Posted on 13 August, 2022
Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Zephyr Peacock talks about the firm's plans for the next 18-24 months, focus sectors and its interest in supporting businesses that help fight climate change.
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Financial Express on 13 August 2022:
Zephyr Peacock — the Indian investing wing of New York-headquartered private equity (PE) firm Zephyr Management — plans to make 7-9 investments in the country over the next 18-24 months. The third fund — which has a total corpus of $100 million —will make a total of about 14-15 investments, Pankaj Raina, MD, investments, told FE.
The PE firm, from its third fund — which started disbursing capital from 2020 — has already made investments in six Indian companies, namely: Shiksha Finance, Loanzen, Aqgromalin, Poshn, ZippMat and Ripplr. Raina, who said the PE firm is sector-specific — will bet on the financial services, food and agriculture and infrastructure ancillaries space for its new investments.
Zephyr Management is a global emerging markets investment manager, specializing in the creation and management of highly focused private equity funds
Since its inception in 1994, Zephyr has sponsored and/or managed 26 investment funds in both public and private securities markets representing approximately $1.2 billion in combined commitments and assets under management
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The firm has initiated several private equity funds investing in several African countries, South Korea, Mexico, India, and Sri Lanka since its founding. Zephyr's funds serve medium size enterprises that are often ignored by larger private equity players. Zephyr funds provide growth capital to established companies with proven business models and sustainable competitive advantages.
Investment activities are currently focused on India, Sri Lanka and Africa.
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