Overseas Private Investment Corporation Investment Funds Program
Fund Manager Contact List for Investment Funds
Africa
ADDRESS & FUND SIZE PRIMARY CONTACT NUMBERS FUND NAME COUNTRIES/REGION STATUS INVESTMENT FOCUS
Richard Akwei *Africa Catalyst Fund $300 million Fundraising Investing in a portfolio of The Rohatyn Group Management Pan-Africa mezzanine finance, public LP and private equity, public 280 Park Avenue, 27th Floor debt, convertible bonds, and New York, NY 10017 private loans to provide 212-984-2926 growth capital to small and [email protected] mid-sized enterprises in Africa. Stuart Bradley *African Agriculture Fund, $300 million Fundraising Food production primarily Founding Partner LLC Sub-Saharan Africa, targeting three sectors: Phatisa Fund Managers and selectively North primary (farms and Ground Floor, Rosewood House Africa plantations); secondary Ballywoods Office Park, 33 (processing and animal Ballyclare Drive feeds); and services/ Bryanston 2191 infrastructure (storage, Johannesburg fertilizers, chemicals, South Africa packaging and other inputs); Telephone +27 (0) 11 463 1920 strategy will include building Facsimile +27 (0) 11 463 1915 integrated businesses to [email protected] control supply chains. Richard Essex Africa $74.7 million Fundraising/ Equity Investments in East East Africa Capital Partners Telecommunications, East Africa Investing African technology, media Loita House, 2nd Floor Media and Technology and telecommunications Loita Street Fund companies. Nairobi, Kenya +44 771 424 5275 [email protected] http://www.eacp.co.ke Obi Nwogugu Capital Alliance Property $165 million Investing Multi-product real estate fund Capital Alliance Nigeria Investment Company West Africa investing in residential, 8th Floor, C&C Towers commercial, retail, mixed-use Plot 1684, Sanusi Fafunwa St. and hospitality development Vicotria Island, Lagos, Nigeria projects and companies. +234-1-270-6909-10 +234-1-270-6908 Fax [email protected] www.aca-web.com Gary Vaughan-Smith *Central Africa Agriculture $450.0 million Fundraising Investing in companies whose CIO Fund East, Sub-Saharan underlying assets are in the SilverStreet Capital Africa (Zambia, agricultural sector in Sub- 20 Garrick Street Malawi, Tanzania Saharan Africa. The Fund London Mozambique, and will invest across the value WC2E 9BT Uganda) chain in the agricultural sector +44 (0)20 7331 4320 but with a core focus on farmland/primary production businesses.
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Hurley Doddy ECP Africa Fund II, PCC $523 million Portfolio Equity investments in Co-CEO Sub-Saharan Africa Manage- industries including Vincent Le Guennou ment telecommunications, oil & Co-CEO gas, power, transportation, Emerging Capital Partners agribusiness, media, financial 1602 L Street, NW services and manufacturing. 6th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Equity investments in a 202-280-6200 ECP Africa Fund III, PCC $633.3 million Investing diversified portfolio of [email protected] Pan-Africa industries including telecoms, www.ecpinvestments.com financial services, energy, mining, agribusiness, distribution , transportation, and logistics sectors; may also seek investments in media, healthcare and consumer products J.N. (Bill) Ashmore Ethos Fund V ZAR 5,644 million Investing / Equity investments in various Partner (~$750 million Portfolio industries, including Ethos Private Equity Limited equivalent) Manage- manufacturing, consumer 35 Fricker Road South Africa and ment products and services 2196 Illovo, South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa companies. 