In this Bulletin we address a number of commercial, governance, legal and regulatory issues, which we believe are both timely and of broad interest to the emerging market private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investment community. We are certain that some of the topics covered will be discussed—vociferously perhaps—at… Read More
Central Europe-focused private equity firm Innova Capital will purchase a majority stake in Poland-based digital marketing services company CS Group Polska, pending final negotiations. This investment will be the fourth made by Innova’s Innova/6 fund since it began investing in April 2018. Financial details of the transaction, which is subject… Read More
A consortium of investors including the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Mubadala Investment Company, Baring Vostok Capital Partners, Flashpoint, RTP Global, and Winter Capital have agreed to invest USD40 million in Russia-based online streaming video company ivi. The company aims to use the new funding to develop its own original… Read More
Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity fund manager Mid Europa Partners has agreed to sell Knjaz Miloš, a Serbia-based beverage producer, to Czech Republic-based bottled water company Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) and multinational food and beverage corporation PepsiCo. Mid Europa acquired a majority stake in Knjaz Miloš in 2015. Financial… Read More
Global growth equity fund manager General Atlantic has led a USD51 million Series C investment in India-based real estate services company Nobroker. Asia-focused private equity and venture capital firms SAIF Partners and BEENEXT also participated in the funding round. Through its digital platform, Nobroker provides end-to-end rental and trading services… Read More
Estonia-based advertising technology company NEXD has received funding from European technology-focused growth capital investor 3TS Capital Partners and Neo Ventures, an Eastern Europe-focused early-stage investor. The company, which has a self-service platform enabling clients to generate ads within five minutes, will use its new capital and partnership to further improve… Read More
More than half of surveyed limited partners (LPs) plan to commit more capital to emerging market private equity (EM PE) in the next two years, the first time the rate has surpassed 50% since 2014. This note of optimism highlights EMPEA’s new Global Limited Partners Survey, which… Read More
EMPEA is pleased to share with you Private Credit Solutions: A Closer Look at the Opportunity in Emerging Markets, an in-depth study of the private credit investment landscape across emerging and frontier economies. The report gathers the latest EMPEA data on overall industry activity while delving deeper into the details… Read More
The 15th annual edition of EMPEA’s Global Limited Partners Survey features the views of 104 limited partners (LPs) on the current conditions and outlook for emerging market private equity (EM PE). This study aims to shed light on how LPs’ plans for investing are evolving, what factors are affecting their… Read More
Introduction By necessity, this document provides a high-level overview of the key ingredients of good governance. It does not go into great detail on the individual components; rather, it is meant to be a resource to assist practitioners in thinking through this vital topic. As appendices, we have included a… Read More
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