All Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) articles – Page 5
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M&A
DT interest Community Fibre subsumes rival
FTTP altnet backed by BT shareholder absorbs assets of smaller fibre builder. Business now looking “beyond London” as it continues to accelerate growth. Community Fibre’s FTTP footprint stands at 300,000 premises. Acquisition not impacting commercial operations or leadership structure of “independent” merger partner.
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Deutsche Telekom builds out Growth Equity leadership
Lance Matthews and Michael Rager ascend to MD, Growth Equity roles at Deutsche Telekom’s venturing arm.
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Deutsche Telekom venturing roundup: Innovid; Neo4j; Aircall
DTCP gets busy with investments in graph tech and contact centre-as-a-service; portfolio company Innovid bought out; tech incubator and Apple hunt for IOS AR developers.
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Deutsche Telekom moves: T-Mobile names national security lead
Letitia Long, former US intelligence lead, joins T-Mobile Board of Directors as Director of National Security. Deutsche Telekom IoT gets a new CFO in Claudia Moritz. OTE veteran Tzimea adds Sustainability to her remit. Evolution of the Hungarian T-Systems division gets closer to completion.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT cash flows to Community Fibre amid altnet boom
Urban fibre outfitter backed by BT stakeholder Deutsche Telekom accelerates growth, as challenge to Openreach builds.
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M&A
DT-backed Innovid agrees SPAC merger
Legacy T-Venture enters “definitive agreement” to combine with special purpose acquisition vehicle. Trading name to remain “Innovid”. Advertising technology player eyeing further M&A opportunities to fuel growth.
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Venturing & Investments
Iterable goes double unicorn with DTCP backing
Customer communications platform player takes $200m in funding, with Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners on the ticket. Medium-term IPO a potential exit route for Group investment arm. Martech continuing to pique interest for DTCP.
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Deutsche Telekom Venturing and Investments roundup
DTCP’s monetary fuel fires up One Store expansion plan; 2017 “strategic” IoT investment offloaded; hubraum targets greater accuracy.
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Deutsche Telekom movers: brand leadership overhaul at T-Mobile
American NatCo’s Chief Marketing Officer Matt Staneff exits, paving the way for evolved brand and communications strategy. Group compliance lead Mackert reportedly exiting. Czech NatCo confirms leadership for newly-unified Enterprise division.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP’s monetary fuel fires up One Store expansion plan
Fund joins venture funding round in business owned by close partner SK Telecom. One Store aiming to reach lofty heights of market competitors Apple and Google.
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Financial & Performance
DT’s top team drops €4m on shares
Leadership puts money where its mouth is following ambitious mid-term strategy update. German operator seeking to boost T-Share perceptions and align with T-Mobile US’ rising valuation.
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DT’s deal-maker Langheim studies his share options
The long journey to the top in the USA is not yet complete, but DT’s message is that patience is paying off and reiterates plans to take the number-one slot. European portfolio reshaping in pipeline, with Dutch “crown jewel” TMNL prepped for ownership rejig and carve-out of “kingmaker” tower ...
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DT B2B Europe gets SASE with Versa
Expands SD-WAN services with security cloud architecture.
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Deutsche Telekom people moves: Stenzel leaves DTCP
DTCP MD, Advisory Till Stenzel makes tracks, while ex-BT CTIO Karonis is added to Advisory Council. Magenta Telekom’s Schauerhuber leaves after lengthy tenure. Cesar Martinez takes the helm at T-Sys North America. New blood at T-Mobile: Youngblood named Chief Security Officer.
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Ex-BT CTIO Karonis takes Capgemini, DTCP roles
Telco veteran Fotis Karonis joins Capgemini as 5G & Edge EVP, making the most of past operator ties. Deutsche Telekom venturing vehicle DTCP also adds his name to Senior Advisory Council.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile Netherlands bulks up on fibre via new KKR venture
Dutch NatCo builds on Primevest investments as first anchor tenant of Open Dutch Fiber. New fibre venture taps former CEO and CCO of Vodafone Germany partner Deutsche Glasfaser. Move raises further questions over Group plans for its Dutch business.
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Venturing & Investments
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom venturing and investments
DTCP increases investments in cybersecurity specialists Axonius and PerimeterX; portfolio companies validate worth with acquisitions; hubraum seeks GNSS startups.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP-backed Lookout and CipherCloud become one
CipherCloud subsumed into Lookout. Two legacy T-Venture investments integrate technologies to drive sales in expanding SASE market. Long-term ambition is to create unified platform which tackles cyber-crime at device endpoints and in cloud apps.
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Venturing & Investments
DTCP debuts in South Korea with Catenoid investment
Fund joins Series-C round for online video platform provider that has ties with KT. The startup becomes DTCP’s first South Korean interest since landing in 2019.
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Suppliers & SCM
Deutsche Telekom tackles China connection with Aryaka
Group investment Aryaka is now a third-party supplier within T-Systems’ portfolio of Smart SD-WAN offerings. Rehoused Deutsche Telekom Global Business Solutions division eyeing growth in enterprise comms use-cases for clients operating in China.