Novator Partners LLP is a British private equity investment firm based in London owned by Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.
Industries by which it focuses on include telecommunications,[2] pharmaceuticals,[3] social gaming,[4] financial services and natural resource sectors.
[10] Novator sold its remaining stake in Play to Iliad SA, a French provider of telecommunications services in September 2021.
[citation needed] In 2007 Novator founded data center company Verne Global and sold it to Digital 9 Infrastructure in 2021.
[citation needed] In 2013, the Çelebiler family acquired 100% ownership of Turknet, a telecommunications internet service provider, by purchasing the remaining shares from Novator.
[13] In 2016 Novator invested in Zwift, a multiplayer online indoor cycling game in Series A funding that reached $27 million.
[14] Novator co-led Zwift's $120 million Series B funding round, alongside Highland Europe, Causeway, and True.
[19] In 2019, Novator led $25 million Series C funding of Rebag, a New York-based digital platform, enabling it to expand to 30 more stores.
[21] In 2019 Novator led a $22.33 million funding round to further develop a multiplayer online space colony simulation game called Seed.
[24] In 2020, Novator invested in Cazoo, a UK-based online used car buying platform, as part of a £240 million funding round.
[33] An 18.27% stake in the Economic & Investment Bank (EIBank) in Bulgaria, which was previously 100% owned Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's domestic partner Tsvetelina Borislavova.