27-11-328-7414 27-11-328-7410 Fax [email protected] www.ethos.co.za Leisa Little Greylock Africa Up to $200 million Fundraising Corporate, mezzanine, Greylock Capital Management Opportunity Fund I Pan-Africa convertible and sovereign 99 Park Avenue, 11th Floor debt, as well as private equity New York, NY 10016 investments in various 212-808-1800 industries including 212-808-1801 Fax telecommunications, finance [email protected] and banking, agribusiness, www.greylockcapital.com tourism, real estate, natural resources and energy. Tope Lawani Helios Sub-Saharan Africa $305 million Portfolio Equity investments in various Managing Partner Fund I, L.P. Sub-Saharan Africa Manage- industries, including financial Helios Investment Partners ment services, telecom, 2nd FLOOR manufacturing, infrastructure 12 Charles II Street, St. James’s and other services industries. London SW1Y 4QU, U.K. +44 207 484-7700 +44 207 484-7750 Fax Helios Investors II Africa, $600 million Fundraising Same www.heliosllp.com Ltd. Sub-Saharan Africa /Investing Gad Cohen InfraCo Sub-Saharan $300 million Fundraising Fund targeting greenfield Director Infrastructure Fund Pan-Africa development opportunities eleQtra (InfraCo Management within the infrastructure Services, Ltd.) sector, including: power, 902 Broadway, Suite 1611 water, sewage and New York, NY 10010 transportation. 917-495-0202 212-475-2392 Fax [email protected] www.infraco.com
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Soula Proxenos South Africa Workforce ZAR 1,900 million Investing Equity investments in Managing Partner Housing Fund (~$240 individual housing International Housing Solutions million equivalent) developments and in 269 Oxford Road South Africa companies that contribute to 1st Floor, North Wing the development and Illovo, 2196 affordability of residential Johannesburg, South Africa housing at any point along the +44 (0) 7774 741 841 Cell value chain, including +27 (0) 11 268-5166 South Africa development and housing Office finance companies, mortgage +27 (0) 11 268-0566 Fax banking companies, and soula.proxenos@intlhousingsoluti secondary mortgage market ons.com makers. www.intlhousingsolutions.com
Asia
ADDRESS & FUND SIZE PRIMARY CONTACT NUMBERS FUND NAME COUNTRIES/REGION STATUS INVESTMENT FOCUS
Jonathan Bond Actis South Asia Fund II, $129 million Divesting Equity investments in Partner L.P. South Asia including management buy-outs/buy- Actis Pakistan, ins, public equities, 2 More London Riverside Bangladesh, India & privatization, consolidation, London SE1 2JT, UK Sri Lanka and infrastructure +44-20-7234-5000 investments. +44-20-7234-5298 Fax [email protected] www.act.is Vivek Tandon *Aloe Environment Fund III $420 million, Fundraising Dedicated to growing Co-Founder India and Southeast environmental and socially Aloe Private Equity SAS Asia sustainable companies by (i) 8-10 High Street funding companies with Twyford limited technology risk who Berkshire, RG10 9AE have developed real solutions Tel: +44 7710 093976 to the environmental and [email protected] social challenges currently facing this market, and (ii) transferring technologies to improve the environmental and social landscape of the high growth markets of Asia. Jeffrey E. Glat Asia Development $150 million Divested Telecommunications, Managing Director & CFO Partners, L.P. Bangladesh, India, consumer products and Olympus Capital Holdings Asia Indonesia, Laos, financial services. 485 Madison Ave., 18th Floor Korea, Philippines, New York, NY 10022 Sri Lanka, Thailand, 212-201-8533 and Vietnam 212-201-8534 Fax [email protected] Asia Development $100 million Portfolio Growth equity investments in www.olympuscap.com Partners II, L.P. Asia with focus on Managemen consumer products and India, Korea, t/ Divesting financial services. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Asia Development $300 million Asia, Investing Infrastructure and Partners III, L.P. primary focus on infrastructure-related India companies and services.
