We are building
GRAU.

Our story began with one building in 2009. Today, we are bringing our businesses and teams together, ready to grow alongside others.

Our businesses
€10M+
Annual revenue 2026
€6M+
EBITDA 2026
€80M+
Value of what we run
100+
In our teams
Family private equity

We are building
GRAU.

Our story began with one building in 2009. Today, we are bringing our businesses and teams together, ready to grow alongside others.

Four companies in Slovakia: accommodation, marketing, events and sound.

Who we work with
  • RegionSK · CZ · CEE
  • Size€1–5M EBITDA
PRIMA RE Group · workforce accommodation, Slovakia
€80M+Value of what we run
€10M+Annual revenue 2026
€6M+EBITDA 2026
100+In our teams
Our road since 2009
Today
€80M+Value of what we run
€10M+Annual revenue 2026
€6M+EBITDA 2026
100+In our teams
Value of what we run, year by year
€10M2023
€16M2024
€29M2025
€80M+2026
€80M+Value of what we run
€10M+Annual revenue 2026
€6M+EBITDA 2026
100+In our teams
First projects
2009
Family private equity
100 %
Value of what we run
€80M+
Core segments
5
GRAU
The people behind the group
About GRAU

A group,
not a fund

The group has the resources for the next stage – and the teams to use them: finance, legal, accounting, back office and marketing. No fund means no deadline: nothing has to be sold by a date.

About us
Juraj Plechlo Jr.Executive Director
J. BachratýChief Financial Officer
Partnership

What’s next for your business?

Whether you want to grow, plan a handover or explore a new direction, we can discuss what the next step could look like together.

Behind every company is someone who gave it years of their life. I respect that.
Juraj PlechloFounder & owner
What we do

Core segments

Three fields, one group.

Real estate

Workforce accommodation

PRIMA RE Group

Production

Marketing, events & audio

LIČI Advertising · BOLDEN Events · Ateliér zvuku

Professional services

What we look for

Companies in Slovakia and Central Europe.

Region
Slovakia, Czechia, Central Europe
Deal size
€5–20M enterprise value
The company
Proven demand, a model that works
The owner
Wants a partner or a successor
When it makes sense to talk
The businesses behind GRAU

Built over time.
Growing together.

Accommodation, marketing, events and sound – each run by its own team.

Workforce accommodation · Marketing, events & audio · Services for the group

PRIMA RE GROUP

Workforce accommodation · Real estate
The largest accommodation chain in Slovakia|

6 locations in 4 cities, 3,200+ beds – Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra and Galanta.

In the group since
2009
Valuation
€70M+
Read more

LIČI ADVERTISING

Marketing, events & audio
Advertising agency|

In marketing since 2012: campaigns, PR, print, social and events – under one roof.

In the group since
2012
Read more

BOLDEN EVENTS

Marketing, events & audio
Event agency|

Events since 2021: in-house lighting, sound and a creative team, start to finish.

In the group since
2021
Read more

ATELIÉR ZVUKU

Marketing, events & audio
Recording studio|

A sound studio born from the LIČI and BOLDEN teams: podcasts, music and TV audio.

In the group since
2024
Read more
Exit 2020

SUBWAY®

Exit
Franchise fast food restaurant|

Joined the group in 2016 as an underperforming unit. Rebranded and repositioned; exit in 2020 with +120 % value growth.

In the group since
2016
Exit
2020
Value growth
+120 %
Held
4 years
Read more

Yours next?

If it fits what we look for,
we should talk.

Write to us
About GRAU

Built on experience.
Across different businesses.

GRAU brings together businesses in accommodation, marketing, events and sound, backed by private family equity.

  • Building since 2009Our first projects laid the foundations for the experience we bring to GRAU today.
  • Hands-on experienceWe develop and run businesses, working closely with their teams.
  • Shared expertiseFinance, accounting, legal and HR support across the group.
Partnership

We help you take it further.

GRAU is a group of businesses built in Slovakia since 2009. What we learned building them, we bring to yours – as a partner, not an investor.

How we help
  • Team
    Support in finance, accounting, legal and HR.
  • Capital
    Funding for growth, investment or a change in ownership.
  • Technology
    Tools that simplify everyday operations.
  • Network
    Access to specialists and business partners.
Tell us what you have in mind.Your plans first · Details after confidentiality is agreedDiscuss your plans

What we look for

  • Proven demand and a working business model
  • EBITDA of about €1–5M a year, as a guide
  • Slovakia, Czechia, Central Europe
  • Owners who want a partner for the next stage – or a successor they can trust
Who we work with
Region
SK · CZ · CEE
Slovakia, Czechia and the rest of Central Europe.
Size
€1–5M EBITDA
A year, as a guide – not a strict limit.
PolandGermanyAustriaHungaryUkraine BratislavaHeadquarters
Who we work with
Region
Slovakia · Czechia · Central Europe
Slovakia is where we started.
Business size
€1–5M
EBITDA a year, as a guide.

What we offer

  • A partner, not an investor
  • Capital, teams and technology
  • The right people in every field
  • Your role is yours to decide
Four stages of a company – where we come in, and what comes with us
Stage 1/4 Seed

The idea is tested and the first customers arrive.

Stage 2/4 Early

The model works; the money goes back into growth.

Where we come in Stage 3/4 Growth What comes from us
  • CapitalFor the next stage, as a partner
  • TeamsMarketing, events, legal and accounting, on your side
  • The dealAgreed with you, case by case
Where we take you Stage 4/4 Mature What stays
  • ContinuityYour name, your team and your customers carry on
  • Your roleYours to choose, for as long as you want it
  • What’s nextMonthly numbers, processes and the next step, together
We enter here
Maturity
Without a partner
Revenue
Time
Why GRAU

Two moments when a business needs a partner.

