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About us

We are a Prague based Private Equity (PE) firm offering a comprehensive array of executive management services and investment practices in the Central European (CE) region, focusing on traditional SME (small and medium enterprises) and Real Estate assets, typically between €0,5m and €5m (EV), which we carefully choose and within 3 - 7 years progressively refine into the right shape, while preparing for further sale (exit).

We invest in three industry sectors while always analyzing another two.  Our company is a solid partnership of skilled individuals who align their interests with those of investors and portfolio companies by investing a significant proportion of their own capital.

What we do

We identify and acquire small and middle market Companies (SME) in the Central Europe (CE) region with substantial growth potential in traditional, defendable market niches with the clear purpose of increasing their value, and thus generate a profit. We leverage our long-term experience and proven strategies to find the best (hidden value in) Companies to acquire ("buy outs"), nurture potentially lucrative projects ("start ups"), and salvage those in between ("early stage").  We are committed to ensure the Companies we manage reach their full potential within a certain time frame and at the same time to provide an exclusive access to these investment opportunities to our proven investors.  In order to reach the above, we conduct key market (re)search, study investment analysis and memorandums, perform tax and legal due diligence, develop complex financial models and finaly create simple valuations.  Finally we prepare the best merger and exit strategies in order to push the Company even further.

We do:

  • start ups
  • (leveraged) buy outs
  • development projects

Our sphere of activity:

  • light and heavy engineering
  • paper industry
  • education

With typical financial input from:

  • our own capital
  • venture capital
  • bank sector

In UPTOWN, we treasure what we do, believe in true Private Equity and strong partnership. We provide all the necessary tools and support to our Companies without interfering in their day-to-day operations.  We oversee each and every Company's progress via regular financial reporting and board meetings, and step in decisively when the Company needs us.

UPTOWN, Ltd., is an EU firm operated in accordance with all relevant legal authorities and regulations, registered by the Prague District Court under the document number: 105339, unit C and under the legal agency of Mgr. Tomas Urbanec, Partner and the Head of Legal Dept.

For more information about what we do or what we can do for you, please feel free to contact our help desk.

What is Private Equity?

Private equity is a tough investment business. Private equity firms often invest in troubled companies by carefully analyzing the financial structure and potential high profits to determine if the profit risk ratio makes the investment viable. This is especially valuable. In many cases these companies declare themselves bankrupt which in turn forces them to sell assets instead of using the current structure of the company to create value. Other forms exist such as hostile takeovers, tender bids as well as buyouts for strategic purposes.

Source: Aaron Nematnejad

Private equity funds typically control management of the companies in which they invest, and often bring in new management teams that focus on making the company more valuable. As they are not listed on an exchange, a private equity firm owning such securities must find a buyer in the absence of a traditional marketplace such as a stock exchange. The "exit" or "selling out" is often achieved by way of an initial public offering (IPO), i.e. floating the company on a stock exchange, trade sale or secondary/tertiary buy-outs (i.e. sale to another private equity house).

Source: wikipedia.org