Convene
US-owned flexible workspace and events operator; hosted Civo Navigate London at 155 Bishopsgate.
Convene is a US-owned flexible workspace and events operator, majority owned by HBC, whose 155 Bishopsgate site in the City of London supplied the venue for Civo's September 2026 sovereignty-themed conference.
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Timeline for Convene
Civo announces first UK edge data centre at Navigate London
European Tech SovereigntyBackground
Convene operates premium flexible office, meeting and event venues across the US, Canada and Europe, including 155 Bishopsgate in the City of London. Following a 2022 recapitalisation that closed with a $500 million investment, it is majority owned by HBC, the owner of Saks and Hudson's Bay, with Ares Management's private equity group as a co-investor. The company was founded in 2009 and now operates close to 40 locations across nine cities in the US, Canada and the UK.
Convene is a US-owned operator, not a European one; it supplies venue space rather than technology or sovereignty products of its own. Its London site at 155 Bishopsgate was booked by Civo for the opening day of that company's 2026 London conference, when Civo announced its first UK edge data centre.
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