Overall CEE & CIS fundraising was on par with previous years, while VC fundraising grew nearly fourfold Private capital fund managers targeting Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) & the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) raised a total of USD1.5 billion for the region in 2019. Total fundraising for CEE &… Read More
SpeedUp Energy Innovation, a fund established under the partnership between PGE Ventures, PFR Ventures, National Center for Research and Development (NCBR), and SpeedUp Group, has invested EUR1m (approximately USD1m) in Poland-based HRtech company DevSkiller. Read more… Read More
EMPEA Members log in to receive exclusive access to the detailed report (PDF) and underlying data (Excel). EM-focused private capital vehicles raised USD78 billion in 2019, with a slowdown in pan-Asia and China-dedicated funds largely offset by increased fund closes from multi-regional GPs. Fund managers deployed record levels… Read More
Russia and CIS-focused private equity fund manager Baring Vostok Capital Partners, the corporate venture arm of Russian financial corporation JFSC Sistema (Sistema VC), and US-based technology investor Princeville Capital have invested USD150m… Read More
UK-based Hoxton Ventures led a USD10m investment in Ukranian edtech Preply, with participation from European investors Point Nine Capital, All Iron Ventures, The Family, EduCapital, and Diligent Capital. A number of individual angel investors also participated in the round, including Arthur Kosten (Booking.com), Gary Swart (former CEO of… Read More
Central Europe-focused private equity fund manager ARX Equity Partners has sold its interest in Slovenian health care service provider Diagnosticni Center Bled doo (DCB) to a joint venture between two insurance companies, Sava Re and Triglav, for an undisclosed amount. ARX achieved a… Read More
Revo Capital Management has reached a EUR40m (approximately USD43m) first close for its second fund. EBRD committed EUR12.5m to the vehicle, which is targeting EUR60m to invest in early-stage technology companies in Turkey and Central and South Eastern Europe. Read more… Read More
The Southeast Europe Equity Fund II, managed by global SME-focused impact investing firm SEAF, has completed the sale of Albanian cable operator ABCom to Vodafone Albania. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more… Read More
Poland- and Central Europe-focused private equity fund manager Value4Capital (V4C) has acquired a stake in Hungary-based occupational and outpatient medical services provider Doktor 24. The transaction includes a co-investment by Ananda Impact Ventures and a partial reinvestment by the founder of Svabhedgyi, Dr. Otto Skoran. Read more… Read More
Europe-focused VC firm Earlybird Venture Capital led a USD3.2m seed funding round for Bulgaria-based paperless expense management provider Payhawk, with participation from Eleven Ventures and existing angel investors. Read more… Read More
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