LIAN Group

What LIAN Group does

LIAN Group is a privately held platform company founded in 2019 by Fiorenzo Manganiello and Nessim Sariel Gaon, headquartered in Luxembourg. The company operates as an originator, builder, and long-term owner of infrastructure platforms across two verticals: Intelligence Infrastructure and Human Performance. Rather than acting as a traditional investor or operating company, LIAN originates platforms before institutional capital arrives, builds them to institutional grade, and holds them through the full value-creation cycle.

Under Intelligence Infrastructure, LIAN co-founded Polar DC, a pan-European AI-grade compute platform grown from a single 12MW Norway site (originated as the Cowa renewable-compute platform in 2022) to €1.8bn in total contract value and a 1GW+ pipeline, funded in part by a $900M Nordic senior secured bond and an H.I.G. Capital investment. LIAN also co-founded Anan in 2022, a sovereign AI infrastructure platform serving governments and defense organizations with domestically controlled compute; Anan plans up to 500MW across Israel, anchored by a 40MW deployment with Crusoe at the Afula campus.

Under Human Performance, LIAN has consolidated European preventive-health and aesthetics assets under the Naema platform umbrella: Scientis (a Swiss cosmeceutical company with eight patents behind the Cyspera hyperpigmentation franchise, acquired August 2024), Anagen (Switzerland's hair transplantation and aesthetics network), and Vitaura (an Italian longevity and aesthetic medicine platform with 5+ clinic locations, scaled via the Nuova Mavit acquisition). The group operates with 11–50 employees and is led by its two co-founders, supported by a COO, investment director, and principal. Revenue is generated through full ownership of operating platforms rather than fee-based management; no public pricing is disclosed and the customer base spans enterprise AI compute buyers, sovereign government buyers, clinic operators, and international dermatology distributors.

Name

LIAN Group

Legal name

LIAN Group

Website

https://liangroup.io/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LIAN Group is a privately held Luxembourg-based platform company that originates, builds, and owns infrastructure platforms across Intelligence Infrastructure (Polar DC AI compute, Anan sovereign AI) and Human Performance (Naema platform with Scientis, Anagen, and Vitaura in aesthetic medicine and longevity).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Compute Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) & On-Demand Connectivity (HDABALAE)

Keywords

• AI compute infrastructure
• Sovereign AI infrastructure
• Data center operations
• Aesthetic medicine clinics
• Cosmeceutical products

Headquarters

HQ city

Luxembourg

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Platform Ownership & Value Creation: LIAN Group builds, owns, and scales infrastructure platforms across Intelligence Infrastructure and Human Performance. Revenue is generated through full ownership stakes in platforms that grow through value creation cycles. The company compounds curiosity, talent, and capital over time without forced exits or short cycles.
2. Healthcare Platform Acquisitions: Acquisition of healthcare companies like Scientis to expand into global markets, capitalizing on flagship products such as Cyspera positioned for growth in Asia and US markets.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LIAN Group builds, owns, and scales infrastructure platforms across two verticals. Under Intelligence Infrastructure it operates Polar DC, a pan-European AI-grade compute platform powered by renewable energy, and Anan, sovereign AI infrastructure for governments and defence. Under Human Performance it operates Vitaura (Italy-based longevity and aesthetic medicine clinic network), Scientis (cosmeceutical company behind Cyspera with eight patents), and Anagen (Swiss hair and aesthetics network), all under the Naema platform umbrella.

Product overview

LIAN Group is a platform company building infrastructure across two verticals: Intelligence Infrastructure and Human Performance. Under Intelligence Infrastructure, the company operates Polar (Europe's AI-grade compute platform) and Anan (sovereign AI infrastructure for governments). Under Human Performance, the company operates Naema platform encompassing Vitaura (Italy's longevity and aesthetic medicine platform), Scientis (cosmeceutical company behind Cyspera® with eight patents), and Anagen (Switzerland's hair and aesthetics network). The company builds, owns and scales these platforms from inception through the full value creation cycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Naema: Human Performance platform that includes Scientis and Anagen
• Cowa

