Volume of Investments

The total volume of investments is about $20-60 million. The sum can be decreased for companies with a high level of R&D assets and increased for transport companies.

Equity Share

Depending on the specific project, for companies operating under Russian law, our share can be 25% + 1 share or 50% + 1 share or 75% + 1 share. The ability to influence a company’s management is a prerequisite.

Project’s Duration

The average project duration is 3-5 years.

Amount of Assets

We work with different companies where budgets can vary from $50 to $500 million. In some cases, we invest in small, recently established companies.

Business Geography

We are interested in companies operating on the territory of the Russian Federation. But we welcome the possibility of acquiring additional assets, links in a value creation chain, located in other countries.

Companies operating in one or several federal districts of the Russian Federation or regional companies looking forward to entering a federal/international market are more preferable.

Business Plan

A business plan should contain a description of the structure and amount of a company’s profit, its management quality, the controlled segment in key markets, the brand value, the assessment of prospects, the quality of financial management, the quality of investor relations, etc.

Company’s Industry

We are mostly interested in companies working in the high-growth market sectors and/or consolidating market sectors. Moreover, we aim to invest in industries with entrenched legal, political, economic and regulatory components. Our priority fields for investments are:

• Logistics and transport
• Fertilizer manufacturing
• Pharmaceuticals
• Communications and IT
• Metallurgical production
• Rubber and plastic goods production
• Petrochemicals
• Mining operations (exc. oil, gas, etc.)
• Railway equipment production
• Forest industry and processing