Partners
BlackPeak Capital
BlackPeak Capital is one of the selected fund managers by the European Investment Fund (EIF) to manage a co-investment venture capital fund under the JEREMIE initiative.
The Fund, already operating with an initial capital of 10 million euros, focuses on investing in small and medium enterprises. BlackPeak Capital can invest with other financial investors or individuals under the same conditions of investment. The average size of the fund's investments will be in the range of 1-3 million euros, with the total investment, including that of a co-investor, amounting to 2-6 million euros. The fund will also invest opportunistically in companies in their early stage of development with investment amount between 300 thousand and EUR 1 million euros.
BlackPeak Capital may invest in a broad range of industries, excluding agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and aquaculture. The fund's strategy envisages investments in emerging companies with a strong export potential, as well as leaders of the local market. Funds from investment through capital appreciation or mezzanine financing can be used by developers for various initiatives to support the company's growth.
The team managing the fund includes proven professionals with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital in Bulgaria. Rossen Ivanov co-founded Entrea Capital, a leading company in the field of mergers and acquisitions in Bulgaria and a partner of Rothschild for the country. Rossen has been part of McKinsey in New York and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. Ivaylo Gospodinov is a former partner at Entrea Capital, and a longtime manager of Raiffeisen Investment Bulgaria. Ivaylo has been part of in Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. The team aims to help the companies the fund invests in, not only financially, but also to actively participate in order to improve corporate governance and preparation for attracting a strategic partner or a listing at an international stock exchange.
www.blackpeak-capital.com
Entrea Capital
Entrea Capital is Bulgaria’s leading independent investment banking advisory firm. The company was established in 2007 with a bold vision and a simple formula to achieve it: deliver outstanding professional service on each and every client assignment. Our ability and passion to help clients solve complex financial and corporate problems and our commitment to provide independent and objective advice have earned us the long-term trust of Bulgarian and global clients.
Entrea Capital’s partners and team have a unique combination of expertise in investment and corporate banking, corporate finance, and management consulting in Bulgaria, Romania, the UK, the USA, and Japan. With more than 100 years of combined professional experience and with the largest dedicated M&A team in Bulgaria, we can provide unique perspectives on each client assignment.
Entrea Capital is an exclusive affiliate of Rothschild for Bulgaria. Rothschild is one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory groups. With approximately 900 advisers in 40 countries, its scale, reach and local knowledge enable it to develop relationships and deliver effective solutions to support clients worldwide
www.entrea-capital.com
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Schoenherr
Schoenherr is a leading full service law firm in Central Europe and one of the first international law firms to move into CEE/SEE. With 12 offices and several country desks Schoenherr has grown to be one of the largest firms in the region. Starting in 2004 and experiencing continuous growth ever since, Schoenherr Bulgaria has established itself among the leading market players. The Sofia office has become a popular address for multinational corporations looking for efficient, timely and comprehensive legal advice especially in the field of Corporate and M&A, Renewable energy and Real estate. A workforce of 23 lawyers with outstanding expertise in their respective areas of specialization and an international education (Columbia Law School, Oxford, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Central European University and more) can team up to cover the specific requirements of any high-end transaction in a time-sensitive manner. Whereas quality work to international standards is a matter of course, clients further benefit from our understanding of their business needs and value our ability to strongly advocate their interests.
Mergers & Acquisitions has been an important area of advisory services provided by Schoenherr Sofia. The M&A practice in the last years included continuing work on renewable and conventional energy projects, also numerous M&A transactions in diverse sectors of the economy and advice to private equity funds. Schoenherr is also involved in ongoing transactions in the media, advertising, technology, basic materials and consumer goods sectors.
www.schoenherr.eu
Raiffeisen Investment
Raiffeisen Investment, a 100 per cent subsidiary* of the Austrian based investment bank Raiffeisen Centrobank, is a leading M&A advisor in Central Eastern Europe and Turkey.
The guiding principle in the company's core fields of business Mergers&Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets (ECM), Privatisations, Structured Transactions, Private Placements and Merchant Banking is to act in the best interests of its clients at all times.
