founded 2008 founder eric lux and gerard lopez headquarters howald luxembourg key people eric lux ceo and director gerard lopez chairman services investment management and financial advisory divisions genii business exchange subsidiaries lotus f1 team ltd website www.genii capital.com genii capital is an international financial advisory and investment firm which specialises in brand management promising technologies motorsport and a wide spectrum of venture capitalism activities . it was created in 2008 by two luxembourger investors gerard lopez and eric lux and has a particular focus on emerging markets including the bric brazil russia india and china nations . 1 genii capital focuses on a wide range of investment vehicles and also provides advisory services on topics ranging from the preparation of an ipo the joint development of businesses mergers and acquisitions and capital markets . 2 as a result of a global restructuring initiative in 2011 genii capital is now located in the finance division of the genii group a global enterprise overseeing the business activities of lux and lopez . 3 contents 1 genii s investment interests 1.1 formula one 1.2 other 1.3 expansion strategy 2 genii business exchange 3 references 4 external links genii s investment interests edit formula one edit on december 16 2009 it was announced that genii were to purchase a large stake in the renault f1 team . 4 genii beat prodrive head david richards to the deal . genii is likely to merge the renault driver development programme with its own gravity sport management company which manages drivers such as ho pin tung who tested for the renault team in 2009 as well as christian vietoris . on december 8 2010 renault made public it would sell its remaining 25 % share in the enstone based team renault f1 team to genii capital from that moment the sole shareholder . 5 group lotus immediately became a partner of the team renamed lotus renault gp . it is projected that in the future the carmaker company will purchase a significant share of it . 6 7 the team is now called the lotus f1 team from 2012 until 2015 when the team was sold back to renault after the team experienced funding issues . other edit on january 26 2009 phc acquisitions llc affiliated of genii capital become a stalking horse bidder of polaroid holding company . the agreement included the purchase of polaroid s assets as intellectual rights name and brand . 8 on january 7 2010 it was announced that genii would hand in a cash offer for swedish carmaker saab automobile together with formula one commercial boss bernard ecclestone . 9 according to genii spokesperson lars carlstroem it is a true opportunity and we re surprised that more investors haven t identified this opportunity ... genii loves brands and saab is a strong brand on the same level as porsche and bmw . 10 the proposition was finally dismissed . 11 12 in december 2011 it was announced that genii capital led in 35 million of financing for zink imaging a printing technology company through the genii business exchange . 13 expansion strategy edit on july 29 2011 genii capital which already had interests in europe asia and north america 9 disembarked in brazil through a joint venture with wwi group . this is part of the genii s current expansion strategy in bric countries . 14 in april 2012 genii capital announced the launch of an office in geneva as part of its expansion strategy . 15 genii business exchange edit genii business exchange is an adjunct to genii capital . the genii business exchange is a business platform providing a forum for a global network of high net worth individuals opinion leaders political leaders and those involved with formula one . 16 the genii business exchange was founded by eric lux and gerard lopez in 2010 17 and is hosted in many of the world s financial centres but with a particular focus on emerging economies including bric and mena countries . since the acquisition of the enstone based formula one team from renault subsequently renamed from renault f1 to lotus renault gp by genii capital 18 three time formula one world champion sir jackie stewart obe has worked with the genii business exchange . 16 19 former president of bae systems sir charles masefield joined the genii group as a strategic advisor in june 2012 . 20 references edit genii seeks to improve saab bid . the irish times . 1 january 2010 . lotus position clarified supersport motorsport . supersport . retrieved 2013 03 26 . noah joseph rss feed 2011 10 12 . proton denies sale of lotus to genii capital . autoblog.com . retrieved 2013 03 26 . benson andrew 2009 12 16 . renault will race in formula 1 after selling their team . bbc sport . bbc . retrieved 2009 12 16 . benson andrew 2010 12 08 . renault f1 team to be renamed lotus renault gp in 2011 . bbc sports . bbc . retrieved 2011 09 11 . genii capital and group lotus join forces in lotus renault gp pdf . genii capital . retrieved 7 october 2011 . renault happy to focus on f1 engines . reuters . 31 october 2011 . affiliate of genii capital to be stalking horse bidder for polaroid pdf . genii capital . 26 january 2009 . retrieved 7 october 2011 . a b genii capital announced today its interest in making an offer for the acquisition of a majority stake in saab sas in a partnership with mr. bernard ecclestone pdf . genii capital . 7 january 2010 . retrieved 7 october 2011 . saab delays board meeting as spyker genii plan to submit bids . bloomberg . 7 january 2010 . archived from the original on 11 january 2010 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . genii capital withdraws from bidding for gm s saab ecomotor.es . eleconomista.es . 2010 01 26 . retrieved 2013 03 26 . genii capital confirms saab bid with ecclestone . penews.com . 2010 01 08 . retrieved 2013 03 26 . polaroid spinoff zink raises 35m replaces ceo . 2011 12 06 . retrieved 2012 01 19 . new genii capital and wwi group joint venture pdf . genii capital . 8 august 2011 . retrieved 7 october 2011 . anne r thoret 2012 04 17 . le trade finance continue d attirer des investisseurs . agefi.com . retrieved 2013 03 26 . a b genii business exchange links up with sir jackie stewart . f1 reader . retrieved 2013 03 26 . genii capital presents its platform genii business exchange . istockanalyst . 10 june 2010 . retrieved 30 january 2016 . dead link lotus f1 team exclusive content right from the heart of the f1 action . lotusrenaultgp.com . archived from the original on january 19 2012 . retrieved 2013 03 26 . stewart partners genii business exchange f1 news feb 2011 . crash.net . 2011 02 04 . retrieved 2013 03 26 . leading businessman sir charles masefield joins the genii group as a strategic advisor . 2012 06 12 . retrieved 2012 07 13 . external links edit genii business exchange . a division of genii capital created to transform formula one exposure into business opportunities . lotus f1 team . the formula one team owned by genii . v t e lotus f1 team notable personnel james allison ric boullier matthew carter nick chester federico gastaldi ayao komatsu g rard lopez eric lux alan permane andy ruhan drivers j r me d ambrosio romain grosjean heikki kovalainen pastor maldonado kimi r ikk nen formula one cars e20 e21 e22 e23 hybrid related genii capital group lotus lotus f1 junior team retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title genii capital & oldid 739124281 categories investment companies of luxembourghidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print 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