Baring Vostok Capital Partners

Baring Vostok Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on Russia. Its own material describes six funds raised over roughly twenty years, the first in 1994. Its portfolio is spread across sectors, stages and levels of control.

What Baring Vostok Capital Partners does

• Private equity funds: a run of six funds, each investing in companies in Russia.
• Diversified portfolio: holdings spread by sector, by stage of company and by degree of control.
• Consumer investments: consumer goods and services are one of the project areas listed.
• Structured selection: ten written criteria, including aligned management, a realistic business plan, entry barriers and a strong market position.
• Financial discipline: looks for a clean balance sheet with limited debt and cash flow within twelve months.

Customers and markets

Companies in Russia where investors can keep control over the proceeds and the fund can add value.

Key facts

• Based in: Moscow, Russia, with a Guernsey address
• First fund: 1994
• Funds: Six over about twenty years