Colony Capital has evolved from a focus on real-estate to raise and launch a $4 Billion digital infrastructure fund in a year, which is currently over 70% deployed. In this session, Marc will share how Colony Capital is deploying capital in a more permanent way, global case studies on supporting build vs buy and lessons learnt from investing in key partners.

Key topics include:

• Bringing value add to operators and scale growth: Databank and Vantage
• Building from scratch when buy is a challenge: The Freshwave Group
• Regional growth in South America: ATP, MTP and the Brazilian investment platform- Scala Data Centers and Highline do Brasil
• Swallowing the Whale: the $14 Billion Zayo deal, and what next with recently appointed CEO Steve Smith
• TMT Finance Challenges for 2021: Scaling growth, access to capital and finding the right partner