Bancroft Private Equity

Midmarket private equity fund investing in Central Eastern Europe and Turkey. Bancroft is a partnership which since its founding in 1989 has been focused on conducting business in Central and Eastern Europe. Its early business was providing merger and acquisition advice to US companies seeking to buy assets or establish operations in Eastern Europe. Today, the group's principal offices are in Budapest, Prague, Istanbul, Athens, Sofia and London. In 1996, The Bancroft Group, L.P. launched the Bancroft Eastern Europe Fund, L.P. with the objective to make private equity investments in Eastern Europe. The Bancroft Eastern Europe Fund L.P. has made 7 Investments in media, telecommunications, and manufacturing in Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania and in a pan-European company. In November 2002, Bancroft II, L.P. was launched, a private equity fund targeting the same region as Bancroft I plus Turkey. The Bancroft II, L.P. has made 7 Investments in food manufacturing, foodservice, manufacturing, cable television, financial services and natural resources in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Estonia and Macedonia. In June 2008, Bancroft 3, L.P. was launched, a private equity fund targeting the same region as Bancroft II plus Greece.