Emerging Market Funds

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Experience

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    • Adenia Capital V, a $470 million fund targeting control investments in medium-sized companies across Africa.
    • Leapfrog Investments as lead investor in a $70 million equity investment round for Sun King, the largest provider of solar energy products for off-grid homes in Africa and Asia.icon-alt
    • Helios Investment Partners, the leading Africa-focused private investment firm, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Maroc Datacenter, a carrier neutral data center in Morocco.
    • LCP Fund II, a $253 million Egypt-focused private equity fund.
    • AfricInvest Fund IV, a $411 million Africa-focused fund.
    • Leapfrog Investments in its sale of a 30% stake in Goodlife Pharmacies, a healthcare and retail pharmacy chain, to Eurapharma, the healthcare division of the CFAO Group.
    • Prudential Financial, in partnership with LeapFrog Investments, in its acquisition of a strategic minority interest in Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited, a leading provider of financial advice, retirement, investment, and holistic wealth management services in South Africa, by way of a bilateral acquisition from Mercer Africa Limited and a partial tender offer on the JSE to eligible shareholders.
    • The Evercare Group, wholly owned by the Evercare Health Fund, in its $72 million sale of a 50% shareholding in Islamabad Diagnostic Centre to leading consumer healthcare company Integrated Diagnostics Holdings.
    • African Development Partners III Fund, a $900 million fund investing in innovation-led companies in Africa.
    • Helios Investment Partners, the leading Africa-focused private investment firm, in its sale of a 49% stake in GBfoods Africa, one of Africa's largest FMCG groups.
    • Funds advised by Helios Investment Partners as part of a syndicate, led by Gemcorp Capital, providing a $105 million loan facility to Africell, the fast-growing pan-African mobile network operator.
    • LeapFrog Investments in its $500 million partnership with Temasek, including Temasek taking a minority stake in LeapFrog, and a multi-fund investment by Temasek to anchor LeapFrog’s future funds.
    • Helios Investment Partners in its launch of Africa Specialty Risk Group, a reinsurance business.
    • Helios Investment Partners in its role as financial sponsor of sub-Saharan Africa’s first LNG import terminal comprising a purpose-built floating regasification unit twinned with an existing LNG carrier in the port of Tema, Ghana.icon-alt
    • LeapFrog Investments in its investment in MedGenome, a leading genetic diagnostics, research and data company focused on expanding access for populations in South Asia and other emerging markets, with operations in the U.S., India, Canada and Singapore.
    • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in its investment in The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India. The deal won the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” category at the IFLR1000 India Awards.
    • HarbourVest Partners in its secondary acquisition of a majority interest in Digital Prosperity Fund I and an associated co-investment vehicle, both managed by Amadeus Capital Partners, from MTN Group.
    • TPG Growth in its takeover of the existing assets of the Abraaj Group’s $1 billion Global Healthcare Fund. The deal saw Debevoise win the Specialist Deal Legal Advisor category at the Private Equity Africa Awards.
    • Capital Group Private Markets and other selling shareholders in the $1.85 billion sale of Eaton Towers to American Tower. The deal won the “M&A Deal of the Year” category at the IFLR1000 Sub-Saharan Africa Awards.
    • LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III, a $700 million emerging markets-focused impact fund.
    • Helios Investment Partners in the formation of a joint-venture with GBfoods targeting the African fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, creating one of Africa's largest FMCG groups, operating in 30 African countries, including leadership positions in Nigeria and Ghana.
    • A private equity fund in the subscription of subordinated convertible promissory notes in a Cayman Islands incorporated company which operates an energy business in Africa.icon-alt
    • Helios Investment Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Telkom Kenya from The Orange Group.
    • Capital International Private Equity Fund VI, a $3 billion global emerging markets fund.
    • Hony Capital Fund VIII, a $2.2 billion China buyout fund.
    • Capital International Private Equity Fund V, a $2.3 billion global emerging markets fund.
    • CDH Fund IV, a $1.45 billion China growth capital fund.
    • Vinci Capital Partners II, a $1.4 billion Brazil fund.
    • Carlyle South America Buyout Fund, a $1 billion fund, including Fundo Brasil de Internacionalização de Empresas Fundo de Investimento em Participações, together with Banco do Brasil, a R$400 million vehicle to invest in Brazil.
    • Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV, a $1 billion Asia growth capital fund.
    • Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund, a $698 million Sub-Saharan Africa fund.
    • Carlyle MENA Partners, a $500 million Middle East and North Africa buyout fund.
    • Tishman Speyer Brazil Fund III, a $450 million Brazil real estate fund.
    • Carlyle Peru Fund, a $308 million Peru buyout/venture fund.
    • Gramercy Distressed Opportunity Fund II, a $300 million emerging markets distressed credit fund.
    • Tishman Speyer Brazil Fund II, a $124 million Brazil real estate fund.