EBRD (Investment Firm)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an investment firm established in 1991 to support the development of market economies and democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As the largest single investor in the region, the EBRD focuses on private enterprises, investing primarily in minority equity positions and participating in private equity funds that target medium-sized companies seeking expansion. The firm mobilizes significant foreign direct investment and provides project financing for a variety of sectors, including banking, industry, and municipal services. It collaborates with publicly owned companies to facilitate privatization and restructuring efforts. The EBRD operates in countries committed to democratic principles and emphasizes strong corporate governance and environmental respect in all its investments. With a portfolio exceeding €130 billion across over 5,200 projects, the EBRD has also extended its financing initiatives to the Middle East and Africa, leveraging its expertise to foster economic growth and transformation.

Sue Barrett

Director, Head of Infra TMEA, SIG

Harry Boyd-Carpenter

Director, Head of Energy EMEA

Suma Chakrabarti

President

Alistair Clark

Managing Director, Environment and Sustainability Department

Hassan El-Khatib

Managing Director, Equity

Anne Fossemalle

Director, Equity Funds

Susan Goeransson

Director and Head of Infrastructure

Remy Hassendorfer

Senior Banker - Corporate Equity/ Principal Investment

Janet Heckman

Managing Director for the southern and eastern Mediterranean region

Natalia Khanjenkova

Managing Director for Central Asia and Russia

Francis Malige

Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

Jean-Patrick Marquet

Managing Director, Turkey

Tamas Nagy

Director, Co-head Private Equity

Douglas Nevison

EBRD Board Director

Nandita Parshad

Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure

Matteo Patrone

Director and Regional Head Romania and Bulgaria

Claudia Pendred

Director, Property and Tourism

Eric Rasmussen

Director, Head of Natural Resources

Kanako Sekine

Managing Director, Portfolio

Andras Simor

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Josué Tanaka

Managing Director, Operational Strategy and Planning, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change

Nick Tesseyman

Managing Director, Financial Institutions

Christopher Upton-Hansen

Associate, Private Equity Funds

Ilker Yoney

Director, Co-head Private Equity

Past deals in Turkey

DenizBank

Debt Financing in 2023
DenizBank was founded in 1938 as a state-owned bank in order to provide funding for the developing Turkish maritime sector. Acquired by Zorlu Holding from the Privatization Administration as a banking license in early 1997, DenizBank was further acquired in October 2006 by Dexia, a leading financial group in Europe. Continuing its activities under Dexia umbrella for 6 years, DenizBank operates as from 28 September 2012 under the roof of Sberbank of Russia, Russia’s largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. Sberbank has more than 110 million individual customers and 1 million corporate clients in 22 countries.

ACWA Power

Post in 2023
ACWA Power International develops, invests, co-owns, and operates a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants. The company’s projects include thermal, solar PV, solar CSP, and wind. It also offers operations and maintenance service for the power and water desalination industry in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with regional offices in Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Rabat, Johannesburg, Hanoi, and Beijing. It has operations in Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Morocco, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam, Mozambique, and Egypt. ACWA Power International operates as a subsidiary of ACWA Holding Company.

Türk Ekonomi Bankası

Debt Financing in 2023
Turk Ekonomi Bankasi (Turkish Economy Bank), abbreviated TEB, was founded in 1927 by private capital holders as a regional bank under the name of Kocaeli Bankasi T.A.S. in Izmit, Turkey. In 1981, the Bank was purchased by a group who changed the name of the Bank to Türk Ekonomi Bankası in 1982. The Bank has been reputed for its successful management and cautiousness since, being active in commercial and private banking. In March 2005, TEB has signed a joint venture agreement with the French BNP Paribas SA, one of the largest financial associations in the world. TEB is aggressively expanding its retail network in Turkey since and has more than 240 branches as of 2Q 2007. Mr. Varol Civil is the CEO of the bank. TEB has also two other subsidiaries outside Turkey. TEB NV (The Economy Bank) in the Netherlands, and TEB Sh.A. in Kosovo.

Polat Enerji

Debt Financing in 2022
Polat Enerji generates approximately 1.6 billion kWh of electricity.

