Private equity firms One Equity Partners and TRPE Capital have agreed to sell their 48 percent stake in Turkey-based ICT services provider Netas Telekomunikasyon to China-based telecommunications and IT equipment manufacturer ZTE International for US$101 million, plus performance earnouts. One Equity Partners originally invested in the company in 2010 through… Read More
Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm Quaestus Private Equity has exited its stake in Croatia-based fixed-line provider Metronet Telekomunikacije to Vipnet, the Croatian subsidiary of Telekom Austria Group. Quaestus originally invested in Metronet in 2005 through its first fund, Quaestus Private Equity Kapital. The transaction, which is pending regulatory… Read More
CEE-focused mid-market private equity firm Innova Capital has fully exited its investment in Poland-based internet portal Wirtualna Polska (WP), selling its remaining 27 percent stake for PLN50 (approximately US$11.96) per share on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Innova Capital originally invested in WP in 2014 through Innova/5 and subsequently merged the… Read More
Central & Eastern Europe-focused mid-market private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has acquired Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed fish processing company Graal through a tender offer completed in partnership with company founder Boguslaw Kowalski, who previously held a 44 percent stake in the business. Abris and Kowalski reportedly offered PLN32 (approximately US$7.65)… Read More
Central & Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm Enterprise Investors has agreed to sell its 100 percent stake in Romania-based supermarket chain Profi Rom Food to private equity firm Mid Europa Partners for EUR533 million (approximately US$566 million). Enterprise Investors originally acquired Profi Rom Food through Polish Enterprise Fund VI in… Read More
Russia-based e-commerce cashback rewards platform Kopikot.ru has received an investment from venture capital firms Vision Plus and Buran Venture Capital. The investment is part of a larger deal in which Buran and Vision Plus invested EUR3.7 million (approximately US$4 million) in Bonusway, the Finland-based parent company of Kopikot.ru. Financial services… Read More
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), along with Europe-focused venture capital firms RTA Ventures and Point Nine Capital, has participated in a EUR2.9 million (approximately US$3.2 million) Series A round for GoOpti, a Slovenia-based ride-sharing platform for shuttle bus services. In conjunction with the investment, the company also… Read More
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners has agreed to sell Poland-based railway components manufacturer Axtone Group to U.S.-based industrial engineering and manufacturing company ITT. IK originally invested in Axtone through its IK 2004 Fund. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to… Read More
The Fall 2016 Bulletin focuses on regulatory changes, which impact and will be of interest to practitioners in the emerging market private capital investment community. Of note are changes to ways in which private equity investment is regulated in Brazil, an overview of potential shareholder and director liability in troubled… Read More
By Matthew Griffin, White & Case In the past, managers encountering issues realising value to investors within the terms of their funds were left with few options. The maturing of the secondary market increasingly provides managers with the opportunity to obtain capital to restructure and reorganise their funds and management… Read More
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