Value4Capital to launch €150m fund

V4C's Poland Plus Fund would hope to reach a first close towards the end of 2016 and has already garnered interest from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which is considering a €25m commitment.

According to EBRD's project summary document, V4C's fund will target no more than €200m in commitments. The bank's own capital provision to the vehicle has passed concept review and is pending a final review.

The vehicle would focus on buyouts of lower-mid-market Polish companies, as well as to a more limited extent opportunities in other Central and Eastern European countries, V4C told unquote". The GP said it would target assets with "strong buy-and-build or sectoral consolidation potential".

V4C's most recent deal was the €135m exit of web hosting provider Home.pl to a United Internet subsidiary.

The Warsaw-based GP was founded in 2011 when it span out as an independent firm from French group Amundi Private Equity Funds.

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