GED Capital
Montalbán 7, 3ª planta, Madrid, 28014, Spain
Overview
Buenavista Equity Partners is an independent Private Equity group operating in the Iberian Peninsula and South-Eastern Europe. The company was incorporated in 1996 and GED’s professional Partners hold a majority stake in the Management Companies of the Group. GED is positioned in the middle market, managing funds in excess of €300M through 4 different Private Equity vehicles and operates in two different private equity sectors; private equity and private equity-real estate. GED Private Equity is looking at buyouts and expansion deals maximizing the portfolio value through a clear buy and build strategy in the core countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Spain and Portugal, backing medium size companies that can become regional market leaders. GED Opportunity targets opportunistic and value added real estate investments in South Eastern Europe. GED has a strong track record in Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula, achieved it during its 19 years activity in the region through offices in Madrid, Seville, Bucharest, Sofia and Oporto.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
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- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
Investment portfolio
- Galgus
Participated · Equity · May 2022
Galgus develops smart WiFi technology that optimises network performance and provides advanced geolocation analytics, deployed across venues from aircraft and trains to stadiums, shopping malls, hotels, schools and rural areas. The company has secured partnership agreements with telecommunications firms such as Netoip, Around People, Telefónica, Cellnex, Wavesight and Icomera. Galgus has major projects in the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain and has offices in Latin America (Colombia and Peru) and the United States (Boston). Led by CEO José González, the company intends to use the new capital to finance and accelerate international expansion and to respond to demand from core markets like North America. Financially, Galgus announced a EUR4m funding injection described as a down payment toward a larger round the company expects to close by the end of 2022. Galgus develops Cognitive Hotspot™ Technology (CHT), a patented software solution that gives WiFi access points the ability to measure their environment, share telemetry and optimize resources in real time. The company says CHT can improve WiFi performance by up to 400% and is used daily by more than one million people across transport (air, rail, road, maritime), hotels and event venues. Deployments cited include hotels in the Barceló chain and the Benito Villamarín stadium; Galgus also works with Telefónica on WiFi4EU projects reaching roughly 250,000 people to date. Its product offers additional services such as device localization, heat‑map generation, hacker detection and cloud management. The team emphasizes continued product validation by the market and intends to scale the business and pursue international expansion with new investor support.
Team
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