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Russian renaissance: as deal flow dries up in the West, emerging markets continue to perform strongly, particularly Central & Eastern Europe and Russia. Denis Samsonov reports from Moscow on the strength of the Russian private equity market.(NEWS ANALYSIS)(Industry overview)

Publication: European Venture Capital Journal
Publication Date: 01-MAY-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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The appetite for Russian private equity has reached new heights with a maiden fund smashing its target by US$160m. Renaissance Private Equity, a division of Moscow-based investment bank the Renaissance Group, closed on US$660m, following months of speculation that a...

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...began in August last year. At that time the group planned to raise up to US$500m, but according to Dmitry Kryukov, managing director of Renaissance Private Equity, the reaction of the potential investors was very positive, and being oversubscribed they decided to increase the target. For Russian funds, this has become something of habit of late: last year Bating Vostok Capital Partners raised a US$1bn fund--as well as being...

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