European Internet Ventures

European Internet Ventures, known as EIV, is an advisory firm that works only on online marketplaces and classifieds. It helps founders raise capital and helps investors buy into or acquire these businesses.

Services

• Growth capital raising: runs equity fundraising for fast-growing marketplaces, from Series A onwards.
• Sell-side and secondary deals: manages full or partial exits for shareholders selling control or seeking liquidity.
• Buy-side commercial due diligence: assesses marketplace performance, defensibility and growth potential for private equity buyers, including KPI benchmarking and business plan review.
• Investor targeting: matches each client to the investors most likely to fit.

Who it serves

Marketplace and classifieds founders, minority shareholders, private equity funds and family offices looking at later-stage marketplace holdings. It works with clients worldwide.

Key facts

• Founded: 2010, by Malcolm Myers, a former strategy head at Naspers and Prosus
• Experience: More than fifteen years and over one hundred marketplace transactions
• Investor access: Direct contact with more than three hundred marketplace investors