BaltCap, a private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic States, has sold its 48 percent shareholding in Latvia-based concrete floor producer Primekss. The transaction was structured through BaltCap Latvia Venture Capital Fund, which originally invested EUR1.4 million (approximately US$1.9 million) in Primekss in 2010, obtaining 48 percent… Read More
European venture capital firm Earlybird Venture Capital has held a first close on its latest early-stage fund, Earlybird Digital East Fund (EDEF), with US$110 million in capital commitments. The fund, which is targeting US$130 million, will invest in consumer internet, mobile and enterprise technology companies originating from Turkey and… Read More
International private equity firm Centurion Resource Group has acquired a 75 percent stake in a copper asset located in the Karagandy region of Kazakhstan. The copper project has a projected deposit of 153 million tons of mineral resource, with gold grades also found on the property. Financial details of… Read More
EMF Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on financial institutions in emerging markets, has invested in Russia-based insurance software company Virtu Systems. The transaction was structured through EMF New Europe Insurance Fund (NEIF), which will become Virtu’s largest shareholder. The investment will allow Virtu to expand its team… Read More
Enterprise Investors, a Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm, and Intel Capital, the venture capital and private equity arm of Intel Corporation, have sold a joint 32.5 percent stake in Romania-based software company SIVECO Romania to the company’s management. Enterprise Investors and Intel Capital bought the stake in… Read More
The Global Firms’ Views Koenraad Foulin, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner, Capital International Private Equity Funds For Capital Group, 2013 was a year to invest beyond the BRICs. Our 2011 fund, CIPEF VI, completed four new investments—three of which were in emerging markets outside the BRIC countries. We made our… Read More
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has made a minority investment in India-based hospital and healthcare provider Global Health. The transaction, which was structured through Carlyle Asia Partners III, included the acquisition of an equity stake held by global investment firm Avenue Capital Group. Financial details of the… Read More
Russia-focused private equity firm CapMan Russia, a subsidiary of Finland-based fund manager CapMan Group, has sold its holding in Russia-based pig farm operator Russian Baltic Pork Invest (RBPI) to Thailand-listed agro-food company Charoen Pokphand Foods. The transaction was structured through CapMan Russia Fund. Prior to the transaction, CapMan Russia,… Read More
Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners and Russian sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have announced a US$48 million joint investment in newly issued shares of Australia-listed Tigers Realm Coal (TIG), a company with coking coal assets in Russia’s Chukotka province. Baring Vostok,… Read More
European private equity firm Montagu Private Equity has agreed to a sell a 100 percent stake in Poland-based Emitel, owner and operator of a nationwide network of tower infrastructure sites, to investment funds managed by infrastructure investment firm Alinda Capital Partners. Montagu, along with co-investors private equity firms Innova… Read More
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