Enterprise Investors
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- Enterprise Investors was established in 1990 with its initial $240 million Polish-American Enterprise Fund. It is the oldest firm of its kind Poland, managing private equity and venture capital funds in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.
Posted Fri, 30/07/2010 - 23:47
Enterprise Investors has completed a partial divestment of Poland's Harper Hygienics through an IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The transaction, which consisted of just over 25% of Harpers, or 13 million shares, netted Enterprise's Polish Enterprise Fund V a total of PLN 53.3 million at PLN 4.1 per share.
Posted Fri, 30/07/2010 - 12:18
Poland's Enterprise Investors (EI) has announced their first Estonian investment in a partnership with Webmedia Group. EI's Enterprise Venture Fund I will acquire a 36% share of Webmedia at a cost of €7 million.
Posted Sun, 11/07/2010 - 22:31
Warsaw-base Enterprise Investors has recently entered the Hungarian market with its first-ever investment in the eastern European nation. The new deal will be structured as a €23 million (HUF 6.4 billion) buyout for a controlling stake in Netrisk.hu, a 15 year-old insurance company founded by current CEO Zsolt Haraszti.
Posted Thu, 08/07/2010 - 00:36
Enterprise Investors (EI) has added a seventh SME to the portfolio of its Enterprise Venture Fund I (EVF) with the investment of PLN 7.3 million in Euro-Tax.pl. The buy-out deal with the Polish income tax service gives EI a 25% stake in the company.
Posted Thu, 08/07/2010 - 00:30 by Invest-IQ Team
Poland's Enterprise Investors (EI) recently made public its plans to increase investment in Macon, the building materials company it acquired in 2006. Plans call for EI to acquire an existing aerated autoclaved concrete (AAC) producer and build or acquire a third production plant to cover the southeastern portion of Poland. The expansion plans are slated to be complete by the end of 2012;
Posted Mon, 14/06/2010 - 19:57
Enterprise Investors (EI) has signed a deal to acquire a 49% share of Dino, a move that will help the Polish supermarket's plan to expand its operations. The €50 million investment, which will be made as a capital increase through EI's Polish Enterprise Fund VI, now awaits approval from Polish authorities.
Posted Sun, 28/03/2010 - 18:54
Romanian human resource firm Smartree Romania has a new investor by way of Poland's Enterprise Investors (EI). The Enterprise Venture Fund I (EVFI) will acquire a 56% interest in Smartree in exchange for capital financing of €3 million. Smartree plans to use the funding to further expand its software outsourcing and payroll management services while also introducing a new line of personnel outsourcing.
Posted Tue, 26/01/2010 - 14:01
In keeping with its vision for a consolidated tourism industry in Central Europe, Warsaw-based Enterprise Investors has inked a deal to acquire Poland's Orbis Travel. Once the acquisition is complete, Enterprise will own just over 95% of Orbis and plans to continue operating under the well-known and trusted Orbis brand name.
Posted Thu, 03/12/2009 - 17:46
Late last week Polish investment firm Enterprise Investors raised the possibility that AVG, the Czech security software firm in which EI is the largest shareholder, could be listed on the Warsaw bourse next year. Citing AVG's importance to the CEE region, EI's Dariusz Pronczuk indicated the firm's desire to have the company listed on a local stock exchange. Should the plans come to fruition, AVG could possibly be the largest IT Company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange while also being listed on either the New York or London Stock Exchange.
Posted Tue, 24/11/2009 - 12:01
Profi Rom Food Group, a leading Romanian grocery chain, is preparing for new ownership following a takeover announcement by Enterprise Investors (EI). Enterprise has reached a formal agreement to acquire 100% of Profi Rom from Duna Waiting Participation, for a price of €66 million. The acquisition will be made through EI's Polish Enterprise Fund VI and will give the private investment company full ownership of not only Profi Rom, but Albinuta Shops and DT Logistic as well.
Posted Thu, 05/11/2009 - 12:37
Enterprise Investors' Enterprise Venture Fund I has become the majority shareholder of Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych (PBKM), acquiring 50.1% of the company's shares for PLN 18.1 million. The deal was offered as expansion financing to the Polish stem cell bank and marks the fund's fifth investment this year. PBKM plans to use the funding for expansion and acquisition in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the continued development of stem cell technologies and procedures.
Posted Wed, 07/10/2009 - 22:06
In one of the largest private equity deal for CEE this year, Boston's TA Associates has acquired a 25% stake in AVG Technologies, the Czech computer security software developer. The USD 200 million acquisition was made through the purchase of proportional shares from all current shareholders.
Posted Wed, 24/06/2009 - 00:00
Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors has acquired 100% ownership of IT outsourcing company Web Inn. The acquisition was made through Enterprise's Venture Fund I (EVF I) at a cost of PLN 16 million (€3.6 million).
Posted Tue, 19/05/2009 - 00:00
An agreement has been reached between Warsaw based Enterprise Investors and R&C Union, making Enterprise a majority owner in the Polish restaurant and music club chain. The acquisition, which is being funded via the private equity firm's €100 million Enterprise Venture Fund I, is worth PLN 13.1 million (approximately €3 million) and will give Enterprise a 47.9% stake in R&C Union.
Posted Wed, 25/02/2009 - 13:30
In its second investment since closing last fall, Enterprise Venture Fund I has acquired a 36 percent stake in Bio-Profil, a dermo-cosmetics and aesthetic medicine producer. The fund, managed by Enterprise Investors, has the option to increase its stake in the company up to 49 percent. The transaction was completed for a total of EUR 3.2 million.
Posted Thu, 18/12/2008 - 01:00
Enterprise Investors' venture capital fund Enterprise Venture Fund I has acquired a 30 percent stake in Dystrybucja Polska. The first investment of the firm's inaugural venture capital fund is worth slightly more than USD 2 million.
Posted Tue, 18/11/2008 - 00:00
Polish Enterprise Fund VI, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors, has announced its acquisition of a 42.46% stake in Kofola-Hoop, one of the most significant producers of non-alcoholic beverages in Central and Eastern Europe. PEF VI acquired the stake in a PLN 480 million (approx. €140 million) public tender offer.
Posted Wed, 01/10/2008 - 00:00
Polish Enterprise Fund VI, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors, acting jointly with several shareholders of Kofola-Hoop, announced a public tender offer for all the remaining shares in the company.
Posted Thu, 18/09/2008 - 00:00
Enterprise Investors announced the final closing of its new fund - Enterprise Venture Fund I. The total size of the fund, which is the first venture capital fund in the EI group, is €100 million.
