Press Releases - ESPIRA Investments

ESPIRA Fund Exits Czech Call Center ICON Communication Centres to yoummday, an Innovative Work-From-Home Platform

ESPIRA Fund Exits Czech Call Center ICON Communication Centres to yoummday, an Innovative Work-From-Home Platform 27th of July 2022, Prague, Czech Republic – ESPIRA Investments (ESPIRA), a Prague-based private equity firm investing growth capital in SME companies based in Central Europe has exited ICON Communication Centres s.r.o. (ICON), a Czech multilingual business process outsourcer (BPO) [...]

27 July 2022

ESPIRA Invests In Czech Premier Clinic In Partnership With Founder To Support Further Growth

ESPIRA Invests In Czech Premier Clinic In partnership With Founder To Support Further Growth Prague, Czech Republic - 8th of February 2022 - ESPIRA Investments (ESPIRA), a CEE focused private equity investor, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Premier Clinic, a rapidly growing provider of aesthetic medicine in the Czech [...]

8 February 2022

ESPIRA Investments Successfully Divests Its Stake In JK Education

8th of September 2021, Prague, Czech Republic - ESPIRA Investments (ESPIRA), a CEE-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce the successful sale of its 50% stake in portfolio company JK Education to its co-founder and CEO Ondřej Kania. ESPIRA's investment objective has been fulfilled after three years, and now the fund is seeking similar [...]

8 September 2021

ESPIRA And Genesis Join V4C In Summa Linguae Technologies

Private equity firms Genesis Capital and ESPIRA Investments have acquired an interest in V4C’s investment in Summa Linguae Technologies, the Warsaw New Connect listed multilingual data management company The V4C Poland Plus Fund (”V4C”) announced in a current filing to the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the effective transfer of a part of its stake in Summa [...]

21 February 2020

ESPIRA Has Joined Forces With The Executive Management Team To Purchase 100% Of ICON Communication Centres

Private equity fund ESPIRA has joined forces with the executive management team to purchase 100% of ICON Communication Centres, an award-winning provider of multilingual contact centre services. ICON Communication Centres s.r.o (ICON) is a Prague-based contact centre that utilises technology- led outsourcing solutions to connect global brands with local customers. Their nearly 300 strong team [...]

16 April 2019

ESPIRA Investments Acquires A 50% Stake In JK Education Group In Order To Support Further Growth

Private equity fund ESPIRA has acquired a 50% stake in JK Education group. The entry of ESPIRA will provide JK Education with a strong financial partner that has critical experience supporting the growth of companies, and will further accelerate the development of JK’s private schools. JK currently operates three schools, which include the American Academy [...]

28 November 2018

ESPIRA Investments Holds First Close For Central European Growth Capital Fund

ESPIRA Investments (“ESPIRA”), a newly established private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in small and medium size enterprises based in Central Europe, is pleased to announce the successful first closing of its fund ESPIRA Fund I, which has a target fund size of €30 million. This agreement was made possible by the support [...]

7 December 2017