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PrivateFor profitTelecommunicationsAbingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Gigaclear

Gigaclear is a private company dedicated to building and operating Ultrafast broadband networks based on pure fibre technology.

Founded
2010
16 years ago
Staff
501-1000
613 on LinkedIn
Followers
28k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$950M
as listed, USD

Oxfordshire Business Awards 2022 finalists for Employer of the Year 2022. Back in the early noughties, rural communities in the UK had one broadband choice, antique copper-based networks, resulting in the inability of households and businesses to access fast or reliable internet connections. With copper networks unable to offer the speeds that households and businesses increasingly and critically demand. We saw the opportunity to invest in and use a specialist state-of-the-art fibre network, bringing ground… Read all

Oxfordshire Business Awards 2022 finalists for Employer of the Year 2022. Back in the early noughties, rural communities in the UK had one broadband choice, antique copper-based networks, resulting in the inability of households and businesses to access fast or reliable internet connections. With copper networks unable to offer the speeds that households and businesses increasingly and critically demand. We saw the opportunity to invest in and use a specialist state-of-the-art fibre network, bringing ground breaking digital connectivity to over 200 communities and still growing. Quickly becoming the UK’s leading fibre-to-the-premises provider, we build networks through both the Government-subsided Broadband Delivery UK programme (BDUK) and through commercial investment. To date, covering over 22 counties across the South West, Midlands and South East of the UK, with the ambition to reach 500,000 premises by the end of 2024. We are award-winning and privately-funded full fibre specialists who have been recognised for our contribution to deploy and deliver full fibre connections; bridging the digital divide in these poorly served communities. Gigaclear Ltd is principally owned by Infracapital, a leading European Infrastructure investor.

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Size

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501-1000 people: larger than 95% of companies with a size listed. 613 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

201019002026

16 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #414,664 in the world for traffic, about 86k visits a month. 28,111 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

InternetOptical CommunicationSatellite CommunicationTelecommunicationsbroadbandrural broadbandfibre broadbandfttp

Funding, as listed

$950M raised in total

  • Rounds5
  • LatestPrivate equity, Jun 2023
  • Latest amountUSD 527,444,706
  • Investors10, 5 leading

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

FoundersMatthew Hare

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about Gigaclear, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
Gigaclear
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
2010
Founders
Matthew Hare
Industry
Telecommunications
Categories
Internet, Optical Communication, Satellite Communication, Telecommunications
Specialities
broadband, rural broadband, fibre broadband, fttp

Where

City
Abingdon
Region
Oxfordshire
Country
United Kingdom
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
501-1000
People on LinkedIn
613
LinkedIn followers
28,111
Web traffic rank
#414,664
Monthly web visits
86,248

Funding, as listed

Total
$950,181,892 USD
Rounds
5
Latest round
Private equity
Latest round date
Jun 2023
Latest amount
527,444,706 USD
Investors
10
Lead investors
5
Listing status
private

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn
Last imported
Sept 2026

Growth, as the source summarises it

Gigaclear may be growing as evidenced by several key financial and operational milestones. The company has recently secured a significant amount of funding, amounting to £420 million, which is earmarked for the expansion of its rural FTTP (Fiber to the Premises) network. Additionally, Gigaclear has surpassed the milestone of connecting over 100,000 users and has extended its network to pass 500,000 UK premises, indicating a substantial increase in its customer base and service reach. The celebration of reaching two significant milestones further underscores the company's expansion and operational success.

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