CEECAT Capital

CEECAT Capital is a private equity investment manager focused on investing in small and mid-market companies in Emerging Europe and Turkey. They aim to create long-term value for their investors by investing in and promoting the growth of their portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes responsible and sustainable growth, promoting socially responsible practices, corporate governance, and focusing on the impact of their companies on their carbon footprint, diversity, and involvement in local communities. CEECAT works with CEOs and management teams to develop concrete plans to effect meaningful and lasting change in their communities and the wider environment. Their investment strategy involves growth equity investments in Southeast Emerging Europe, focusing on majority buyout or minority investments with significant control rights. They look for financially sustainable companies where they see an opportunity to grow organically and/or through acquisitions. The firm targets regional champions, supporting themes driven by core convergence, export competitiveness, and import substitution in the fast-growing Eastern European markets. CEECAT Capital is committed to ESG principles and strives towards the “International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability.” They take a disciplined approach to identifying risks as part of their ESG screening, conducting detailed due diligence as part of the risk evaluation. Post-investment, they aim to build capacity at the portfolio company for the control and mitigation of potential risks and overall improvement in the company's ESG practices. They are a signatory to the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). CEECAT II Fund invests in companies with 30-100% shareholding, focusing on ultimate control. The target investment period is 5 years.

Industrials, Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Technology and Automation, Niche manufacturing

Core thematic spaces, technologies, and target market segments of interest.