NEWS
SkySpecs announces opening of new office
in Amsterdam
SkySpecs is
expanding its services
throughout Europe
team and are excited to double our footprint to support more
growth,” said SkySpecs’ CEO, Danny Ellis.
Franz LaZerte joins the SkySpecs team as the first European full-
time employee. He will be focused on bringing operational support
to regional projects and also helping develop European customer
relationships and opportunities through technical sales. LaZerte spent
the last six years studying and working in renewable energy, four of
those at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. He has experience in
various wind O&M projects spanning the value chain, from initial
technology R&D, to site-level execution of retrofit campaigns –
experience he’ll leverage to support SkySpecs’ Amsterdam office and
its regional customers.
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kySpecs, the award-winning provider of robotics solutions for the
wind energy industry, has announced the opening of a new office
in Amsterdam, Netherlands. SkySpecs has been working with leading
customers in Europe since 2017 and plans to continue both onshore
and offshore growth in 2019 and beyond.
“A European presence represents a strategic expansion for the
SkySpecs brand. We are busy assembling an operations and sales
“Having worked with blade inspection and repair concepts in R&D,
I recognised SkySpecs’ technology as a game-changer in the wind
industry. The automated inspection and data analytics provides
abundant potential for wind turbine owners to better plan blade
repair campaigns and lower O&M costs,” said LaZerte
SkySpecs offers an end-to-end blade inspection and analysis solution
that enables wind farm owners to collect, manage and analyse their
blade data with the single push of a button.
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Volpi Capital invests in Netherlands-based data
analytics company
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ycloMedia Technology, a leading provider
of accurate geospatial imagery data and
data analytics, has announced a significant
new equity investment in the company by
Volpi Capital to support CycloMedia’s rapid
international growth and the development of
new market opportunities.
Founded in 1980 and based in the
Netherlands, CycloMedia provides a rich end-
to-end b2b geo-data and software platform
and has an established presence in the US,
Dutch, German and Scandinavian markets.
Using proprietary cloud-based technologies,
CycloMedia’s high-accuracy data sets
allow governments and enterprises to
assess, analyse and measure physical
infrastructures, including buildings, roads and
other assets, remotely and on any device.
CycloMedia is uniquely global in its ability to
deliver its customers actionable insights from
geo-data rapidly and at scale.
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“We would like to thank Avedon for
supporting us in bringing the company
where we are today by entering new
markets, investing in new technologies and
substantially expanding the organisation. At
the same time, we are very pleased to have
Volpi Capital on board and look forward to
working with them as we continue to scale
our presence globally,” said Frank Pauli, Chief
Executive Officer of CycloMedia.
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