This trend, which is to remain visible in the coming period, has led Intel Capital investment fund to expand the area of negotiations to increase its chances for a takeover deal, according to the fund’s Investment Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Dan Lupu.
Intel Capital is a division of U.S.-based Intel microprocessor producer.
“One the one hand, entrepreneurs are more open to investments, because of the financial situation of the companies they manage. However, on the other hand, there are entrepreneurs who have structured their business in such a way that they are not forced to seek an investor,” Lupu added. “We can presently find investments. The negotiation margin is wider than three months ago,” he told Business Standard.
One of the reasons for which the fund did not finalize many deals in Romania in recent years is the unrealistic amounts demanded by entrepreneurs for stock in their companies.