We look for businesses in two phases: growth and maturity.

The life cycle of a business
Revenue Time
Seed
Early
Growth
Maturity
Re-growth

When you want to grow

Your role
You keep leading
We bring
Capital, teams, technology, contacts

When you are ready for the next step

Your role
Step back, or stay and lead
We bring
A successor you trust, or new energy

With the group behind it, a second curve instead of a plateau.

Why GRAU

Two moments to bring us in

While it is still growing – or when it is time for you to step back.

  1. Before we come inSeed

    Idea and first customers

  2. Early

    The model starts to work

  3. When you want to growGrowth
    • Your roleYou keep leading the company. We add what the next stage needs.
    • CapitalFor the next stage of growth – as a partner, not an investor.
    • TeamsFinance, legal, accounting, back office and marketing – ours, not new hires of yours.
  4. When you are ready for the next stepMaturity
    • Your roleKeep leading, stay on as an adviser, or hand over fully.
    • SuccessionGradually, or on a date we set together. Nothing pushes it from our side.
    • ContinuityThe name, the team and the customers stay.
    GRAUWithout a partner
How we come in

Two moments to bring us in

While it is still growing – or when it is time for you to step back.

Growth
Maturity
1
2
Re-growth
Without a partner
Revenue
1While you grow
GrowthWhat comes from us
  • CapitalFor the next stage, as a partner
  • TeamsMarketing, events, legal and accounting, on your side
  • The dealAgreed with you, case by case
2When it is time to step back
MaturityWhat comes from us
  • SuccessionStep back gradually or hand over – on your timeline
  • Re-growthNew markets, acquisitions and modernisation – a second curve
  • What you builtYour name and your team carry on – no break-up, no resale

Your role at either point: keep leading, step back or hand over – yours to choose.

Revenue
We enter here
Our partnership
We grow with you
Stage 1/4

Seed

The idea is tested and the first customers arrive.

Regional focus
Slovakia
Target EBITDA
Up to €0.5M
Stage 2/4

Early

The model works; the money goes back into growth.

Regional focus
V4 Countries
Target EBITDA
€0.5M–€1M
Where we come in
Stage 3/4

Growth

Proven demand. Ready to scale.

Regional focus
V4 Countries
Target EBITDA
€1M–€5M
Where we take you
Stage 4/4

Mature

Stable. And we’re still here.

Regional focus
CEE Region
Target EBITDA
€5M+
Time
Sounds like yours?Let’s talk
How it works
  1. 01

    A first conversation – confidential, with no commitment.

  2. 02

    We agree the structure and the roles – yours included.

  3. 03

    We come in – to grow with you, or to take the lead when you are ready.

For partners

Alongside
the family

From time to time we open a deal to partners who think in decades rather than quarters – family offices and private owners who want to hold, not flip.

Our own money goes in first, on the same terms. That is the only structure we know how to stand behind.

Own capital
first

We are in every deal with our own money, on the same terms as our partners.

Hands-on
ownership

Our teams run marketing, events, legal and accounting for the companies in the group.

No fund
deadline

Nothing has to be sold by a certain date, so nothing is sold badly.

Plain
reporting

Monthly numbers, the same ones we use ourselves, without a polish.

Let’s talk
about holding

If a long-term stake in real companies – housing, healthcare, media – is the kind of thing you hold, we should talk.

Write to us

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Before and after

What changes when we come in

We do not buy a stake and wait. These four things change first, and they show up in the numbers.

Operations

Before

Processes held together by a few people.

After

Written processes, numbers every month, growth that does not depend on heroics.

Systems

Before

Spreadsheets, paper, the same work done twice.

After

One system for orders, people and reporting.

Reach

Before

Strong in one city, stuck at its borders.

After

Slovakia, Czechia and the wider region.

Assets

Before

Buildings and equipment past their useful life.

After

Renovated, cheaper to run, worth more.

Latest news

What’s new in the group

Case study

What happened after they joined the group

A closer look at PRIMA RE Group. The figures are the latest we have.

PRIMA RE Group
Growth by acquisition · Workforce accommodation

Slovakia’s largest network of workforce accommodation, added to one building at a time

3,200+beds
6facilities in 4 cities
€70M+valuation
Closer look
  1. 2009Ubytovňa PRIMA – the first buildings in Bratislava.
  2. Oct 2024PRIMA Nukleon in Trnava and PRIMA Tarif, with more than 1,000 beds.
  3. 2024PRIMA RE GROUP – the largest network of workforce accommodation in Slovakia.
  4. Apr 2026PRIMA Galanta, the newest facility.

Subway®
Turnaround · Food franchise

An underperforming restaurant, exited four years later

+120 %value growth
Closer look
  1. 2016Bought as an underperforming unit.
  2. 2016–2020Rebranded and repositioned.
  3. 2020Exit.

Ateliér zvuku
New company · Group teams

A recording studio started by two group companies

2024founded
Closer look
  1. 2012 · 2021LIČI Advertising and BOLDEN Events join the group, both with sound and creative people in-house.
  2. 2024Ateliér zvuku starts as a separate studio.
  3. TodayPodcasts, music and TV audio.

The first conversation

What’s next for your business?

Let’s talk about growth, succession or a new direction.

Get in touch
  1. A first conversationConfidential and non-binding. You say what you want; we say plainly whether we can help.
  2. Numbers under NDAFigures, the team and the customers – looked at together, in confidence.
  3. A proposal in writingThe stake, your role and the terms – on paper before anything is signed.