Built by someone who wanted this to exist for themselves.
Ortaku was founded by someone who works in Acquisitions within Private Equity, and who wants to invest personally in Kosovo.
The background
We are professionals who work in transactions.
Private equity firms buy operating businesses: real companies with customers, staff and accounts. They usually do it with the goal of improving and growing them, and sometimes with an eventual sale in mind. Working in Acquisitions means being on the part of the team that finds those companies, studies them, and structures the purchase.
Most people go through a private deal once or twice in their life. For us it’s the day job, so we know how these transactions work, where they go wrong, and how to get them done properly.
How a private transaction works
1
First talks
Both sides meet and sign a confidentiality agreement before sensitive details are shared.
2
Numbers and value
What does the company really earn, and what is it worth?
3
The offer
The main terms go on paper: price, share, and how it’s paid.
4
Due diligence
The buyer checks that the accounts, contracts and ownership are what they seem.
5
Contracts
Lawyers draft the purchase and shareholder agreements to match what was agreed.
6
Closing and after
Money and shares change hands. Then the real work of building together starts.
The problem
The will to invest wasn’t the obstacle. Visibility was.
Our founder wants to put personal money into Kosovo. Doing that well takes real visibility into real businesses and a steady flow of real deals, and neither was easy to find. Knowing which companies wanted capital or a new owner came down to who you happened to know, and help doing the deal properly was hard to come by.
So Ortaku began as a way to get that visibility, for its founder and for people like them, in Germany, in Switzerland and in Kosovo itself.
The why
What it’s for.
Strengthen Kosovo’s economy
By moving capital towards companies that employ people and grow.
Give people a reason to stay
Good jobs and real ownership are what make building a life in Kosovo a practical choice, not just a loyal one.
Connect founders with who they need
Investors and co-founders exist. Too often they just never meet.
Bring the knowledge back
The diaspora has learned how companies are run, financed and sold abroad. That knowledge is worth as much as the money.
Where it’s going
Kosovo first, then the wider region.
We’re starting in Kosovo because that’s where we can do the most and be held to account. Over time we intend to expand to Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro, wherever there is a significant Albanian diaspora with the same instinct to build at home.
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