| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Investment Banking in Internet and Digital Media, Software and Services, CleanTech and Hardware. |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder(s) | Per Roman Christian Lagerling Manish Madhvani Hugh Campbell |
| Headquarters | London U.K. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Per Roman Christian Lagerling Manish Madhvani Hugh Campbell Martin Smith (Chairman) |
| Products | Investment banking M&A Private Placements |
| Employees | 30 |
| Website | GP Bullhound |
GP Bullhound is a privately held investment banking firm providing advice on mergers & acquisitions and institutional capital-raising to emerging growth companies in the Technology sector.
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GP Bullhound was founded in 1999 and is headquartered at 52 Jermyn Street in London, with additional offices in San Francisco, USA. It has a strong foothold in Europe and offers clients a global reach to investors and the financial markets. The firm is a research centric investment bank which publishes monthly sector reports in the areas of Internet and Digital Media, Software and Services, CleanTech and Hardware, and has completed over 100 M&A and Private Placement transactions since it was established.
During 2010, the firm was awarded four separate awards; Corporate Finance Boutique of the Year, M&A Boutique Investment Bank of the Year, Deal of the Year and Green Deal of the Year, for the being the sole M&A advisor on the sale of Concentrix Solar.
Recent M&A transactions include; Starlounge (part sale) to Turner Broadcasting System, Sunglasses Shop, Euroffice and Figleaves. Recent private placements include King.com, Interactive Investor, Avito.Ru, Private Outlet, MyFC and Bullguard.
The firm is an established thought leader and is regularly asked to provide commentaries on CNN International, CNBC Europe and BBC World as well as print media, keynoting and moderating industry conferences. GP Bullhound takes an active role in the technology entrepreneurial echo system by participating in industry conferences and has also founded and continues to manage important industry events such as Investor Allstars, Media Momentum and Cleantech Connect. GP Bullhound also organises the SIME Media Momentum awards and is a partner of the White Bull conference.
Investor Allstars was founded in 2002, and is with 600+ attendees an established event for the European venture capital community, The awards recognise Europe’s leading investors and risk takers and have been labelled the “Oscars” for the European venture capital community.
With the general scepticism and reluctance to invest in tech start-ups following the Dot.com meltdown in 2000-2002, the firm wanted to showcase and celebrate the exiting developments happening in this sector and in 2004, the firm launched the Media Momentum. Media Momentum is by invitation only and is strictly limited to the CEOs and founders of Europe's fastest growing digital companies and thought leaders who are personally invited.
In 2009, the firm founded Cleantech Connect, an event which recognises the fastest growing cleantech companies in Europe. This event is held in London in November and is by invitation only.
Since being founded, GP Bullhound has written extensive and independent technology sector research focused on the areas of Digital Media and Internet, Software and Services, Cleantech and Hardware. The firm’s research is distributed to an exclusive group of leading institutional investors in both Europe and the US before being made available more widely.
Recent research has covered Digital Music, Thin Film, Behavioural Retargeting, Augmented Reality, Social Media, Smart Grid Solutions, Electric Vehicles, Social Games, Ebooks, Gaming Trends, SaaS, Virtual Worlds, Online Advertising, Internet TV and Wireless Technologies.