Financial services
Poland → Lithuania
PE entry
04 Aug 2026
Enterprise Investors' fund cleared to acquire Lithuanian credit union Saulėgrąža
The Competition Council has permitted Polish Enterprise Funds SCA EIF IX — a fund managed by Warsaw-based Enterprise Investors, one of the oldest private-equity houses in CEE — to acquire 100% of Saulėgrąžos investicijos and, through it, up to 81.52% of the credit union Saulėgrąža, which is to be converted into a limited-liability company. The notification was filed on 13 July.
Our take
Polish private equity entering Lithuanian financial services — through a credit union restructured into a company. Two signals: Polish capital increasingly treats Lithuania as a home market, and a creative structure can unlock categories that look closed at first glance. Neither is lost on the other funds watching the region.