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Robert Petty Clearwater Capital $150 million Investing Investments in diverse debt of Managing Partner Investments II, L.P. Asia stressed/ distressed Clearwater Capital Partners, LLC companies. 485 Madison Avenue 18th Floor New York, NY 10022 Clearwater Capital $450 million Pan Fundraising Investments in diverse debt of 212-201-8544 Investments IV L.P. Asia stressed/ distressed 212-201-8548 Fax companies. [email protected] www.clearwatercapitalpartners.co m Ali J. Siddiqui, Managing Partner *JS Private Equity Fund II $150 million Pakistan Formation The Fund will target Steve Smith, Partner LLC companies in Pakistan with JS Private Equity growth potential, in sectors 7/F, The Forum including agriculture, Block 9, Clifton consumer products, Karachi-75600, Pakistan chemicals, +92-21-536-1722 telecommunications, and logistics. Thomas J. Smith *Lombard Asia IV, LP $300 million Fundraising Growth stage, non-control Three Embarcadero Center Southeast Asia investments in public and Suite 2340 private companies that are San Francisco, CA 94111 market leaders within the (415) 397-5900 Southeast Asia region, (415)397-5820 fax particularly Thailand, [email protected] Vietnam, the Philippines and www.lombardinvestments.com Indonesia. Rick Mayo-Smith *Mekong Renewable Up to $150 million, Fundraising Renewable resource Managing Director Resources Fund L.P. Lower Mekong opportunities in the, focusing Indochina Capital Corporation region (Vietnam, on: (1) environmental Capital Place, Floors 9-10 Cambodia, Laos) services and infrastructure 6 Thai Van Lung Street, District 1 (waste-to-energy, recycling, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam solid waste management, Tel: +84 8 910 4855 sustainable forestry, waste Fax: +84 8 910 4860 water treatment and clean E-Mail: [email protected] water initiatives); (2) www.Indochinacapital.com renewable energy (wind, small hydro, solar, biomass); and (3) energy efficiency (renovations to industrial facilities). Mumtaz Khan Middle East & Asia Capital $150 million Fundraising Equity and equity-related Chief Executive Officer Partners Clean Energy Pan-Asia investments in Greenfield Middle East & Asia Capital Fund II projects, brownfield/ Partners expansion opportunities, Singapore Land Tower privatizations, financial 37th Floor, 50 Raffles Place restructurings, and platform Singapore 048623 companies. Targeted sectors +65-6829-7204 are geothermal, biofuels, +65-6829-7294 Fax energy efficiency, small [email protected] hydro, solar and wind. www.meacp.com
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Jeremy Smith *Renewable Energy Asia $187 million Fundraising Targeting renewable energy Partner Fund, L.P. India, Philippines, Sri infrastructure projects, Berkeley Partners, LLP Lanka, and specifically on pre- 8 Cork Street Southeast Asia construction but post- London W1S 3LJ permitted small hydro, wind, Tel: +44 (0)20 3179 1717 and other renewable energy Fax: +44 (0)20 7691 7939 projects with rights to a jeremy.smith@berkeley- renewable resource, a energy.com resource study performed, and a customer identified with a long term power purchase agreement available. George McPherson SACEF Holdings (South $300 million Fundraising Equity and equity-related Managing Director Asia Clean Energy Fund) India/Pan-South Asia investments in solar, wind, GEF Management Corp. hydropower, biofuels, natural 5471 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite gas, energy efficiency, 300 batteries, and green Chevy Chase, MD 20815 information technologies, 240-482-8896 transportation, water, and 240-482-8908 Fax green buildings. The Fund [email protected] will focus on companies that www.globalenvironmentfund.com service the renewable energy value chain.
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Global
ADDRESS & FUND SIZE PRIMARY CONTACT NUMBERS FUND NAME COUNTRIES/REGION STATUS INVESTMENT FOCUS
Chad Skiles Aqua International $222.75 million Divesting Equity investments in 301 Commerce Street Partners Global operating and special purpose Fort Worth, TX 76102 companies involved in the (817) 871-4084 treatment, bulk supply and (817) 850-4084 Fax distribution of water in [email protected] emerging market countries. www.tpg.com Lee Bailey USRG Emerging Market $300 million Fundraising Equity and equity-related Managing Director Fund Global investments in renewable US Renewables Group power generation (including 2425 Olympic Boulevard biomass, geothermal, solar, Suite 4050 West landfill methane and wind Santa Monica, CA 90404 projects), clean fuels 310-586-3900 (including ethanol and 310-586-3901 Fax biodiesel projects),, and [email protected] renewable energy value chain www.usregroup.com investments and infrastructure. Michael Odai Virgin Green Emerging $300 million Global Fundraising/ Investment in companies VGF Advisors (US) LLC Markets Fund, L.P. Investing involved in the renewable 27 South Park Street energy and resource Suite 200 efficiency sectors in emerging San Francisco, CA 94107 market countries 415-230-3500 415-230-3599 fax [email protected] m www.virgingreenfund.com Adam Wolfensohn *Wolfensohn Low Carbon $300 million Fundraising Investing globally in Wolfensohn & Co. Energy Fund Global expanding businesses that 1350 Ave of the Americas manufacture, develop, supply Suite 2900 or support renewable energy New York, NY 10019 products or services in OPIC- (212)974-0111 eligible countries (212)974-1437 fax [email protected] www.wolfensohn.com
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Latin America
ADDRESS & FUND SIZE PRIMARY CONTACT NUMBERS FUND NAME COUNTRIES/REGION STATUS INVESTMENT FOCUS
Kip Thompson AIC Caribbean Fund $230 million Investing Equity and equity related Managing Partner Caribbean investments with a focus on Portland Private Equity tourism, real property, The Corporate Center telecomm, health care, Bush Hill & Bay Street energy, power, and financial St. Michael BB14038 services Barbados, West Indies (246) 430-5323 [email protected] Xavier Gonzalez Alsis Latin America Fund $100 million Investing/ Distressed opportunities in Managing Partner Latin America Portfolio asset-backed structured Alsis Funds, LLC Manage- transactions, targeting equity 1680 Michigan Ave. Suite 1000 ment level returns while Miami Beach, FL 33139 maintaining fixed-income 305-393-8144 level risk protection. Alsis 305-508-6706 Fax focus is the affordable [email protected] housing sector in Latin America; it seeks to expand and advance local capital markets by securitizing mortgage pools targeted at domestic & international investors.
