Investor Presentaiton
Case Studies - Private Equity
MYA: Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund I L.P.
IND: Multiples Private Equity Fund III Limited
Client: Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund I L.P. (AMGF)
ADB Assistance: $10m equity
Key Features:
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A private equity fund with a target capitalization of $100 million. AMGF will
invest equity capital for growth purposes in middle-market companies,
including SMEs, operating in Myanmar. Focus sectors include consumer,
education, financial services, healthcare, and technology, media and
telecommunications.
Ascent Capital Partners, a newly established Singapore-registered private
equity fund manager, is responsible for implementing the investment. It is
supported by anchor investors including two reputable and successful
entrepreneurs in Myanmar; and Temasek Capital Management.
ADB's Value Addition:
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Catalyze private sector investment in Myanmar and encourage international
investment and governance best practices in the fund's investee companies.
Help Ascent Capital adopt an environmental and social management system
which will be applied to portfolio companies' operation, and a gender inclusive
policy against which the proposed investments will be screened.
Provide funding that will enable AMGF to provide long-term equity capital that
will benefit fast-growing companies to scale up, contributing to the growth of
Myanmar's nascent economy and capital markets.
Approval Date: 11 December 2018
Commitment Date: 21 December 2018
Client: Multiples Private Equity Fund III Limited
ADB Assistance: $35m equity
Key Features:
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A private equity fund with a target capitalization of $750 million, Multiples III
will invest in growth stage opportunities in middle-market companies in India.
It may also selectively consider control-oriented and early-stage investment
opportunities. Target sectors are consumer, finance, healthcare, and
technology.
The fund will be managed by Multiples Alternate Asset Management Private
Limited, an Indian-focused, independent, and well-respected private equity
fund manager that has raised two funds totaling $880 million in committed
capital and invested nearly $700 million across 20 investments.
Multiples III will help (i) provide growth capital to private sector companies
and catalyze their development while tapping into India's growing middle
class; (ii) support the Indian government's efforts to increase the transparency
and efficiency of the economy by improving corporate governance of portfolio
companies; and (iii) contribute to private sector job creation and increased tax
revenues for the Government of India.
ADB's Value Addition:
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As an anchor investor, help attract additional institutional capital to enable the
fund to reach its target size.
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Help develop and adopt an environmental and social management system
(ESMS) that will oblige its portfolio companies to comply with ADB's SPS.
Promote gender equity in certain investee companies of the fund.
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Approval Date: 13 December 2018
Commitment Date: 31 December 2018
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