. "Claranet Group Limited announcement".
  18. "Claranet acquires Grita, a specialist French hosting provider to the healthcare sector". 5 March 2014.
  19. "Claranet acquires Echiron, a high-end managed hosting and applications provider in Portugal". 12 February 2014.
  20. "Claranet acquires Dutch Cloud Services Provider NovaData". 22 April 2014.
  21. "Claranet Soho acquires Visual Fusion". 1 July 2015.
  22. "Claranet swallows a couple of tech minnows". 9 July 2015.
  23. "Claranet swallows a couple of tech minnows". 9 July 2015.
  24. "Claranet France completes third acquisition of 2015". 10 December 2015.
  25. "Hosting: French company Runiso acquired by Claranet". 23 November 2015.
  26. "Claranet acquires Aspaway and unveils its strategy". Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  27. "Claranet Group Limited company accounts 2016". 30 June 2016.
  28. "Claranet swallows AWS MSP for web apps fun and frolics". 22 Feb 2016.
  29. "Claranet strengthens its market offer with acquisition of French MSP Diademys". 13 July 2016.
  30. "Ardenta acquired by Claranet". 15 July 2016.
  31. "Claranet agrees to acquire CredibiliT and expands into Brazil" (PDF). 15 December 2016.
  32. "Claranet strengthens market position with acquisition of Rely". 8 February 2017.
  33. "Claranet acquires Oxalide". 31 May 2017.
  34. "Claranet compra ITEN e revoluciona o sector dos serviços de TI em Portugal=". 30 May 2017.
  35. "The acquisition of Sec-1 Holdings Limited by Claranet Limited". 1 May 2017.
  36. "Leeds computer security service provider acquired by Claranet Group". 1 June 2017.
  37. "Claranet Group Financial Statements 2018" (pdf). 30 June 2018.
  38. "Claranet acquires NotSoSecure". 5 July 2018.
  39. "Claranet Group Financial Statements 2018" (pdf). 30 June 2018.
  40. "Claranet acquires Dutch IT services provider Quinfox". 23 October 2018.
  41. "CorpFlex, a pioneer in cloud computing in Brazil, is now part of the Claranet Group". 4 August 2020.
  42. "Claranet acquires ID Grup and grows in Spain". Archived from the original on 2024-02-29.
  43. "Mandic Cloud Solutions has been acquired by Claranet". April 2021.
  44. "Claranet carries out one of its largest acquisitions in Portugal". 20 July 2021.
  45. "Claranet acquires SAP consultancy firm KHETO". 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
  46. "Geko Cloud joins the Claranet group with the aim of continuing to grow in the Spanish market". 12 May 2022.
  47. "New cycle of company acquisitions increases scale and capability of Claranet in Europe". 7 September 2022.
  48. "MSP Claranet makes three acquisitions to boost reach in Europe". 7 September 2022.
  49. "Claranet acquires Pictime Groupe and strengthens its position as a leader in digital transformation". 5 September 2022.
  50. "MSP Claranet makes three acquisitions to boost reach in Europe". 7 September 2022.
  51. "Claranet continues its expansion with the strategic acquisition of ADTsys in Brazil". 23 August 2023.
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