Private Equity, Venture Capital & Startups

The combination of our market-leading private equity, venture capital and startup expertise enables us to provide fully-integrated services and to advise across the capital structure.

We were the first to recognise the potential of the startup industry at a time when there was no clear regulation in the Baltic market yet. Today, we are a TOP5 law firm when it comes to the provision of legal advice for startups. And our team is led by internationally regarded private equity attorneys. 

Our team is regularly involved in shaping market practices by participating in startup mentoring programs, organizing seminars, forming associations and helping our clients to take their first steps in the emerging startup community. TRINITI is also an associate member of the Estonian and Lithuanian Venture Capital Associations.

Clients value our team’s work not only for the profound understanding of capital markets but also for its expertise in commercial matters in general. We always seek a pragmatic approach and pride ourselves on offering clear and actionable advice. We always remain focused on solutions when achieving results. 

Our experience in private equity includes representing the following clients:

• the major global investor Brookfield Asset Management (assets under management: $200 billion), in a multijurisdictional acquisition of the point-of-sale and payment systems provider Equinox Payments, including its IT services subsidiary in Latvia
• Hermis Capital, on its leveraged buyout of the media and print company Diena Media and subsequent merger of two leading newspapers in Lithuania
• the Israeli investment company Discount Investment Corporation, in its leveraged buyout of Bite, a leading mobile communication company in the Baltics
• a consortium of Danske Capital Finland, Amber Trust, Firebird Republics Fund and Hermis Capital, on the sale of a majority stake in the Lithuanian manufacturer Snaige to a strategic buyer in an international tender facilitated by BNP Paribas
• the German investment fund Estnische Hafencity, in the acquisition of two commercial properties in the Tallinn Old-Town port area

TRINITI has proven itself a valuable resource in venture capital transactions, having advised the following clients:

• the Lithuanian start-up accelerators Startup.lt and Open Coffee Club Vilnius
• TRAFI, developer and owner of an advanced multiplatform traffic analysis and trip optimisation service
• Millo Appliances, a food tech startup company
• Attention Insight, an AI-based platform that analyses the aesthetics and design of a product
• GoRamp, a logistics platform created to optimize supply chain workflow and communication between cargo senders and carriers
• Pixevia (Magma Solutions), an AI-driven retail automation startup
• TransferGo, an international money transfer service and one of Lithuania’s best-known startups
• Brugal Invest, on its investment in Stigo, maker of the world’s fastest-folding electric scooter
• TechHub Riga and its resident startups
• Riga High Tech University, a technology company and project hub

 Our team has also advised on investments in the following businesses:

• Steel Constructor, a developer of residential and industrial building systems
• bio2you, a developer and producer of buckthorn cosmetics
• Square Audio, a developer and producer of high-end audio equipment