Products and services

• Polar DC Europe's AI-grade compute infrastructure platform, built from a single Norway site into a pan-European network of renewable-powered data centers for AI and high-performance computing workloads, serving enterprise and AI customers across Europe.
• Anan Sovereign AI infrastructure platform for governments and defence organisations requiring domestically controlled compute that public cloud cannot serve, delivering AI infrastructure in jurisdictions such as Israel.
• Vitaura Italy's longevity and aesthetic medicine platform built to institutional scale across five and growing clinic locations, bringing aesthetic medicine, surgery and longevity clinics into one integrated network while preserving each clinic's name, doctors and patient relationships.
• Scientis Cosmeceutical company forming the science layer of the Naema Human Performance platform, holding eight patents in skin science and pigmentation solutions and distributing products including Cyspera through international dermatology networks.
• Anagen Switzerland's longevity and aesthetics network and a leading provider of hair transplantations, hair treatments and skin aesthetics, integrated into the Naema Human Performance platform.
• Cyspera® Treatment for hyperpigmentation and uneven skin tone, distributed by Scientis through international dermatology networks.

Quantifiable outcome

• Polar DC grew from single 12MW site to pan-European AI compute platform with €1.8bn total contract value
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major and minor.

• CrusoemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Crusoe will deploy 40MW of AI capacity at Anan's Afula campus in Israel, with room to grow as the site scales toward 100MW. This partnership extends Anan's AI infrastructure deployment capabilities.
• United NationsminorOthersThe LIAN Foundation conducts philanthropic activities alongside the United Nations in focus areas of interfaith dialogue, digital education, and longevity. This is a foundation-level partnership, not a business partnership.
• Art BaselminorOthersLIAN Foundation partners with Art Basel for events and programmes as part of its bridging mission between technology and people.
• Art DubaiminorOthersLIAN Foundation partners with Art Dubai for events and programmes alongside its other cultural partnerships.
• Geneva Red CrossminorOthersLIAN Foundation partners with the Geneva Red Cross for humanitarian initiatives as part of its social impact activities.
• UNHCRminorOthersLIAN Foundation partners with UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) for humanitarian and social impact programmes.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Green Mountain: Norwegian data center operator purpose-built for HPC and AI workloads, powered entirely by renewable hydro and wind energy, serving European enterprise and hyperscaler customers. Closest geographic and energy-model peer to Polar DC.
• Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center developer purpose-built for AI and large-scale cloud customers across North America and Europe, with a focus on campuses that can deliver multi-hundred-MW capacity for AI workloads.
• Vantage Data Centers: Global hyperscale data center platform with significant European footprint, serving AI, cloud and enterprise customers with large-build campuses and sustainability commitments comparable to LIAN's renewable strategy.
• EdgeConneX: Specialist data center provider building AI-ready capacity across Europe and globally, often in partnership with renewable energy providers; comparable scale and customer profile to Polar DC's enterprise/government focus.
• OVHcloud: European cloud and bare-metal infrastructure provider emphasizing data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, and European-rooted operations - a comparable positioning to Anan's sovereign AI infrastructure thesis, though at a different layer of the stack.

Broad incumbents

• CyrusOne: Large-scale hyperscale and enterprise colocation operator (KKR/GIP-owned) serving AI and cloud customers across the US and Europe - a broader incumbent in the same addressable market as Polar DC and Anan.
• Digital Realty: Global data center REIT with extensive European footprint serving hyperscalers, AI workloads, and sovereign cloud deployments; sets the pricing benchmark and competitive baseline for European AI infrastructure expansions.
• Equinix: Largest global colocation and interconnection operator, with dense European presence and growing AI/sovereign cloud offerings; competes indirectly with both Polar DC's commercial compute and Anan's sovereign positioning.
• Iron Mountain Data Centers: Hyperscale-ready colocation platform with significant European data center assets serving enterprise and government AI workloads; an incumbent alternative for sovereign-sensitive customers that Anan targets.

Regional players

• NorthC Datacenters: Regional European colocation provider with a Northern European footprint focused on enterprise and public-sector customers; operates in the same geographies as Polar DC but at smaller scale and without a renewable-energy-led brand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/liangroup
• Xx.com/group_lian

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments11 records

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