Bankier.pl gears up for growth following good IPO

"The successful debut strengthens the independent position of Bankier.pl, and ensures a basis for rapid growth," said Jens Spyrka, partner at bmp, the main shareholder in the portal beside MCI Management. Bankier has raised over zl.11 million, out of which zl.9 million will be earmarked for acquisitions. Last year the venture generated zl.6.2 million of revenues and a net profit of zl.340,000 on advertisements and sales of financial products. This year these figures shouuld be zl.9 million and zl.700,000 respectively. Thanks to this transaction, bmp has received around EUR 3 million and maintained a 20% share. The venture capital firm has invested in the portal a sum of EUR 1.75 million. Therefore company representatives are officially considering doing the same with another of its companies, e-marketing agency K2 Internet, which had zl.10 million of revenues in 2005 and a net profit of zl.1 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) A.K.