Central Europe & Russia

Gimv has been active in Central Europe and Russia since the mid-1990s. This allows Gimv to respond to opportunities now arising in this rapidly developing region.

In Russia Gimv is represented by Eagle Capital Partners, a private equity consultancy that specialises in the Russian market. ECP was set up in 2008 when Gimv went into partnership with KBC Private Equity. Gimv and KBC PE have complementary experience in Central and Eastern Europe. Gimv has been active in the Russian market since 1996. For Gimv, Eagle Capital Partners is the successor to Eagle Venture Partners, which was established in 2000 to facilitate private equity investment in Russia and Kazakhstan. At the end of 2007, KBC Bank took over the Russian Absolut Bank.

The 8-member local investment team consists of Russian and West European professionals, who have already been working together with great success for several years. Eagle Capital Partners has offices in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. For more information, please visit: www.eaglecapital.ru.

In Central Europe, Gimv is represented by a Prague based representative. In 2009, Gimv invested in Genesis Private Equity Fund II, a fund focusing on mid-market investments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In addition, manages its own fund: Gimv Czech Ventures. This fund was established in 2000 and is currently in its winding-up phase.

Gimv is also a shareholder of Nova Polonia, a Polish fund established in 2000. This fund is also in its winding-up phase. 

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