"To create value by investing in private companies most likely to benefit from economic convergence and EU accession."

MAVA believes that Central & Eastern Europe is a high growth market that stands to benefit from re-integration with the rest of Europe. Strategic investors will accelerate their expansion into a market of over 100 million consumers with increasing buying power and economies growing at higher than Western European rates.

Hungary in particular, with its central geographic location, good infrastructure, well-educated and relatively inexpensive labor force will continue to be among the countries that attract the most per capita FDI in the region. These fundamentals as well as the structural changes that are bound to take place over the next decade in Europe will create outstanding growth opportunities for private equity backed business. In turn, these companies will be attractive acquisition targets for strategic investors and thus provide exits for investors. In the longer term, public markets could again provide an exit route for our investors.

Guiding Principles

Teamwork
We work as a mature team: partners, investment and support staff all contribute to ensure the success of our investments. Partners and investment staff share in the risks and rewards of our investments, and are therefore directly interested in their success of our endeavors

Proactive Approach
We aim to anticipate trends and events, both in seeking out new investment opportunities and in managing the Funds' portfolio companies. We actively create and uncover opportunities through a systematic marketing program covering regions and sectors, as well as indirect sources. With a view to our eventual exit, we work with management and other investors to enhance the value of our companies by strengthening key functions such as finance, marketing and operations.

European Network
Since inception in 1990, MAVA has become the leading brand in the Hungarian private equity market. We are present and active in the local market, and have developed extensive contacts and knowledge of local circumstances. Over the past decade, we have leveraged our Enterprise Fund network to gain knowledge of the larger Central Region including Poland, Slovakia and Romania. We maintain relationships with various investors, intermediaries and other business professionals involved in European private equity.