BPM Mezzanine Fund provided financing for expansion and refinancing of the leading Baltic data center services provider Digitalas Ekonomikas Attistibas Centrs (“DEAC”)
BPM Mezzanine Fund SICAV-SIF, SCA (BPM) has invested in the leading Baltic data center operator DEAC to support its growth. The investment will be used for improving technical equipment and infrastructure, as well as refinancing a part of existing liabilities. DEAC has built over the years a very strong platform in terms of technical infrastructure and product portfolio. Among its clients the company has a number of industry leaders in the Baltics as well as in Russia.
Commenting on the deal, the CEO of DEAC, Mr. Andris Gailitis, noted that with the help of BPM the
company is now very well positioned to further strengthen its foothold in its core markets Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia and can pursue more aggressive expansion route. “We believe our product portfolio which ranges from cloud services to complex custom-made data security solutions is very competitive.”
Partner of BPM Capital, Mr. Martin Reinson added: “We appreciate highly the opportunity to work with one of the market leaders in the Baltics. DEAC has demonstrated flexibility and ambition to grow in such competitive market. The management team has been deeply involved in shaping the local data center services landscape over the past 17 years and combines a unique skillset needed to succeed. We look forward to cooperating with DEAC and are eager to support their expansion plans.”
For further enquiries, please contact:
BPM Capital: Martin Reinson, tel: +372 605 0072, e-mail: martin.reinson@bpmcapital.eu
DEAC: Andris Gailitis, tel: 371 6707 2100, e-mail: AGailitis@deac.eu
More information about BPM Capital
BPM Capital (www.bpmcapital.eu) is an independent investment manager operating out of two offices, in Tallinn and Warsaw. It has been founded and is managed by Kalmer Kikas, Martin Reinson, Paweł Zabrzycki and Priit Veering. BPM is supported by prominent international and domestic institutional investors. BPM was originated through the Baltic Innovation Fund initiative created by cooperation between Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the European Investment Fund. Portfolio companies include MarkIT, Optometrijas Centrs, Eskaro and DEAC.
More information about DEAC
DEAC (www.deac.eu) is secure data center services provider headquartered in Latvia. It is providing cloud services, dedicated servers, colocation services, network services, managed services and data security solutions. The Company has two physical data centers in Riga with a total of 300 RACKs now and 400 more to come in next stage, POPs in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Moscow, and Kiev.