Investment Environment and Perspectives of Private Equity in Croatia

The American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia and the leading CEE focused private equity fund Enterprise Investors (member of the AmCham in Poland) organized an executive event on investment environment and perspectives of private equity in Croatia.

Private equity and venture capital play key role in economic growth and strongly contribute to job creation. The goal of private equity is to help more businesses achieve their ambitions for growth by providing the financial firepower and strategic advice in critical stages of their development.

At the event experts on the panel discussed investment climate in Croatia and expectations regarding 2019.

Program:
10:30 - 11:00 Registration
11:00 - 11:05 Opening remarks, Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director, AmCham
11:05 - 11:25 Recent Investments and Prospects for Private Equity in Croatia, Michał Kędzia, Partner, Enterprise Investors
11:25 - 12:25 Panel discussion:

• Michał Seńczuk, CEO, Studenac
• Gordan Kolak, Director, COMITIUM
• Michał Kędzia, Partner, Enterprise Investors
• Daniel Radić, Partner, Advisory Services, KPMG
• Boris Šavorić, Managing Partner, Šavorić & Partners
• Hrvoje Dolenec, Chief Economist, Zagrebačka Banka

Enterprise Investors is one of the largest private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe. Active since 1990, the firm has raised nine funds with total capital exceeding EUR 2.5 billion. These funds have invested EUR 1.8 billion in 142 companies across a range of sectors and exited 127 companies with total gross proceeds of EUR 3.7 billion.