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Aakon Capital / Private equity investment company

AAKON Capital is a private equity investment company that sources, arranges, invests and manages private equity investments into small and midcap opportunities in the Czech Republic, the DACH and CEE regions on behalf of its investors.

Given the nature of our investor base, we are sufficiently flexible to structure investments into start-ups, developed companies or distressed opportunities as well as special public market opportunities. To date we have invested / exited over EUR 200 mil in the last 5 years.

We seek control and like to contribute our entrepreneurial experience, however would also consider minority investments.

Feel free to browse through the "How We Invest" category to learn more about our investment strategy and criteria. We are also open to institutional and private investors, who wish to invest alongside AAKON Capital into selected opportunities.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested to find out more about our activities.

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Latest news / Recent investments

Aakon Capital is looking for a dynamic entrepreneurial hotel manager
Aakon Capital is looking for a dynamic entrepreneurial hotel manager, who is keen to run and develop a hotel group focused on small, family friendly tourism hotels / pensions. As a start, you would manage a small hotel in the Beskydy montains. Later, further acquisitions are planned with the objective to roll-out a country wide brand via franchise and / or management agreements.   Requirements: -          Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to succeed -          Experience in the hospitality industry -          Hands-on approach, problem solving skills -          Financial and economic understanding -          Czech and basic English -          Experience in managing teams   The ideal candidate would be a graduate employee, with a Highschool or University degree in the relevant sector (i.e. travel, hospitality) with strong enterpreneurial drive. This opportunity could also be suitable for a young couple.   Please send your CV to Aakon capital  to Lenka.Krejcikova@aakoncapital.com  
Aakon Capital joined by Russian speaking analyst
Prague, Czech Republic: Aakon Capital has hired a new member into its team of analysts. The team was joined in December by a Russian speaking analyst Evgeny Ishchenko in order to be better positioned for business in Russian speaking countries. 
LEO Express new trains´ order deadline met
Prague, Czech Republic: An Aakon Capital portfolio company, LEO Express (www.le.cz) has received all the bids requested for a detailed analysis prior to the concession tenders that are to be issued by the Ministry of Transportation in the Czech Republic. The Ministry intends to invite private operators such as LEO Express to service connections that are currently operated by the incumbent state owned railway operator České dráhy. „We are now fully prepared to bid for the concessions that will be announced by the Ministry. We believe that our efficient cost structure should be successful vis-a-vis our competitors,“ said Viktor König, CEO at LEO Express.
TRAINCLINIC opens new facility
Klatovy, Czech Republic: A LEO Group associated company, within the Aakon Capital „Rail“ Investment Programme, TRAINCLINIC (www.trainclinic.eu) has built and started operating a new facility to provide its maintenance and repair services more efficiently. „It has been a challenge to keep costs under control in line with the budget due to the fact that Aakon Capital managers are very strict on us with expectations, but we managed and I was actually awarded a diploma at Aakon Capital´s Christmas Teambuilding Event,“ says Lada Troch, the director of TRAINCLINIC.
RAILCON has implemented a new database system
Prague, Czech Republic: An Aakon Capital portfolio company, RAILCON (www.railconprague.eu), has successfully implemented and launched its new database system. „The database has been under construction for the past 4 months,“ said Ondrej König of RAILCON. „It enables us to serve our clients with the valuable information at greater speeds and with more complexity – we give the operator the complex competitive information on his competitors, we provide the producers with information on the state of operators´ rolling stock such that they can then adapt their respective marketing strategies“, added Ondrej König of RAILCON.