Russia Partners

Russia Partners Management, LLC is a prominent private equity firm founded in 1991, specializing in a wide array of investment strategies including early venture, middle market, and turnaround investments. With over $1 billion in assets under management, the firm primarily focuses on sectors such as consumer goods, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. It targets investments in the CIS region, particularly in Russia and neighboring countries, seeking opportunities that range from $5 million to $50 million. The firm typically pursues control or significant minority positions and may take board seats in its portfolio companies. Since its inception, Russia Partners has invested in more than 60 companies, including notable names like MTV Russia and EPAM Systems. Its team of about 20 specialized investment professionals combines local market expertise with advanced Western education, enabling the firm to attract institutional investments from the U.S. and abroad. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siguler Guff & Company, LP, Russia Partners emphasizes long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs, providing not only capital but also strategic insights to foster growth and sustainability.

Vladimir Andrienko

Managing Director

Alexander Lupachev

Director and Adviser

Roman Simonov

MD, Adviser and Head of Russia Partners' Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Past deals in Ukraine

Banki.ru

Private Equity Round in 2013
Banki.ru, according to all rating systems in Russia, is the number one bank information website which is profitable and growing rapidly. The Company was founded in 2005. Today, the Company focuses on building a database for deposit information, mortgages, credit cards, consumer loans, car loans, business loans and others. This is the key value proposition for the visitor as he does not need to search different websites but can find all the information he needs in one place. Users can send a request for all types of loans to the bank through the Banki.ru. The database is regularly monitored and updated every month. Banki.ru gives an opportunity to the visitors to write reviews about banks - Public Rating of Banki.ru, popular among Russians, consists of 30,000 clients' reviews. Banks in their turn quickly respond to the customers complaints in Public Ranking, solve their problems and answer the questions by means of Hot lines. Audience of Banki.ru is equal to over 1 million unique visitors per month. About 150-200 Russian banks place an advertisment on Banki.ru per year. In 2010 Russian investment fund Finam Capital invested Banki.ru, but its original founders still have a majority interest. In 2011 Banki.ru aquired Ukrainian site Banki.ua The auditor of the Company is Grant Thornton Russia.