PE/VC funds invested in 78 Polish firms in 2014

Private equity/venture capital(PE/VC) funds financed 290 companies of CEE, including 78 Polish ventures, which made Poland the biggest beneficiary in the region, according to a report published by European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA). Out of 78 companies, 54 were boosted by venture capital funds. The value of the new investments in the region reached €1.3, which translated to a growth of 66 percent on a yearly basis. Poland was the largest market in terms of the value of disinvestment transactions, which amounted to €530 million  in the Polish market and stood at €953 in the CEE region, last year.