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Transforming a loss-making business into a modern, profitable retailer.

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Building a Polish waste management leader

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Building Central and Eastern Europe’s leading substrate producer

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Invest Europe's archive of case studies provides real life examples of how private equity transforms businesses across Europe. You can search our case studies by sector, country or type of investor.

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Softonic

09 Oct 2014

Supporting a Spanish IT group’s international ambitions

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SIGFOX

09 Oct 2014

Developing a European pioneer in internet connectivity

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Saverglass

09 Oct 2014

Building a specialist glass maker for the premium drinks industry

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Open-Xchange

09 Oct 2014

Creating a European challenger in the global communications software market

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Kermel

09 Oct 2014

Turning a company division into a leader in flame-proof fibres

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Fonroche

09 Oct 2014

Transforming a French solar firm into an global renewable energy group

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Dino Polska

09 Oct 2014

Transforming a small Polish retailer into one of the fastest-growing supermarket chains in Poland

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Exclusive Group

09 Oct 2014

Establishing a leading European IT software B2B distributor

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Cerved

09 Oct 2014

Turning an underperforming bank business into Italian credit information leader

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B&B Hotels

09 Oct 2014

Turning a local hotel owner into a pan-European budget hotels group

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