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Baring Vostok Capital Partners is the largest independent private equity firm focused on investments in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Baring Vostok Private Equity Funds invest across a broad range of industries including oil and gas, consumer products, media and technology, telecommunications and financial services. The Investment Advisor of the Funds, Baring Vostok Capital Partners (Guernsey) several times since 2005 has been voted “Russian Private Equity Firm of the Year” by the readers of Private Equity International and Private Equity Online. The sub-advisor of BVCP has a branch office in Moscow with a team of 40 experienced investment professionals.〔(Baring Vostok Wins Best Private Equity Firm In Russia ). Private Equity Russia, 2010〕 From it founding in 1994 through 2004, the firm was a subsidiary of Baring Private Equity International (BPEP International) which was an affiliate of Barings Bank In addition to Baring Vostok, the affiliates of BPEP International include Baring Private Equity Asia〔(Baring Private Equity Asia )〕 as well as Baring Private Equity Partners India, founded in 1984.〔( Baring Private Equity Partners India ) (company website)〕 BPEP International's Latin America affiliate is known as GP Investments, a leading private equity firm in Brazil. Collectively, the firms represent over $12 billion in capital commitments as of the end of 2014. With offices in Moscow, the firm has raised over $3.7 billion across five investment funds. The firm’s name vostok is the Russian word for "east". Additionally, the Vostok spacecraft was the first manned spacecraft, operated by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. ==Investments== Since inception, Baring Vostok has invested over $2.4 billion in 67 companies.〔 Baring Vostok is best known for its early stage investment in Russian search engine, Yandex, acquiring a 35.7% stake in the business in 2000.〔〔(Baring Vostok-backed Yandex files for IPO ). AltAssets, May 3, 2011〕 At the time of the Yandex IPO, Baring Vostok is estimated to have generated value of approximately $4 billion, representing a return on its original $5 million investment in excess of 800x.〔(Yandex Is Set for $1.3 Billion Stock Offering ). New York Times, May 23, 2011〕〔(Yandex Beats Google ). PrivCap, May 24, 2011〕 Among Baring Vostok's most other investments are Volga Gas,〔(Volga Gas plans to raise about 100 mln usd in London IPO ). Forbes, April 10, 2007〕 Borjomi Mineral Water, Ozon.ru, Burren Energy, CTC Media, Centre of Financial Technologies, Enforta, ER-Telecom, 1C, Burren Energy, Novomet, Kaspi Bank, Orient Express Bank, Europlan, Novomet, Karo, Avito.ru, Tinkoff.ru, EMC and Golden Telecom.〔(Russian roots ). ANATOMY, May 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baring Vostok Capital Partners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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