Ethical Capital Partners

Ethical Capital Partners is a Canadian private equity firm best known for its acquisition of Aylo, the owner of Pornhub.[1]

Ethical Capital Partners
Company typePrivate
IndustryEquity firm
Founded2022; 2 years ago (2022)
FounderRocco Meliambro
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec,
Canada
Key people
  • Rocco Meliambro (Chairman)
  • Fady Mansour (Managing Partner)
  • Mike Cosic (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Solomon Friedman (Partner, VP Compliance)
  • Derek Ogden (Partner, VP Law Enforcement Relations)
SubsidiariesAylo
Websiteethicalcapitalpartners.com

The company is chaired by businessman Rocco Meliambro.[2]

History

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The company was founded in 2022 in Montreal. In March 2023, ECP acquired Aylo for an undisclosed sum.[3] The transaction occurred following a series of lawsuits against Aylo (formerly MindGeek) for hosting unlicensed or non-consensual content on its website.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mann, Jyoti. "The fund that just bought Pornhub owner MindGeek won't say who's running the company due to 'unfortunate stigma,' report says". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  2. ^ Milmo, Dan (2023-03-17). "Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to private equity firm". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  3. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (2023-03-16). "Pornhub Acquired By Canadian Private Equity Firm Ethical Capital Partners As Netflix Doc Debuts". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  4. ^ Nilsson, Patricia (2023-03-16). "Pornhub owner sold to Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-10-26.