QNB Finansbank

Debt Financing in 2022
QNB Finansbank A.S. provides various banking products and services in Turkey. It offers deposit products, including savings, daily yield, gold, and payroll accounts; time and demand deposits; consumer, auto, and mortgage loans; payments services; safe deposit boxes; and various insurance products comprising life, workplace, unemployment, auto, home, professional liability, personal accident, and agriculture insurance. The company also provides investment products, such as treasury bills and government bonds, bank bills and bank bonds, Eurobonds, mutual funds, capital guaranteed and exchange traded funds, deposits fund, derivatives, and repo and stocks, as well as private portfolio products. In addition, it offers cash management, foreign trade, and corporate banking services; and financial leasing and factoring services, as well as private pension products. Further, the company provides portfolio management, custody, and asset and wealth management; international banking; and merchant services. Additionally, it offers wholesale and commercial banking products, including structured and project finance, transaction banking, financial institutions, treasury, investment banking, and advisory services. As of December 31, 2019, it operated through a network of 523 domestic branches, 1 offshore branch, and 1 airport branch. The company was formerly known as Finansbank A.S. and changed its name to QNB Finansbank A.S. in January 2018. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. QNB Finansbank A.S. operates as a subsidiary of Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C.).

Modanisa

Venture Round in 2022
Modanisa is an online fashion retailer for women's Islamic clothing, dresses and accessories. The site offers clothing and accessories to women of all ages and offers shipping and delivery all over the world. The site also trends latest hijab styles for women along with fashion tips for the Muslim regions. Designer abayas and jilbabs, Kayra, Armine, Aker and Tekbir are also sold online.

Param

Venture Round in 2022
Param is a financial technology company that provides products that allow businesses of every size and individuals to send and receive payments online cost-effectively and securely. We deliver products of prepaid cards, virtual POS, payment processing software, application programming interfaces ideally suited for online merchants, individuals and others currently underserved by traditional payment mechanisms. Today, our customers around the world use dozens of Param’s innovative products to make 5.6B TRY transaction in volumes and have 3.75 million cards in total. Param's services, which lets users send payments 24/7 online, can be used from computers or web-enabled mobile phones. Param has more than 200 employees and continues to add new members to its family. It aims to be a leader in the scope of financial technology in Turkey, Europe, and the Middle East.

Enerjisa

Post in 2021
Enerjisa Enerji A.S. operates as electricity distribution and retail company in Turkey. It distributes electricity in Baskent, Ayedas, and Toroslar regions. The company is operating in a regulated sector and serving 21.5 million users in 14 provinces in Turkey. It also provides marketing, energy management, and energy consultancy services. Enerjisa Enerji A.S. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.

Garanti BBVA Leasing

Debt Financing in 2021
Garanti BBVA Leasing offers financing models suited to the investment finance needs of its customers and provides consultancy services.

Biotrend Energy

Post in 2021
Biotrend Energy is a Turkish waste-to-energy firm.

Ford Otosan

Post in 2021
Ford Otosan is a publicly traded company that manufactures, assembles, imports, exports, and sells motor vehicles and spare parts. The company provides commercial, transit and transit custom, and transit courier vehicles, and cargo trucks, as well as engines and powertrain products for trucks and transit vehicles. Ford Otosan was founded on 1959 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.

obilet.com

Series C in 2021
oBilet Bilisim Sistemleri A.S. offers an online bus ticket booking platform. The company is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Marti

Series B in 2021
Marti Technologies Inc. is a micro-mobility company based in Istanbul, Turkey, that focuses on providing electric vehicles for local transportation in the MENA region and Eastern Europe. Established in 2018, Marti operates a fleet of over 48,000 electric mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters. The company utilizes proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure to manage its operations efficiently, aiming to enhance urban mobility and accessibility in the areas it serves.

Uludağ İçecek

Debt Financing in 2021
Uludağ İçecek is the beverage producer.

ACWA Power

Debt Financing in 2021
ACWA Power International develops, invests, co-owns, and operates a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants. The company’s projects include thermal, solar PV, solar CSP, and wind. It also offers operations and maintenance service for the power and water desalination industry in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with regional offices in Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Rabat, Johannesburg, Hanoi, and Beijing. It has operations in Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Morocco, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam, Mozambique, and Egypt. ACWA Power International operates as a subsidiary of ACWA Holding Company.

