Lupa Systems and former Walt Disney Asia Pacific president
Uday Shankar have launched
Seven Islands Inc, a new blank-cheque company aiming to raise $300 million to invest in the South and Southeast Asian region. The SPAC will invest in the media, entertainment, consumer technology, healthcare, and education industries in Southeast and South Asia, with a particular focus on India.
After a frenetic quarter for SPACs, the fad around this listing alternative is coming to “a more normalised cadence” with stakeholders growing warier of its potential risks, according to international law firm
Morrison & Foerster. IPOs of US SPACs plummeted to 13 in April, compared to record highs in the first three months of 2021 when it continued to trend upwards month-over-month to hit 110 in March. But, SPACs, currently still a US phenomenon, are poised to spread across other regions including Greater China.
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Dolma Fund Management has announced the first close of Dolma Impact Fund II (Dolma II) – a private equity fund investing primarily in renewable energy, healthcare and technology in Nepal.
Investors in this US$40m first close are FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank; CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor; Swedfund, the Swedish development finance institution; and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The final close is targeted at US$75m.
The timing is important as Covid cases rise in Nepal, following the trend in India. Dolma II’s target sectors will directly address capacity constraints in healthcare and enable digital solutions to scale rapidly, something that will be vital both during and following the pandemic.
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Dolma Fund Management announces the first close of Dolma Impact Fund II (Dolma II) – a private equity fund investing primarily in renewable energy, healthcare and technology in Nepal. Investors in this $40m first close are FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank; CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor; Swedfund, the Swedish development finance institution; and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The final close is targeted at $75m.
The timing is important as COVID cases rise in Nepal, following the trend in India. Dolma II’s target sectors will directly address capacity constraints in healthcare and enable digital solutions to scale rapidly that will be vital both during and following the pandemic.
Nepal-based Dolma Fund Management has announced the first close of its second impact fund at $40 million.
The Dolma Impact Fund II a private equity fund investing primarily in renewable energy, healthcare, and technology in Nepal was backed by investors including Dutch lender FMO, the UK’s development finance institution CDC Group, Swedish development finance institution Swedfund, and the World Bank Group’s IFC, according to an announcement.
Tim Gocher, CEO, founder, and director at Dolma Fund Management told DealStreetAsia that the PE firm is now targeting a $75 million final close of the fund by May 2022.
While the fund’s current ticket size is $1-6 million, the upper range will be extended to over $10 million if it raises the full $75 million at final close, Gocher added.