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Prime Label Group, a leading label manufacturer in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has strengthened its position by acquiring a 100% stake in Grafoprint, a prominent Romanian printing business. As part of the private equity fund Innova/6 of the Innova Capital group, this marks Prime Label's sixth acquisition in five years, underscoring its growth ambitions in the CEE region. This acquisition allows the Group to expand in the promising Romanian market while exceeding its sales target of EUR 100 million by the end of 2024.

Innova Capital has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Tutore group, Poland's largest private education platform operating under the eTutor, ProfiLingua, and Tutore brands. The deal also included the acquisition of two companies - International Language Institute (ILI) and ESL Brains. The investments were made under the recently closed Innova/7 fund. Together, the companies plan to further expand the group's reach and offerings, providing high-quality learning and skill development solutions for children and adults, including services for individuals and companies.

By entering the dynamic Romanian optical retail market, EssilorLuxottica will further expand its existing footprint in the region and advance in its commitment to enhance access to high-quality vision care worldwide

R-GOL, a leading multi-brand distributor of football merchandise in CEE, backed by Innova Capital, has finalised the acquisition of a majority stake in sportbm, a Polish developer of software for the management of clubs and sports academies. This acquisition presents new opportunities for R-GOL to expand in the fast-growing sports technology market and diversify its business model with regular subscription revenues.

R-GOL, a leading multi-brand distributor of football merchandise in CEE, backed by Innova Capital, has reached an agreement to acquire Unisport, a premier social media-enabled online retailer of football merchandise from leading sector-specialised private equity investor Nordic Capital. 

Innova Capital, a leading private equity firm in Central Europe, has successfully closed its latest fund - Innova/7, raising EUR 407 million. This achievement stands as a monumental milestone in Innova's history, as latest fund surpassed both the initial target of EUR 350 million and the hard cap of EUR 400 million. Despite navigating through the unstable economic climate in Europe and one of the most difficult fundraising environment in years, process was completed with resounding success.