Industry | 25 July, 2025 at 11:00 AM
PE activity surges in Romania in H1 2025
Private equity (PE) activity in Romania saw a significant uplift in H1 2025, with a total of 5 acquisitions and 5 exits finalized by PE funds.
Private equity (PE) activity in Romania saw a significant uplift in H1 2025, with a total of 5 acquisitions and 5 exits finalized by PE funds.
Over half of the PE funds in Romania anticipate an increase in M&A activity in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a Roland Berger study.
Enterprise Investors (EI) Fund IX will invest up to €20.4 million in 18GYM, one of Romania's leading fitness chains, acquiring a minority stake.
The Romanian government has adopted an emergency ordinance for administrative reform that officially recognises what specialists have long signalled: public administration is oversized, fragmented and financially unsustainable, according to an opinion by PwC Romania experts Dinu Bumbăcea and Cristian Cortez.
The Romanian government has approved a critical emergency ordinance to maintain capped natural gas prices for household consumers
The European Commission (EC) has approved a €150 million Romanian scheme to support electricity storage, contributing to the transition towards a net-zero economy.
Romania's economy grew 0.7% in real terms in 2025 compared to 2024, though GDP fell 1.9% in Q4 compared to the previous quarter, according to provisional data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).