Thomas Zilliacus’ XXI Century Football Capital tables bid to buy Inter Milan
XXI Century Capital switches focus from England and Manchester United to Italy and Inter Milan
Como, Italy, May 18th 2023 / for immediate release.
XXI Century Capital, the sport-and fashion focused investment company of Thomas Zilliacus’ Mobile FutureWorks Group today announced it has tabled a bid to buy Inter Milan, Italy’s most successful football club and a Champions League finalist in 2023. The investment will be made through the newly formed XXI Century Football Capital.
”In March we made a serious bid to buy Manchester United. That selling process has unfortunately turned into a spectacle we no longer want to be involved in. We are a profit-oriented investment company who after careful due diligence make investments into assets we believe will meet our return targets. Manchester United at the price levels now discussed no longer does that.
We therefore have turned our focus on Inter Milan. Inter Milan has under the stewardship of Suning Group made great progress on the field which is crowned by a place in the Champions League final in June. We are bullish about the potential and believe we can build the club into a permanent top club in Europe” says Thomas Zilliacus.
“The great football clubs of Europe, of which Inter Milan is a proud example, are institutions that far outlive any investors. The backbone of the clubs are their dedicated and passionate fans. We want to work with the fans. We want to build a club that is a permanent fixture in the final of the Champions League, and a club that provides Inter Milan fans all over the world to experience the club in multiple exciting forms.
We will post acquisition offer fans the possibility to become owners of the club by investing in a company 100% owned by the fans. The fan-owned company will be an important decisionmaker in major club decisions” says Thomas Zilliacus.
“Inter’s home stadium San Siro is a grand old lady in need of loving care. We will look at different alternatives to make the experience of attending a game the best possible for the fans. That will either mean a major upgrade of San Siro or the building of a brand new stadium. We are excited about the opportunities” adds Thomas Zilliacus.
“Italy needs to be returned to its position as the leading football nation in the world. The work starts at club level. We want to help by making Inter the greatest club in the world” he says. “Inter Milan is an iconic club with a huge global fan base. We are thrilled about the opportunities and possibilities to build a longterm, sustainable base for Inter to be the leading club in Italy and in Europe” he adds.
“I am spending part of the year in my home in Italy. I love the country, its culture and its people. I therefore will continue to invest in Italy. These investments will grow. We will focus on investments in football clubs and fashion brands.
We have already invested in Berseth Fashion Group, a new Milan-based fashion company. We hope to now follow that with a buy of Inter Milan” concludes Thomas Zilliacus.
Metaverse, AI & VR-focused FOV Ventures, with XXI Century Capital as investor, reports successful Q1/2023
April 3 2023 / for immediate release.
XXI Century Capital, the investment firm that recently announced a bid to buy Manchester United and an investment into Milan-based Berseth Fashion Group, today reported that FOV Ventures, a Finnish investment fund focused on investing in companies building generative AI, consumer VR and enterprise Metaverse and in which XXI Century Capital is a limited partner, has closed a successful first quarter 2023.
“We are very excited about the exposure we get to exciting new technology as a limited partner of FOV Ventures. Generative AI, consumer VR and the enterprise Metaverse are the hottest areas in new technology. I am convinced many of the companies FOV Ventures invests in will become hugely successful” says Thomas Zilliacus, founder of XXI Century Capital
Says Petri Rajahalme of FOV Ventures: “We believe the Metaverse or a new, more immersive Internet represents a huge opportunity and will unleash a new generation of billion dollar companies. We’re excited about the portfolio we have built so far which includes companies like:
• Move.ai, a UK-company at the forefront of the evolution of movement. They are helping creators bring animation into digital worlds at limitless scale.
• Virtex, a UK-company developing a platform to experience live competitions – esports, music, sport – like never before.
• AinoAR, a Finnish company developing a web-native, photorealistic platform that supercharges the customer experience for configuring 3D products and spaces.
“We follow closely what these companies are doing. When we see solutions that have a strategic fit with our other portfolio companies or can add value to other projects we are discussing or are involved in, from Manchester United Football Club to Berseth Fashion Group, we will explore the opportunities to work together with these companies” continues Thomas Zilliacus.
Thomas Zilliacus’ XXI Century Capital sets up multibillion-dollar fund focused on football investments in Europe
XXI Century Football Capital will be supported by high-powered Advisory Board consisting of some of the best-known profiles in global football
Milan, Italy, May 21st 2023 / for immediate release
XXI Century Capital, the sport, fashion and real estate-focused investment company of Thomas Zilliacus’ Mobile FutureWorks Group today announced it has formed a 100% owned subsidary that will have a multi-billion dollar fund focused purely on football investments in Europe. To ensure superior insight and knowledge of the best available investment targets the new subsidiary will have an Advisory Board consisting of some of the world’s bestknown football profiles.
