EXPERTISE
Private Equity

Kinstellar advises the Creandum fund on its investment into fraud prevention startup SEON, Hungary’s largest series A rounds to date

March 2021 – Kinstellar’s Budapest office, together with Goodwin, has successfully advised the Creandum fund on its €10 million Series A round investment into SEON Technologies Ltd., a fraud-detection startup.

Kinstellar advises Doğuş Holding on the sale of a 30% stake in Istanbul’s premier shopping mall, Istinye Park, to Qatar Holding LLC

December 2020 – Kinstellar has successfully advised the Turkish conglomerate Doğuş Holding on the sale of a 30% stake in the premier Istanbul shopping mall, Istinye Park, to the Doha-based investment house Qatar Holding LLC.

Kinstellar advises the private equity fund Black Sea Fund I on the acquisition of Romanian dental imaging network DigiRay

December 2020 – Kinstellar has successfully advised the investment fund Black Sea Fund I on the acquisition of Romanian dental imaging network DigiRay.

Kinstellar advises Genesis Growth Equity Fund I on the acquisition of R2B2

August 2020 – Kinstellar has successfully advised Genesis Growth Equity Fund I on its acquisition of R2B2, a key player in programmatic advertising in the Czech Republic. R2B2 works for hundreds of clients, and its digital network is used by major publishers...

Kinstellar advises Vivense, the leading Turkish online furniture retailer, in relation to a USD 130 million investment by Actera

July 2020 – Kinstellar has assisted Vivense and its CEO and founder, Kemal Erol, in relation to a USD 130 million investment by Actera Group, the largest private equity firm focusing on investments in Turkey.

Kinstellar advises Genesis Private Equity Fund III on the acquisition of the largest Czech call centre

May 2020 – Kinstellar has successfully advised Genesis Private Equity Fund III (GPEF III) on its acquisition, from Karel Komárek's KKCG investment group, of the largest operator of contact centres in the Czech Republic.

Kinstellar Podcast Series: The M&A and private equity challenges and opportunities in the CEE region in the context of COVID-19

24 April 2020 – Welcome to another Kinstellar podcast on the M&A and private equity challenges and opportunities in the CEE region in the context of COVID-19. Today, Razvan Popa, Partner and co-head of Kinstellar’s firm-wide Private Equity practice...

Kinstellar Podcast Series: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activity

April 2020 – Welcome to Kinstellar’s podcast series exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A activity in the CEE/SEE region. In this new series we will discuss the economic impact of the pandemic with representatives of leading corporates...

Kinstellar advises Earlybird Venture Capital on the seed funding round to the fintech startup Payhawk

March 2020 – Kinstellar’s teams in Istanbul and Sofia have successfully represented Earlybird Venture Capital on the €3 million seed funding to the fintech startup Payhawk, the paperless corporate card that simplifies expenses for businesses. This...

Kinstellar advises GLP on its European expansion with EUR 1bn Goodman CEE portfolio deal

March 2020 – Kinstellar offices in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary have successfully advised GLP, a leading global investment manager and business builder in logistics, real estate, infrastructure, finance and related technologies, on an agreement...