Krakow, Poland

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Research Team

Jeff Schlapinski, Managing Director, Research

Tatia Dzaptashvili, Analyst, Research

Central & Eastern Europe Research

Q3 2024 Industry Data & Analysis

12 November 2024
Overall private capital investment across GPCA markets – including Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East – fell slightly to USD23.9b in Q3, and deal count dropped to… Read More

Mid-Year 2024 Industry Data & Analysis

28 August 2024
Overall private capital invested across GPCA’s markets – including Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East – fell to USD17.3b in Q2, despite deal count increasing slightly to… Read More

Q1 2024 Industry Data & Analysis

7 May 2024
Key data takeaways: Overall private capital investment across GPCA’s markets – including Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East – remained on par with the past two quarters,… Read More

Central & Eastern Europe News

3TS Capital Partners-backed Catalyst Romania Exits Romania’s 123FormBuilder

3TS Capital Partners‘ affiliate Catalyst Romania fully exited 123FormBuilder, a Romania-based online form builder, via a sale to Kiteworks. Read More

L Catterton Acquires Majority Stake in Latvia’s Stenders 

L Catterton acquired a majority stake in Stenders, a Latvia-based bath and body care company. Read More

NJJ Capital Acquires and Merges Horizon Capital’s Datagroup-Volia and Lifecell

A consortium led by NJJ Holding acquired and merged Ukraine-based TV provider Datagroup-Volia and mobile operator Lifecell, facilitating a partial exit for Horizon Capital. Read More

CEECAT Capital, EBRD and Morphosis Capital To Provide Growth Financing to Romania’s La Cocos

CEECAT Capital, EBRD and Morphosis Capital agreed to provide growth financing to La Cocos, a Romana-based supermarket chain. Read More

Innova Capital Acquires Controlling Stake in Poland’s Tutore

Innova Capital acquired a controlling stake in Poland-based education platform Tutore. Read More

Cerberus, EBRD and IFC Acquire Poland’s VeloBank

Cerberus, EBRD and IFC fully acquired Poland-based universal bank VeloBank from the Bank Guarantee Fund. Read More

Value4Capital Reaches ~USD119.7m First Close for V4C Poland Plus Fund II

Value4Capital reached a EUR110m (~USD119.7m) first close for its second V4C Poland Plus Fund focused on lower mid-market companies in Poland, Romania and broader CEE. Read More

Innova Capital and EBRD Invests ~USD21.8m in Poland’s R-Gol To Acquire Denmark’s Unisport

EBRD and Innova Capital invested EUR20m (~USD21.8m) in Poland-based football products retailer R-Gol to support its acquisition of Denmark-based football products retailer Unisport. Read More

Innova Capital and EBRD Invests ~USD21.8m in Poland’s R-Gol To Acquire Denmark’s Unisport

EBRD and Innova Capital invested EUR20m (~USD21.8m) in Poland-based football products retailer R-Gol to support its acquisition of Denmark-based football products retailer Unisport. Read More

Earlybird Digital East Leads a USD3m Pre-Seed Round for Turkey’s Grand Games

Earlybird Digital East led a USD3m pre-seed round for Grand Games, a Turkey-based mobile game developer, with participation from Laton Ventures.  Read More

EBRD Leads USD170m Investment in Czech Republic’s Rohlik

EBRD led a USD170m investment in Rohlik Group, a Czech Republic-based grocery delivery platform, with participation from European Investment Bank, as well as follow-on from Sofina, Index Ventures, Quadrille and… Read More

Sapphire Ventures Leads USD200m for Ukraine’s Creatio

Sapphire Ventures led a USD200m investment in Creatio, a Ukraine-based CRM and workflow platform, at a reported USD1.2b valuation, with participation from StepStone Group, as well as follow-on from Horizon… Read More