Kaizen Private Equity II
BIO has given € 300 k Technical Assistance to Kaizen Private Equity II, an education-focused fund in India.
Amount
€ 300,000.00
Type of investment
Subsidy
Development impacts
- Access to basic services & goods
- Local economic growth
Beneficiary locations
Investment field
Investment Companies & Funds
Activity
SME Fund - Education
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. The first closing was on 10.03.2017, followed by a second closing in December 2017.
The Fund invests in education, defined as core education (e.g. K-12 schooling, colleges), parallel education (e.g. preschool, test preparation) and education enabling services (e.g. technologies, books, Edtech, finance, student housing etc.).
Kaizen believes that the private sector plays a major role in improving the poor quality of education, driven by limited government funding and large populations. Part of the Fund’s strategy is to invest in the education-technology space, to break barriers and bring education to isolated areas and excluded people.
Technical assistance
The Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) aims at co-financing a variety of studies (marketing, business strategies,…). The TAF can also be used to develop capacities and transfer know-how, technologies, skills, and experiences to Kaizen Private Equity II portfolio companies.
The expected impact of the TA facility is to support Kaizen Private Equity II portfolio companies to improve their sustainability, performance & competitiveness with a specific focus in the education sector.
Development impacts
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Access to basic services & goods
Education is considered a basic service and is part of a country's infrastructure.
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Local economic growth
This TAF will provide grant support to allow specific TA to support the investees in the education sector to grow their activities and become better performing and increase their ability to generate more revenues.
Made possible through this investment
Ace Creative Learning
India
Regional leader in test preparation and secondary education management.
ALTUS LEARNING
India
Gujarat's largest school management company.
EduPristine
India
India's leading training provider for international certifications in Finance and Analytics.
Founding Years (Klay)i
India
India's largest premium pre-school and daycare chain.
Get Ahead
India
Get Ahead brings professional services and innovative solutions to meet the needs of educational corporates and students.
IMPARTUS Innovations
India
Cloud platform for the Connected Classroom.
INSOFE
India
Delivers a certification course in Big Data and Analytics that has been ranked among the top 3 in the world by CIO magazine.
Toppr
India
Toppr is India's leading after-school learning app on a mission to make learning personalised.
Varthana
India
Transforming Affordable Education in India.
WizIQ (authorGEN TECHNOLOGIES)
India
Global platform used by over 400,000 educators to teach online.
YKROK
India
Yola
India
Read impact and news about this project
Impact Story
Kaizen means continuous improvement
03-09-2019
BIO made a USD 10 M equity investment in Kaizen Private Equity, India’s first Education focused fund.
Sandeep Aneja is the founder and managing partner of the fund, this is his story.
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