CEE and CIS-focused buyout investor Mid Europa Partners has reached a first close on Mid Europa Fund IV with EUR665 million (approximately US$906.6 million) in capital commitments. Investors include sovereign wealth funds GIC and China Investment Corporation and fund of funds managers HarbourVest Partners, Pantheon and AlpInvest Partners. Separately,… Read More
Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, ARX Equity Partners, a private equity investor focused on mid-sized companies in CEE, and food industry executive Gerard Lenihan have completed the buyout of Hungary-based manufacturer and bottler of nonalcoholic beverages Gramex 2000. The transaction was structured through… Read More
Syntaxis Capital, a provider of mezzanine financing in Central Europe, has completed an investment in Poland-based motor insurance broker BIK Brokers. The company, which acts as an intermediary between its clients and insurance providers, intends to use the investment to support its growth strategy. Financial details of the transaction… Read More
BaltCap, a private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic States, has reached a first close on its latest fund, BaltCap Private Equity Fund II, with EUR50.6 million (approximately US$68.4 million) in capital commitments. The fund is targeting EUR100 million (approximately US$135.1 million) and will make equity investments… Read More
Global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners has led a US$27 million Series B financing round in Lithuania-based Vinted, a mobile marketplace for second-hand clothes. Existing investor venture capital firm Accel Partners also participated in the round. Vinted intends to use the funding to expand its… Read More
VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia-based VTB Group, and global investment firm Goldman Sachs’s Special Situations Group (SSG) have acquired a 50 percent stake in Russian Fitness Group (RFG), a fitness operator in Russia. As part of the transaction Goldman Sachs, which has been an investor in RFG… Read More
Da Vinci Capital, an independent asset manager focusing on mid-market private equity investments in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, has acquired a controlling 63 percent stake in Russia-based IT Invest, a provider of online brokerage services. The transaction was structured through Da Vinci Private Equity Fund II,… Read More
Venture Investments & Yield Management (VIYM), a partnership focused on private equity fund and consortium investments in Europe, has acquired a significant stake in Russia-based Family Doctor Medical Company, which operates three outpatient clinics across Moscow. The company intends to open four additional clinics in Moscow and enter regional… Read More
Global investment firm The Gores Group and medical laser company Technology4Medincine have entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Slovenia state-owned-asset Fotona, a developer of medical and military laser gear. The Gores Group, structured through its Small Capitalization Partners fund, and Technology4Medicine will privatize the company… Read More
Global investment firm The Gores Group and medical laser company Technology4Medincine have entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Slovenia state-owned-asset Fotona, a developer of medical and military laser gear. The Gores Group, structured through its Small Capitalization Partners fund, and Technology4Medicine will privatize the company… Read More
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