3TS Capital Partners
3TS Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 1999. The firm specializes in providing growth capital and buyout funding to small and medium-sized businesses, with a strong emphasis on technology and related sectors, including media, communications, and technology-enabled services. It primarily focuses on investment opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in European Union accession countries, but may also consider exceptional cases in Ukraine and Turkey. The firm typically invests between €1 million and €30 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from €1.5 million to €300 million, often seeking significant minority or majority stakes. 3TS aims to enhance the value of its portfolio companies through active partnership and strategic support, while planning to exit investments within three to five years through sales or initial public offerings. The firm has garnered over €300 million from various investors, including prominent financial institutions and corporations.
Eyerim is an online store that offers unparalleled selection of designer sunglasses and prescription glasses.
Piano Inc. is a provider of a business platform tailored for digital media, focusing on enhancing audience management and engagement. The company offers several key products, including Piano Composer, which allows users to deploy and iterate on various business models; Piano VX, a paywall solution for marketing and finance teams; and Piano ID, which facilitates better data analysis and communication for content companies. Additionally, Piano Go provides an instant business model adaptable to diverse content types, while Piano for Business Media supports the marketing and sales of content across multiple channels, including print and digital. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York City, Piano Inc. also has offices in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Izhevsk, Russia. The company operates as a subsidiary of Piano Media, a.s. since 2014.
Eyerim is an online store that offers unparalleled selection of designer sunglasses and prescription glasses.
Private Equity Round in 2015
ZOOT a.s. is an online fashion retailer based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in a diverse range of clothing, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and children. The company, founded in 2012 by Ladislav Trpak and Oldrich Bajer, offers a multi-brand platform that includes not only fashion apparel but also housing and design products. ZOOT serves customers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania, providing its products through an accessible web platform and mobile application. Its offerings encompass a wide variety of items, such as jeans, shirts, dresses, jackets, and home decor, catering to a broad demographic and promoting a stylish lifestyle.
Piano Inc. is a provider of a business platform tailored for digital media, focusing on enhancing audience management and engagement. The company offers several key products, including Piano Composer, which allows users to deploy and iterate on various business models; Piano VX, a paywall solution for marketing and finance teams; and Piano ID, which facilitates better data analysis and communication for content companies. Additionally, Piano Go provides an instant business model adaptable to diverse content types, while Piano for Business Media supports the marketing and sales of content across multiple channels, including print and digital. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York City, Piano Inc. also has offices in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Izhevsk, Russia. The company operates as a subsidiary of Piano Media, a.s. since 2014.
MALL.cz is an online retailer in the Czech Republic. The site also operates in Germany, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. The company runs more than 45 e-shops in the region with 1,200 product categories.
The roots of Netretail Holding Group date back to the year 2000, when our first shop, www.bilezbozi.cz, was launched. It became a truly legendary shop with kitchen appliances in the Czech Republic, mainly for its unbiased customer service it offered. Shortly afterwards, we launched additional shops with other mass consumer items. We have ventured into DIY, petfood, sport and fashion. Our Czech venture has gained the status of the pure play market leader, a position that has continued to strengthened over time. We launched our shops in Slovakia and Hungary in 2005 and Poland in 2006 and Germany in 2007. We divested Germany in 2011, and refocused ourselves in CEE. We acquired a minority position in Slovenian market leader later in 2011 and we are actively looking for opportunities to grow our business both organically and through partnerships. Netretail Holding Group is now a part of Naspers (JSE: NPN), a global media company with notable investments in Internet companies worldwide.
CV-Online is a internet recruitment company, established in 1996 in Estonia and rolled out to Latvia and Lithuania in 1999. CV-Online achieved promptly the market leader status across the Baltic Countries based on its well elaborated technology in combination with the service minded organisation culture. Currently CV-Online holds the market leadership not only by the sales turnover, but also as the forerunner of innovation in its segment. CV-Online is not only a jobboard in the internet, but strong service organisation that works to be the best partner to all stakeholders: employers, jobseekers, own staff and investors. To add value to whole society by making the jobseeking and employment easy and transparent process hence increase the well-being of everyone. Since 2012 CV-Online belongs to Alma Media OYJ – one of the leading Finnish media concerns listed on Helsinki stock exchange. Alma Media has wide portfolio of leading online job portals across the region: www.monster.fi in Finland, www.monsterpolska.pl in Poland, www.jobs.cz and www.prace.cz in Czech Republic, www.profesia.sk in Slovak Republic, www.monster.hu in Hungary, www.posao.ba in Bosnia and Herzogvina, www.poslovi.infostud.com in Serbia and www.mojposao.net in Croatia. From January 2014 the global leader of internet recruitment: www.monster.com have obtained a share in Alma Media recruitment portals. Now CV-Online belongs to the world biggest internet recruitment group and can offer services around the globe. Belonging to group of leading online players enables CV-Online to stay continuously in forefront of innovation and improved customer service quality.