“Fantasy is not about imagining what things could be, but about making them happen.”
- Karel Čapek -
We employ the following key criteria when making a decision in which companies to invest:
Our team includes veterans of the private equity industry in the region as well as ambitious talented professionals, bonded by the 4i Capital Partner’s investment philosophy of integrity, innovation, intelligence and impact.
The combined experience of the company’s investment team is nearly 50 years of doing deals and developing companies in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. The founding partners of 4i Capital Partners have been working together since 2008, having raised the Europe Virgin Fund and having made all of its portfolio investments.
Our experience shows that only active management of investee companies may lead to results. Sitting in the passenger seat of a minority shareholder often does not. We take controlling stakes, as only that assures a balanced relationship with our local partners, commonly founders of the business. Our team members have successful experience in taking management roles in our portfolio companies, if and when needed.
Europe Virgin Fund is a regional private equity fund investing in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, with $57 million of committed capital.
The Fund’s limited partners include Dragon Capital, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank.
The portfolio of Europe Virgin Fund includes controlling stakes in Ukraine’s leading manufacturer of tissue products Ruta, top out-of-home advertising operator Prime Group, niche pharmaceutical manufacturer Sperco Ukraine, leading e-payment service provider Portmone and Ukraine’s largest private security services company Venbest. .
* The Fund is established in the Isle of Man, as a Specialist Fund under the Isle of Man Collective Investment Schemes (Specialist Fund) Regulations 2010 (“the Regulations”). Investments are accepted solely on the basis of the information set out in its offering documentation and may only be accepted from persons who are “Specialist Investors” as defined in the Regulations. The Fund is currently closed to new investors
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