Netlog Lojistik

Debt Financing in 2020
Netlog Lojistik Hizmetleri A.S. is a prominent logistics and transport services provider based in Istanbul, Turkey, with operations spanning three continents. Established in 1994, the company offers a comprehensive range of logistics solutions, including cold and general chain food logistics, truck and inter-modal transportation, air and sea freight services, and customs bonded warehousing. Netlog caters to various sectors such as aviation, hospitality, retail, automotive, and industrial markets. It is recognized as the largest transport company in Turkey and one of the fastest-growing logistics firms in the EMEA region, operating 74 warehouses and a network of freight forwarding offices globally. The company is focused on transitioning from a local player to a leading regional logistics service provider, emphasizing its commitment to meeting diverse client needs through innovative supply chain solutions and specialized transport services.

Hazelcast

Series D in 2020
Hazelcast, Inc. develops an open source clustering and scalable data distribution platform for Java. The company offers Hazelcast, an in-memory data grid solution that allows its users to share and partition their application data across their clusters; Hazelcast Jet, a stream processing engine that ingests, categorizes, and processes data to support continuous intelligence practices; and Hazelcast Management Center, a web-based tool that enables its users to monitor and manage Hazelcast clusters, check cluster health, track system throughput, and update cluster configurations. Its solutions are used by developers and companies worldwide. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Palo Alto, California with a research and development office in Istanbul, Turkey.

Migros

Debt Financing in 2019
Migros Ticaret AS offers spacious stores in a wide range of formats and locations whose vast selection of cosmetics, stationery, glass and kitchenware, electronic appliances, book, textiles, and other items along with groceries and other necessities give it the ability to satisfy the shopping needs of its customers. Striving to give customers the benefit of technological developments while confidently continuing to serve them with its trusted human resources, the attention which the Migros gives to information technology and the investments which it undertakes always keep it at the forefront of the retailing sector. Focusing on customer expectations since the day it was founded, Migros is known for its innovation and progress in retailing.

obilet.com

Series C in 2019
oBilet Bilisim Sistemleri A.S. offers an online bus ticket booking platform. The company is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Modanisa

Private Equity Round in 2019
Modanisa is an online fashion retailer for women's Islamic clothing, dresses and accessories. The site offers clothing and accessories to women of all ages and offers shipping and delivery all over the world. The site also trends latest hijab styles for women along with fashion tips for the Muslim regions. Designer abayas and jilbabs, Kayra, Armine, Aker and Tekbir are also sold online.

Onedio

Series B in 2016
Onedio is a new media platform which provides everything from video, short & funny lists, tests & breaking news for its visitors to share. According to Alexa, it is the most visited Turkish website in Turkey( June 2016). Onedio has 90M+ monthly visits, 25M+ unique visitors, that most of this came from mobile within 18-30 yo audience. Onedio is also publishing in Russian & English. Its strong technical foundation is providing easy to scale platform for native ad networks & international expansions

BRN Sleep Products

Private Equity Round in 2015
BRN Sleep Products is a privately held manufacturer based in Kayseri, Turkey, specializing in a range of sleep-related products. The company produces mattresses, covers, box springs, and adjustable beds, catering to the needs of customers seeking cost-effective sleep solutions. With a focus on affordability and quality, BRN Sleep Products supplies a variety of items designed to enhance sleep comfort and promote better rest.

Uludağ İçecek

Debt Financing in 2014
Uludağ İçecek is the beverage producer.

Evim.net

Series A in 2013
Evim.net is a membership-based private shopping platform in Turkey, specializing in home decoration and accessories. The site offers a diverse selection of products, including home textiles, kitchenware, small appliances, mother-child items, household goods, and electronic products. Members benefit from significant discounts, with savings of up to 80% on various products. In addition to shopping, Evim.net encourages members to invite friends to join the platform, enhancing its community-oriented approach. This e-commerce site serves as a comprehensive resource for customers seeking affordable and stylish home decor options.