Primary Investment Sectors
Preventative Health
Health is the #1 concern for Asians and ripe with innovation
Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion will be
driven by Fintechs and Social Enterprises
Secondary Investment Areas
Renewable Energy
Women's Empowerment
Women's Empowerment
PhotoVoltaic’sfalling prices allow for village-based access to power
Women's Empowerment
Women's Empowerment
Women's Empowerment
Business models that promote gender equality are in high demand
Ag-Tech
Environment
Environment
Meatless foods, central kitchens, and supplements and even insects are making inroads to feed people at less than $0.30 per meal
Environment
Environment
Environment
Sustainability-based SEs are protecting the rainforests and communities
About ESG
ESG Drivers
Millenials demanding it
Brand/Customers seeking it
Climate Crisis compelling it
Worker Safety / Inequality forcing it
Less Downside justifying it
ESG Investing in Asia
Talent: The region needs stewardship and actionable advice from experienced operator investors with strong networks and relationships. Investors need listening posts needed in one of the most vibrant and diverse places on Earth.
Timing is right: Valuations are depressed, and value deals can be secured in private equity class
Growth: Many Corporates in the are seeking increased exposure to growth markets: ASEAN alone is home to one billion consumers. Adding Greater China + South Asia + Middle East and Africa, the region represents much of the world’s growth and benefits from demographic dividend. Rebound tends to be accentuated in high-growth, future-oriented populations
Discontinuities create Opportunity: Health models already being reimagined to be preventative, tele-, and affordable. Innovative financial services spawning new industries and enabling super-app ecosystems.
PR: Corporates recognize need to manage PR around Green issues, ESG ahead of the curve
ESG : Better Returns, Less Downside Risk
“ESG Investments frequently perform better than the wider market and are less volatile over the long term.”
–Nigel Green, CEO deVere
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The fund will invest in well-run cross-tech businesses that generate their core competitive advantage through ESG impact. These social enterprises have improved cost structures, find it easier to access customers and markets, lower acquisition costs, and have greater potential to scale because they aim to impact one or mo
With an initial fund size of $50M, the Fund will take a minority equity stake at an early stage (principally VC and sometimes growth/PE), not to exceed $5M per investment.