Raiffeisen Investment does this by giving impartial advice and by combining top-level industry sector expertise of Raiffeisen Centrobank (Consumer Goods, Agro & Retail, Energy/Utilities, Financial Sponsors, Industrials, Life Sciences, Telecoms Media Technology) with local know-how through the Raiffeisen Investment network with more than 15 country offices. The company's growing reputation and years of success prove that it has become an advisor of choice for transactions in emerging Europe.
www.raiffeisen-investment.com/welcome
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Deloitte
Deloitte is the worldwide largest professional services firm and offers a portfolio of fully integrated professional services in audit, tax, legal and financial advice to public and private clients in multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in 150 countries , Deloitte combines world-class capabilities and deep local expertise.
The team of Deloitte Central Europe works with a wide range of specialized services. In the areas of financial and strategic advice to domestic and international clients the specialists in financial advisory at Deloitte successfully apply the acquired international experience in investment banking activities in the "Corporate finance and advisory services", "Services in transactions" and "Related services restructuring" activities in order to preserve or increase the value of the business of the companies they serve.
The team of Deloitte Central Europe has consulted hundreds of business transactions exceeding $ 7 billion in key sectors in each of the seventeen countries in which the company offers its services. Through its unique business model - an integrated company of many local units, Deloitte was able to establish an optimal team of local and foreign experts to suit the needs of each project.
www.deloitte.com/bg
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JEREMIE
JEREMIE is a joint initiative launched by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group to improve access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the EU within the Structural Funds framework for the period 2007 – 2013.
JEREMIE offers the EU Member States, through their national or regional Managing Authorities, the opportunity to use part of the resources made available from the EU Structural Funds and also national resources into Holding Funds. The JEREMIE Holding Fund provides finance to SMEs in a flexible, sustainable and innovative way, by providing equity, (micro) loans or guarantees financial instruments through selected local financial institutions acting as European Investment Fund (EIF) intermediaries.
JEREMIE Bulgaria EAD is a special purpose vehicle company established in 2010 on the basis of the Framework Agreement between the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Bulgarian Government for the implementation of the JEREMIE Initiative. The company is fully owned by the EIF and will implement financial engineering instruments such as loan portfolio guarantees and venture capital investments to support growth and innovation among Bulgarian small and medium-sized businesses. Under the JEREMIE Initiative in Bulgaria, the company will invest in 5 private equity funds specialized in different stage of the economic lifecycle – seed, VC, expansion and mezzanine investments.
jeremie.bg
CEO CLUB BULGARIA
CEO CLUB BULGARIA is an exclusive business networking group for active business leaders working in or with Bulgaria. Members include only CEOs, C level decision makers (CxOs) in medium and large organizations and active business owners.
Club's main purpose is to provide an exclusive and efficient environment for decision makers from Bulgaria that share modern principles of collaboration and leadership, constructive approach towards business and best practice corporate ethics.
Clubs main topics include:
*business networking
*career advancement & only top level job opportunities
*partner searches
*virtual advisory board
*entrepreneurial and investment ideas
*hobbies & lifestyle options sharing
The membership is by invitation only and limited to senior executives working or related to Bulgaria.
PR Partner: PRoPR agency
PRoPR Agency is a boutique communications consultancy company working with a plethora of clients wishing to be successful in an ever changing and dynamic environment. PRoPR strives to create the desired favorable communications environment for its partners. It is their core objective to work with clients on an individualistic approach based on knowledge of the specific information environment, business climate, corporate goals and values. PRoPR builds long-term relationships because they bring long-lasting results. Media Relations is the field that PRoPR is particularly strong in. This may be inferred also from the educational and professional background of some of the key members of the team. Founder and General Manager of the Agency is Ivet Dobromirova. PRoPR provides wide range of services in the field of corporate communications, crisis PR, online communications, corporate social responsibilities etc.
www.pr-o-pr.com
Technical Partner: Special Events Group
Special Events Group is the brand of the well known leaders in the event area. SEG – Special Events Group includes Kongresstechnik (providing technical equipment) and Scenio (dealing with the set & stage design), which are already quite popular on the market and the new companies – Next Level (rental of event furniture) and Novo 20 (event production, post production, 3D and interior design, etc).
www.ktbg.bg