James Hook

Stridbeck Advisors supports technology companies with investor-facing issues, such as growth strategies, team building, operational improvements, business planning, financing, reporting, governance, M&A and exits.

LeadX backs technology-enabled companies driving sustainable digital transformation. LeadX backs market-leading European companies providing technology-enabled solutions to the industrial, health and consumer sectors. LeadX is a spinout of METRO.

Hrmony offers a digital platform to manage tax-exempt employee benefits. These includes digital food stamps and vouchers, enabling employers to motivate, reward and retain their employees and optimise their company's labour costs.

Flowtify offers a digital quality assurance platform for hygiene and quality management, including audits using an app and IoT products, enabling users to implement HACCP (hygiene self-control) documents in a traceable and regulatory compliant way.

OptioPay drives CLV, loyalty, and engagement by encouraging end-customers to opt-in for exclusive data-driven offers based on financial data.

Shore offers software enabling small and medium sized business to manage their customer appointments, absence management and perform various marketing measures.

Culinary Agents is a leading platform to find career-related information about the hospitality industry covering over 1.6m members and 45k businesses. Platform empowers aspiring and existing talent to easily discover and apply to the best jobs.

Yoyo offers consumers secure mobile payment, automated loyalty, personalised offers and pre-ordering. Yoyo helps retailers identify the customer at the PoS, turning anonymous shoppers into individuals with purchasing preferences and habits.

Partner at LeadX, the investment arm of HD, part of the METRO Group. LeadX supports fast-growing, digital product and solution providers targeting the digitisation of the retail, hospitality and food sectors. METRO is one of the largest, multinational wholesale groups worldwide with c. €25bn in turnover.

Adaxia Capital Partners is a leading, independent private equity manager focused on buyout and growth capital transactions for Resource Efficiency SMEs with €200 million in funds under management. Adaxia is a spinout from Bunge (Climate Change Capital).

Nualight is a specialist LED technology company focused on retail, commercial and industrial niches where superior colour, comfort and control are valued.

Nujira aims to use Envelope Tracking ("ET") to enable the design of cost-effective multi-mode, multi-band handsets that deliver faster data rates, longer battery life, and better coverage. Nujira was acquired by Qualcomm in 2015.

PPC is a leading provider of broadband powerline communication systems, supplying utilities and distributed network operators with key technologies for smart grid communications.

With its global network and $1.4 billion funds under management, Climate Change Capital (CCC) is dedicated to financing the transition to low carbon economy. CCC was acquired by Bunge in 2010. Promoted from Director in 2013 and from Associate Director in 2009.

Orege is a leading technology player specialising in the development and marketing of solutions for conditioning, treatment and valorisation of sludge.

MBA Polymers is a leading recycling company that recovers plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment and auto-shredder residue from end-of-life automobiles. Invested privately.

Apax is a leading global Private Equity group, having raised c. $65 billion in funds around the world. Member of the Technology and Telecoms team. Promoted from Senior Associate to Principal in December 2006, from Associate to Senior Associate in June 2004 and from Analyst to Associate in June 2003.

CSG Solar was one of the leading players in thin-film solar based on crystalline silicon-on-glass technology. Suntech acquired CSG Solar in 2009.

Q-Cells is one of the world’s leading photovoltaics companies, offering a wide range of photovoltaic solutions, from solar cells and modules to solar power plants. Q-Cells was floated on the Frankfurt stock exchange in 2005.

Analysys offers consulting services worldwide to clients in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors. Worked on range of projects in Europe, US and Asia servicing start-up to incumbent service providers. Promoted from Analyst to Consultant in June 2000.

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