ABOUT US
Ecotonian is a financial engineering boutique in London and Zurich. Our focus is on data and crypto mining, sustainable and renewable energy solutions, agritech, carbon credit, football finance and entertainment.
SINCE OUR INCEPTION WE HAVE SPECIALISED IN DEVELOPING TRANSPARENT AND LONG-TERM FINANCING SOLUTIONS BY OPERATING PRIMARILY THROUGH LISTED VEHICLES AS WELL AS PRIVATE PLACEMENTS.
Founded in 2013 Ecotonian has worked on a long list of projects, often requiring complex solutions, which require the integration of a specialist network.
At Ecotonian we are committed to help our clients with all their large-scale financing needs and guide them through the world of banks as well as private and institutional investors, making sure they are on the right track.
With our team's extensive experience in the world of banking, large corporates, leading consultancies and entrepreneurship, we can quickly and competently bridge the financing needs of our clients with the highly structured, complex and yet sometimes difficult to penetrate environment of professional financing institutions. The name Ecotonian stands for the ability to bring disparate worlds together into a functioning structure or solution.
Meet the team
Dr. sc. ETH Christian Kruse
Founder & Managing Partner
With over 20 years of extensive experience in the financial sector, Christian has specialized in both private and investment banking. For over 15 years, he has been instrumental in structuring investments and crafting financing solutions, including listed and private vehicles, for a diverse international clientele across multiple industries. Christian is also a holder of a PhD in Science from the prestigious Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), Switzerland.
Mark Wollner
Advisor & Relationship
Egon Habicher
Founder & Managing Partner
Egon Habicher has played a managing role for more than ten years in the set up and development of several multi-family offices, overseeing their entire administration, client advisory, asset consolidation and portfolio management. Before that, he was the managing director of a major private single family office and a board member of a charitable foundation, and has an eight-year track record in the assurance/auditing field at KPMG (Germany and Russia), an international accounting firm. Egon was focusing on management services in the financial field (CFO services) as well as advising wealthy individuals and institutions with regard to structuring, coordination, monitoring of complex estates (family office services). In 2011 he joined forces with Christian Kruse and both developed and established Ecotonian.
Celin Ganzert
Associate Communications & Key account management
Mark is a former Group Finance Director of Orange and member of the team behind the successful IPO and listing on the London and Paris stock exchanges. Sold to France Telecom for €40 billion. With over 30 years of experience across sectors that include Telecoms, Sport and Real Estate, Mark has specialised in corporate and structured financing, business transformation and startups. Currently focussing on listed bond financing for crypto currency, renewable energy and infrastructure having arranged financing for leading European Football Clubs over the last 12 years. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Leander Ganzert
Associate Communications & Key account management
FAQ
What does the name Ecotonian mean?
Ecotonian is derived from the ancient Greek word ecotonos. It stands for our values to unite, bring together and evolve.
What does Ecotonian do?
We specialize in engineering financing solutions for both emerging and established innovative companies by leveraging mainly stock market-listed vehicles. Our aim is to facilitate connections and provide insights into the private and institutional funding landscape, enabling access to large-scale financing opportunities.
What are typical business cases you are focusing on?
The business can be early-stage, venture-funded (growth) stage and late stage. There must be an innovative, scaleable idea targeting a market that is poised to generate value in our chosen sectors. We also work established niche businesses such as football that find it difficult to access professional and institutional sources of capital.
What financing do you typically engineer?
We focus on large-scale asset backed CAPEX funding strategies. We also engineer receivables and squad value based funding especially in sports an entertainment. We support with equity strategies.
What are your preferred business sectors?
We specialize in engineering financing solutions for both emerging and established innovative companies by leveraging mainly stock market-listed vehicles. Our aim is to facilitate connections and provide insights into the private and institutional funding landscape, enabling access to large-scale financing opportunities.