Tamas Szalai
Investment Director at CEE Equity Partners- Claim this Profile
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CEE Equity Partners
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Poland
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Investment Director
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Jun 2014 - Mar 2022
Budapest CEE Equity Partners is a sector specialist fund focused on energy, telecom, other utilities, infrastructure and specialty manufacturing. Our bias is for majority or strong minority positions. In Central Eastern Europe, we are keen to provide growth financing to market leaders, however, on a selective basis, we would consider buyout opportunities as well. In terms of equity ticket size, our sweet spot is 20-60 million USD. As senior partner and member of the de facto investment committee, I am… Show more CEE Equity Partners is a sector specialist fund focused on energy, telecom, other utilities, infrastructure and specialty manufacturing. Our bias is for majority or strong minority positions. In Central Eastern Europe, we are keen to provide growth financing to market leaders, however, on a selective basis, we would consider buyout opportunities as well. In terms of equity ticket size, our sweet spot is 20-60 million USD. As senior partner and member of the de facto investment committee, I am responsible for assessing deals finding deals, executing transactions and monitoring companies. Show less
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Invitech
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United Kingdom
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Mar 2017 - Oct 2021
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Board Member
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Dec 2014 - May 2021
Budapest
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Virgin Green Fund
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United Kingdom
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Partner
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Jul 2012 - Feb 2014
London, United Kingdom and Budapest, Hungary Managing Partner of Virgin Green Fund's Emerging European private equity fund targeting mid-market growth companies in Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey with sustainability and resource efficiency angle. Helped reshaping strategy, responsible for team building and pipeline, and co-led fund raising.
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Bancroft Private Equity
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner
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Feb 2000 - Jan 2012
Emerging Europe / Budapest Started as senior analyst in 2000 initially mapping out TMT sector in Hungary and the Balkans, then supporting sourcing mainly in the TMT sector and monitoring Mobifon, leading Romanian mobile phone company. Following 2002, as partner and investment committee member his responsibilities across Eastern and Central Europe and Turkey included to source, monitor and exit portfolio companies with equity deal sizes of EUR 10-50m at entry. Member of the Investment Committee of Bancroft II and… Show more Started as senior analyst in 2000 initially mapping out TMT sector in Hungary and the Balkans, then supporting sourcing mainly in the TMT sector and monitoring Mobifon, leading Romanian mobile phone company. Following 2002, as partner and investment committee member his responsibilities across Eastern and Central Europe and Turkey included to source, monitor and exit portfolio companies with equity deal sizes of EUR 10-50m at entry. Member of the Investment Committee of Bancroft II and Bancroft 3. Deployed EUR 240 million in 6 deals, and led or co-led 4 exits generating strong returns, chaired 3 boards and sat on an additional 5. Show less
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Dumagas Transport
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Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
Bucharest, Romania
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Starman AS
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Estonia
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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2007 - Dec 2011
Tallin, Estonia
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Bonton
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Textile Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Board Member
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2007 - Dec 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
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Chairmain of Board
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2006 - Dec 2011
Istanbul, Turkey
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NOWACO A/S
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Denmark
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Food and Beverage Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Board Member
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2008 - 2009
Prague, Czech Republic
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Farutex
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Wholesale
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Chairman of Board
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2006 - 2009
Szczecin, Poland
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Computer Press
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Writing and Editing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chairman of Board
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2003 - 2005
Brno, Czech Republic
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Head of Research
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Jan 1997 - Feb 2000
Budapest, Hungary Head of Research in a leading independent Hungarian brokerage house servicing London and US based institutional clients. Tamas was covering the telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors, and was responsible for research driven marketing servicing institutional clients.
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HVG
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Australia
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Wholesale Building Materials
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Journalist
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Jan 1992 - May 1994
Budapest, Hungary Covering telecommunications, financial services in the leading Hungarian financial and economic weekly, responsible for editing the special sections on telecommunications.
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Education
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master, Finance, Economics -
Budapest Corvinus University
Master, Economics, Sociology