Local investment funds are more…

The private equity funds present in Romania are at a different stage of the investment cycle compared to actors from Central and Eastern Europe and from Western Europe.

Thus, the local focus is on the development of existing companies in the portfolio and on new acquisitions. Fewer actors focus on exits, which is different from other geographies. Thus, local funds direct their attention to portfolio construction and development and not to the exit, shows the European Private Equity Outlook 2024 report, by the Roland Berger consulting company, now in its 15th edition. “There is a relatively positive sentiment among active investment funds in Romania when it comes to local prospects. If we also look comparatively, with respect to the region and, especially, with respect to Western Europe, the optimistic perspective is all the more obvious”, says Szabolcs Nemes, managing partner at Roland Berger Romania.

It is supported by the general context, by the macroeconomic situation, but this fact is also translated into the optimism related to the activity on the M&A market, he adds.

“The positive feeling has to do with the fundamentals of the country and the region, but also with the fact that local PE funds are at a different stage of the investment cycle compared to actors from Central and Eastern Europe and from Europe West”, explains Szabolcs Nemes.