Stake Purchase • Media

Baring Vostok Capital Partners Invests In ER-Telecom

On November 1, 2010, private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners invested in media company ER-Telecom

Investment Context
  • This is Baring Vostok Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Baring Vostok Capital Partners’ 6th transaction in Russia.

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Investment Summary

Date November 1, 2010
Target ER-Telecom
Sector Media
Investor(s) Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) UBS Investment Bank (Financial)

Target Company

ER-Telecom

Moscow, Russia
ER-Telecom is a provider of cable television services under the brand names Divan-TV and Divan-TV Plus and provides telephone services under the Gorsvyaz brand. ER-Telecom is based in 2001 nad is based in Moscow.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor
DESCRIPTION

Baring Vostok Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on opportunities throughout Russia and the CIS. The Firm looks to commit $30 to $200 million per transaction and generally targets rapidly-growing, later stage companies facing challenges. Sectors of interest include internet, software, media, telecom, natural resources, financial resources, and consumer products/services. Baring Vostok Capital Partners was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Moscow.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 9 of 20
Sector: Media 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase 3 of 11
Country: Russia 6 of 17
Year: 2010 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-01 Enforta

Moscow, Russia

Enforta is a national telecommunication operator in Russia, providing a wide range of telecom solutions including “pre-WiMAX” and WiMAX technologies both to business customers and to the private sector within the fast-growing Russian market. Enforta's services include Internet connection, telephony (VOIP, including local phone service), intra and inter city VPN as well as email service.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-23 Yandex

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Yandex is an internet search engine primarily for Russian and Russian-language users. Yandex was founded in 1989 and is headquarters in Schiphol, the Netherlands.

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