Investment Summary

UFG Private Equity, Baring Vostok Capital Partners and Russian Direct Investment Fund Invest In Karo Film

On December 14, 2012, private equity firm UFG Private Equity, private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners and sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund invested in business services company Karo Film

Investment Highlights
  • This is UFG Private Equity’s 2nd, Baring Vostok Capital Partners’ 1st and Russian Direct Investment Fund’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is UFG Private Equity’s 17th, Baring Vostok Capital Partners’ 9th and Russian Direct Investment Fund’s 1st transaction in Russia.

Investment Summary

Date 2012-12-14
Target Karo Film
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) UFG Private Equity
Baring Vostok Capital Partners
Russian Direct Investment Fund
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Karo Film

Moscow, Russia
Karo Film is a motion picture exhibition company owning and operating 30 modern movie theaters comprising 196 screens in Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, and Surgut. Karo Film was established in 1997 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

UFG Private Equity

Moscow, Russia

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 712M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

UFG Private Equity is a Russian private equity investment firm that also invests in the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. UFG looks to invest $15 to $50 million in businesses valued from $20 to $400 million. The Firm does not have any industry preferences, but has a special interest in opportunities in media, IT, telecom, consumer staples, retail and infrastructure related businesses. UFG prefers acquiring controlling stakes, but will consider select minority positions. UFG Private Equity was formed in 2004 and is based in Moscow and is a unit of UFG Asset Management.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 25
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Russia M&A 17 of 21
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-13 KDL Test

Moscow, Russia

KDL Test is a chain of private laboratories for medical testing which operates in one of the fastest-growing health sector segments. KDL operates a chain of nine laboratories providing medical diagnostic testing in Moscow, Kazan, Omsk, Perm, Astrakhan, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Saratov and Rostov-on-Don, as well as a chain of blood collection points. KDL Test was established in 2003 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

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2013-01-01 ZAO CB

Moscow, Russia

ZAO CB “Universal Finances” dba Unifin is a Moscow-based commercial bank, which has a Baa3.ru national scale rating (NSR) by Moody’s Interfax Rating Agency. The rating reflects the bank’s conservative capitalization, cost efficiency and high quality of assets, comprised primarily of SME loans and high quality mortgages.

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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 STATS #
Overall 12 of 20
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Russia M&A 9 of 17
Year: 2012 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-01 Avito SARL

Moscow City, Russia

Avito SARL is a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to general good for sale, jobs, real estate, personals, cars for sale, and services. Avito SARL was founded in 2007 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Profi.ru

Moscow, Russia

Profi.ru provides online marketplaces for freelancers and small businesses in healthcare, beauty, sports, driving, and tutoring, which are consolidated at the Profi.ru brand, offering services to internet and mobile users in all major cities in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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DESCRIPTION

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. Its principal mandate is to co-invest alongside global institutional investors in Russian companies. Sector interest includes agriculture, infrastructure, technology, healthcare, and energy. RDIF was formed in 2011 and is based in Moscow.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Russia M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

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