Kaizen Private Equity II
Kaizen Private Equity is India’s first Education focused fund.
Amount
€ 8,338,200.00
Type of investment
Equity
Development impacts
- Local economic growth
- Private sector consolidation/innovation
- Access to basic services & goods
- Gender
Beneficiary locations
Investment field
Investment Companies & Funds
Activity
SME Fund
The Fund is focused on the education sector of emerging South and South East Asia and is a follow-on to Kaizen Private Equity I (Fund I) with a similar sectoral approach. The Fund is a 10 year, closed-end fund with a USD 125 m target size. First closing was on 10.03.2017, followed by a second closing in December 2017.
The Fund will invest in education, defined as core education (e.g. K-122 schooling, colleges), parallel education (e.g. pre-school, test preparation) and education enabling services (e.g. technologies, books, Edtech, finance, student housing etc.) in South and South East Asia, with focus on India (50% of the transactions). The Fund’s investees will target to (lower) middle income population.
Development impacts
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Local economic growth
provision of long term growth capital to SMEs (in the education sector); employment creation
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Private sector consolidation/innovation
Education is an underfunded sector in South/South East Asia. Bridging the disparity between public and private schools is a major goal of Kaizen
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Access to basic services & goods
improved access to quality education
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Gender
Education represents a major solution to reduce inequality among society members and empowers women’s position. Kaizen actively promotes female education, female employability and empowerment through its investments.
Made possible through this investment
INSOFE
India
INSOFE was established in 2011 in India. It is one of India’s premier institutions offering courses in data science to students, who are primarily working professionals, and corporates globally.
Phinma Education holdings
Indonesia, Philippines
PHINMA Education (PEHI) started in 2004 in the Philippines and is specialized in turning around distressed HEIs (Higher Education Institutes) by improving their academic quality, which results in higher board passing rates and better employment opportunities for the graduating students.
Socap holdings (Pintek)
Indonesia
Pintek is a financial technology company that provides financial support to students, parents, educational institutions and education MSMEs in Indonesia.
Think & Learn Private Limited - Byju's
India
Think & Learn Private Limited, doing business as Byju's, provides online educational services. The Company offers a technology based educational platform for primary and secondary school subjects, overseas and domestic test preparation courses, learning programs, and applications. Byju's focuses on students and educational professionals in India.
Toppr (Exited)
India
Toppr is India's leading after-school learning app on a mission to make learning personalised.
Yola
India
Founded in 2009 in HCMC, Vietnam, Yola provides English language trainings. The company started with providing test preparation (GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL) to high school and college students and, over the years, expanded to ELT (English Language Training) programs for primary and middle school children.
Varthana - Thirumeni
India
Thirumeni Finance / Varthana is a Non-Banking Financial company focused on providing affordable private schools in India. These schools cater to low-income population in tier 2 and 3 cities.
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