b mp Media Investors and Mangrove have invested in Republika Kobiet, a lifestyle portal dedicated to women.
Republika Kobiet Sp. z.o.o. (www.republikakobiet.pl)
Republika Kobiet is building a lifestyle portal dedicated to women. As a first step before starting the portal, Republika Kobiet, together with TV4, launched a webpage for the women-dedicated program, Mala Czarna, broadcast daily by TV4.
bmp Media Investors (www.bmp.com)
As an internationally operating private equity asset manager, bmp invests its own resources directly into company participation and, at the same time, is engaged as a fund manager for funds of funds and as a private equity advisor.
bmp Media Investors is a thematically specialised venture capital company under the management of bmp, entering into shareholdings exclusively in the area of media, entertainment and marketing services in Germany and Poland. Besides Republika Kobiet, in which bmp acquired 17.53%, the present portfolio of bmp Media Investors comprises nugg.ad AG in Berlin, Brand New World GmbH in Munich, gamigo AG in Rheine, Nokaut Sp. z.o.o. in Gynia, Shotgun Pictures GmbH in Stuttgart and Greenhanger GmbH in Berlin.
bmp has been investing in Poland since 1999. It has been dually listed on both the Polish and German stock exchanges since 2004. bmp’s most important investments in Poland were
• Internet Data Systems – Internet service provider for the public sector
• Bankier.pl – a leader in the financial portals market in Poland
Currently in the portfolio are:
• K2 Internet – a leader in e-marketing in Poland
• Nokaut.pl – a price comparison shopping engine in Poland
Mangrove Capital Partners (www.mangrove-vc.com)
Mangrove Capital Partners seeks to make investments in companies operating Internet or software businesses and is active in such areas as:
• Communications
• Wireless
• Infrastructure
• Media
• Network
• Services
Mangrove Capital Partners has been the first institutional investor to invest in many portfolio companies including the following: Skype (www.skype.com), Securewave (www.securewave.com), Dialcom Networks (www.dialcom.com), Piczo (www.piczo.com), Nimbuzz (www.nimbuzz.com), Quintura (www.quintura.com), Properazzi (www.properazzi.com), Brickfish (www.brickfish.com) and Jambaz (www.jambaz.com).