Fondo Alsis Mexico de $100 million Fundraising Stimulate new housing by Vivienda de Interes Social Latin America originating and investing in residential mortgages in Latin America; and to expand and advance local capital markets by securitizing mortgage pools targeted at both domestic and international investors; initial focus on Mexico and Central America Julio F. Lastres Darby Latin American $175 million Divesting Equity investments in Senior Managing Director Private Equity Fund, L.P. Latin America distribution, media and Darby Overseas Investments, communications, Ltd. transportation, consumer 1133 Connecticut Ave., N.W. goods, housing, energy, and Suite 400 non-bank financial services. Washington, DC 20036 202-872-0500 202-872-1816 Fax [email protected] www.darbyoverseas.com Alejandro Schwedhelm Darby ProBanco Fund II $60 million Investing Equity investments in Managing Director Latin America financial services, financial Darby Overseas Investments, intermediaries, banks and Ltd. non-banks. 1133 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 202-872-0500 202-872-1818 Fax [email protected] www.darbyoverseas.com
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Leisa Little *Greylock Latin America $450 million Fundraising Debt, equity, hybrid, and Greylock Capital Management Opportunity Fund CAFTA-DR, equity-related investments 99 Park Avenue, 11th Floor Colombia, Peru throughout numerous sectors New York, NY 10016 including, but not limited to, 212-808-1800 telecommunications, finance 212-808-1801 Fax and banking, agribusiness, [email protected] tourism, real estate, natural www.greylockcapital.com resources, and energy. J. Scott Swensen Latin Power III, L.P. $392 million Investing Equity investments in Conduit Capital Partners, LLC Latin America and independent power projects 488 Madison Avenue the Caribbean (“IPPs”) with a focus on New York, New York 10022 renewable energy 212-485-8900 212-485-8939 Fax *Latin Power Trust IV, L.P. $750 million Latin Fundraising Same [email protected] American and the www.conduitcap.com Caribbean Philip Fitzgerald, Fred Gortner Paladin Realty Latin $200 million Portfolio Equity investments in housing Paladin Realty Partners, LLC America Investors II, LP Latin America manage- and real estate projects, with 10880 Wilshire Blvd. ment/ an emphasis on joint Suite 1400 Divesting venturing with local Los Angeles, CA 90024 developers via platform 310-996-8766 companies. 310-996-8708 Fax Paladin Realty Latin [email protected] America Investors III, LP $454 million Investing Same [email protected] Latin America www.paladinrp.com
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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MENA
ADDRESS & FUND SIZE PRIMARY CONTACT NUMBERS FUND NAME COUNTRIES/REGION STATUS INVESTMENT FOCUS
Fawaz H. Zu'bi, Founder & CEO Accelerator Technology $75 million MENA Fundraising Investment in companies Accelerator Technology Holdings and Innovation Capital across the MENA region P.O. Box 5367, Amman 11183, Partners, LP within the general sectors of Jordan digital content, internet Tel (+962) 6 593 9094 Fax: services, mobile applications, (+962) 6 593 9097 mobile financial services, Jordan M: (+962) 77 210 000 technology services and UK M: (+962) 77 9555 0263 platforms, next generation [email protected] media, entertainment and www.acceleratortech.com software development. Ennis Rimawi *Catalyst Private Equity $100 million Fundraising/ Equity investments in small- Managing Partner Fund Middle East/North Investing and mid-cap companies in Catalyst Private Equity Africa Energy and Water Industrial Hajabi Complex, Office 3 and Technology sectors in Amman 11821, Jordan Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, +962-6-581-3411 West Bank and certain OPIC- [email protected] eligible MENA countries http://www.catalystpe.com Stephen Murphy *Citadel Capital Joint $500 million Middle Fundraising/ Investment in the Middle East Managing Director Investment Fund L.P East/North Africa investing and Africa in a wide range of 1089 Corniche El-Nil sectors, including Garden City, Cairo 11519, Egypt transportation and logistics, 011-202-2791-4440 waste management, [email protected] agriculture, chemicals, and www.citedelcapital.com building materials. Vincent Le Guennou ECP MENA Fund $150 million Portfolio Equity investments in Co-CEO Middle East & North Manage- industries including Emerging Capital Partners Africa ment/ telecommunications, oil & 1602 L Street, NW Divesting gas, power, transportation, 6th Floor agribusiness, media, financial Washington, DC 20036 services and manufacturing. 