Registered in Singapore and based in Milan, Italy, XXI Century Football Capital (“XXICFC”) is in talks with several large institutional investors and family offices from the USA, Asia and the Middle East who are interested in finding profitable investment opportunities in European football and who wish to use the superior expertise, contacts and knowhow provided by XXICFC by investing in European football through its fund.
”In March we tabled a serious bid to buy Manchester United. That selling process has dragged on and has unfortunately not turned out the way we expected. We are a professional profit-oriented investment company who after careful due diligence make investments into assets we believe will meet our return targets. Manchester United at the price levels now discussed no longer does that.
We have turned our focus to some other big clubs, primarily in continental Europe, that have strong potential to provide investors with superior returns. We are are very bullish about the value we find in certain markets and believe we can invest in clubs that will provide great returns while at the same time providing the fans with superior entertainment” says Thomas Zilliacus.
XXI Century Capital invests in Berseth Fashion Group, an exciting young Milan-based fashion company
Investment follows hot on the heels of its recent bid to buy Manchester United football club and is in line with XXI Century Capital’s focus on sport, fashion and digital media
March 29 2023 / for immediate release.
XXI Century Capital, the investment company belonging to Thomas Zilliacus Mobile FutureWorks Group, which recently announced it has tabled a bid to buy Manchester United football club, today announced that it in line with its focus on sport, fashion and digital media, has made an investment into Berseth Fashion Group, an exciting new Milan-based fashion company founded by the talented young fashion designer Enice Favella.
”We are very excited about this new investment. We are convinced that Enice Favella, a young and extremely talented fashion designer who has graduated from Marangoni, one of the world’s top fashion design schools, will go on and create world-leading fashion brands” says XXI Century Capital.
“I welcome the investment from XXI Century Capital. Having a large international investment firm as my partner will help me launch and build my business in the near future” says Enice Favella.
After having created several successful collections for various brands, Enice Favella is now ready to launch her first own collection.The target market for Berhias is women like her; strong, independent and elegant, women who are self-supporting achievers and want to dress in classic elegance and style without paying inflated prices.
THOMAS ZILLIACUS PAYS THE FEES FOR YUUZOO NETWORKS GROUP, COMMITS TO REBUILD A NEW AND BETTER YUUZOO FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL SHAREHOLDERS WITH A 30 MILLION USD INVESTMENT COMMITMENT
June 4th 2024
Asia Finance Group (AFG), the investment company fully owned by Thomas Zilliacus’ Mobile FutureWorks Corporation (www.mobilefutureworks.com) today announced that it has signed an agreement with the board of YuuZoo Networks Group Corporation (“YuuZoo”), the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX)-registered (SGX:AFN) digital platform that was offering tribal e-commerce, mobile payments, films and mobile games to users in 25 countries. Under the agreement AFG will pay all of YuuZoo’s outstanding fees to the BVI authorities to re-instate the good standing of YuuZoo that was lost following the trading halt imposed by the SGX in 2018.
At the same time, Thomas Zilliacus has vowed to enable the rebuild YuuZoo of into a new and better platform that will utilise the latest technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and web3, for the benefit of all of YuuZoo more than 5,000 shareholders.
“AFG has signed an investment agreement for 30 million USD with YuuZoo. The investment agreement will enable YuuZoo to build a new platform that on the back of cutting-edge technologies will be vastly better than the earlier version which was launched more than 10 years ago. YuuZoo will also add exciting new services to the platform. YuuZoo will where possible utilise its existing franchise network and where needed will sign up new franchisees. YuuZoo will not for the valuation of the franchise shares use the DCF-based valuation that Deloitte created for YuuZoo and which some parties later critisised. YuuZoo will follow whatever valuation method that YuuZoo’s auditors and SGX are comfortable with. What matters is user numbers and revenue, not franchise share values” says YuuZoo’s chairman Anthony Williams.
Under the investment agreement Asia Finance Group has demanded and YuuZoo has agreed to an expansion of the board of the company and total compliance with the demands of the Singapore Stock Exchange.
“YuuZoo needs a strong board that can ensure full compliance with all existing rules and perfect corporate governance. YuuZoo also needs to comply with all the earlier issued demands of the Singapore Stock Exchange so that the trading halt can be lifted. Now is the time to look forward, not backward, and to solve any open issues there may be with SGX” says Thomas Zilliacus, chairman of Asia Finance Group. “
Last but not least, Asia Finance Group is demanding a change of name for the listed company. “The YuuZoo name represents technologies that were cutting-edge more than 10 years ago” says Thomas Zilliacus. “The new technologies that the new platform will be utilising requires a new name that shows everyone that the company is making a new start” Thomas Zilliacus concludes.