Russia-based online hotel reservations service Oktogo has raised US$11 million in venture capital funding from VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia’s VTB Group, France-based Ventech Capital, Luxembourg-based Mangrove Capital Partners and Russian internet entrepreneur Victor Sazhin’s eponymous investment group. Oktogo will use the funds to invest in brand… Read More
Genesis Capital, a Czech Republic-based private equity firm, has acquired an 80 percent stake in Czech advertising and printing solutions provider HSW Signall. Genesis Capital, which made the investment from its Genesis Private Equity Fund II, acquired the stake from Neschen Benelux, HSW’s Netherlands-based supplier, and purchased an additional… Read More
Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has closed its second fund, Abris II, with EUR450 million (approximately US$586 million) in commitments. The fund, which was originally targeting EUR400 million (approximately US$521 million), received commitments from 21 institutional investors from Europe and abroad. Abris seeks to… Read More
Rudolf Weinberger Holding, the parent company of Austrian roll foundry Eisenwerk Sulzau-Werfen R. & E. Weinberger (ESW), has acquired a 100 percent stake in Polish manufacturer DONAKO from Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm Innova Capital and Germany-based investment company Zeleznik Industrie Consulting. DONAKO produces high precision laminates… Read More
Russian venture capital firm Runa Capital has invested US$8 million in Series A funding in uBank, a Russian developer of payment services for mobile devices. The service allows users to pay bills and transfer funds from smartphones or personal computers. uBank plans to expand its coverage to other CIS… Read More
Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Elbrus Capital has agreed to purchase Russia-based document storage and records management company OSG Records Management from private equity investor Aurora Russia. OSG Records Management operates in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe. Financial details of the transaction were… Read More
Chagala Group, a service provider for oil and gas companies operating in Kazakhstan, has purchased an office building in Almaty in partnership with investment management firm ADM Capital’s Kazakhstan Capital Restructuring Fund. Chagala will manage the office building on behalf of the joint venture. Financial details of the transaction… Read More
Russia’s Moscow Exchange (MICEX-RTS) began trading its shares at the initial public offering price of RUB55 (approximately US$1.82), raising a total of RUB15 billion (approximately US$500 million). The exchange, which will only be listed in Moscow, was backed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the European Bank for… Read More
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector development institution of the World Bank Group, will provide an US$85 million loan to Okkoskhidinvest (OKKO), a Ukrainian fuel retailer. Okkoskhidinvest is a joint venture between Ukrainian petroleum distributor Concern Galnaftogaz (GNG) and ADM Capital, a private equity investor focused on recovery… Read More
Turkish private equity firm Actera Group has bought a 50 percent stake in Turkish aviation services company Çelebi Aviation through its Dutch Zeus Aviation Services Investments vehicle. The stake was purchased from the Çelebi family, who will continue to hold a 22.63 percent stake in the company. Financial details… Read More
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