202-280-6200 202-331-8255 Fax [email protected] m www.ecpinvestments.com Asad Jamal *ePlanet Ventures III, L.P. $300 million Middle Fundraising Investment in a variety of Chairman & CEO East, Africa, South sectors, including information ePlanet Ventures Asia technology, software and 5300 Stevens Creek Blvd software applications, life Suite 500 sciences and healthcare, San Jose, CA 95129 nano and bio-technologies, Tel: +1.408.236.6501 semiconductors, media, Fax:+1.408.554.6600 telecom, wireless, Internet Email: content and services, clean [email protected] energy and technologies, Asst: education, consumer [email protected] services, logistics, and financial services. Nashat Masri Foursan Capital Partners I Up to $150 million Investing Growth equity investment Partner Jordan strategy focusing on small Foursan Group Holdings Inc. and medium size businesses P.O. Box 143154 in Jordan. Amman, 11814 Jordan +962-6-562-4562 [email protected] www.4san.com *OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Tom Speechley *Riyada Enterprise $500 million MENA Fundraising Growth stage, non-control Managing Director Development Growth investments, in small and Abraaj Capital/Riyada Enterprise Capital Fund medium enterprises (“SMEs”) Development across the Middle East and Dubai International Financial North Africa (“MENA”) region Centre Gate Village 8, 3rd Floor POB 504905 Dubai, UAE +971 4 506 4400 [email protected] www.abraaj.com
Bashar Masri Siraj Palestine Fund I $80 million Fundraising Investments in start-up Managing Partner Palestinian projects, small and medium Siraj Fund Management Territories enterprises (“SMEs”), and Company selectively, in larger 7 Al Khawthar Street companies in the Palestinian Rawalla, Palestine Territories. +972 2 240 9595 [email protected] [email protected]
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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Russia/Central & Eastern Europe
ADDRESS & FUND SIZE PRIMARY CONTACT NUMBERS FUND NAME COUNTRIES/REGION STATUS INVESTMENT FOCUS
Richard Sobel Great Circle Fund, LP $138 million Portfolio Equity investments in Chief Executive Officer Russia, Central & Manage- transportation and Great Circle Fund, L.P. Eastern Europe ment/ transportation related Alfa Capital Partners, Ltd. Divesting infrastructure and services in 32/1 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Str. Russia, CIS, Central and 6th Floor Eastern Europe and Turkey. Moscow 123001 Russia Drew Guff Russia Partners II “O” $335 million Portfolio Equity investments in Managing Director Series, LP Russia/NIS Manage- diversified manufacturing, Siguler, Guff & Co. ment/ financial and service 825 Third Avenue, 29th Floor Divesting industries. New York, NY 10022 212-332-5100 212-332-5120 Fax [email protected] www.sigulerguff.com
Michael Bleyzer *Sigma Bleyzer Southeast $350 million Central Investing Growth equity and control CEO and President European Fund IV, CV & Eastern Europe investments in Ukraine and SigmaBleyzer Investment Group (Ukraine, Romania) secondarily in Romania. LLC 123 N. Post Oak Lane Suite 410 Houston, TX 77024 Tel. +1 (713) 621 3111 [email protected]
Ronald O. Drake Southeast Europe Equity $320 million Investing Equity investments in Chairman Fund II Southeast Europe communications, healthcare, Bedminster Capital Mgmt LLC and Turkey (offices consumer and financial 161 Cherry Street in Belgrade, service industries. New Canaan, CT 06840 Bucharest, Istanbul, 203-972-0666 Sofia, Vienna) 203-621-3097 Fax [email protected]
*OPIC support for this fund has been approved by its Board of Directors.
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