Novator

Novator Partners LLP (branded Novator with affiliates at novator.lu) is a British private equity, growth equity, and capital markets investment firm founded in 2004 by Icelandic entrepreneur Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson (known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson), a former chairman of Icelandic bank Straumur-BurA degaras, with headquarters in London, United Kingdom, and additional offices in Iceland, Luxembourg (Novator Luxembourg), and Switzerland (Novator (Switzerland) AG). The firm invests primarily its founder's permanent capital across emerging and developed markets aEUR" with a particular focus on telecommunications, generic pharmaceuticals, information technology and gaming, financial services, natural resources, clean energy, and consumer sectors aEUR" preferring flexible investment structures, quick decisions, and a hands-on board-level approach to portfolio-company oversight. Notable current and historical investments include Actavis (pharmaceuticals); mobile-telecoms brands Play (Poland, IPO on Warsaw Stock Exchange 2017, exited to Iliad SA in 2021), WOM (Chile and Colombia), and Nova (Iceland); Verne Global (data centre, sold to Digital 9 Infrastructure 2021); Netia (Poland); CCP Games (sold to Pearl Abyss for USD 425 million); Zwift; TIER Mobility; Cazoo; Deliveroo; Monzo; Stripe; Klang Games; Lockwood Publishing; DNEG (USD 250 million investment 2021); Numan; Catapult; Kerecis; Rebag; and SidekickHealth. The firm additionally operates a private equity fund and a credit opportunities fund and has completed more than 18 disclosed investments.