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Press release
December 18, 2024
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FinDev Canada commits US$ 40 million in equity to Creador VI to support mid-cap businesses across the Indo-Pacific

Press Release

Canada’s bilateral Development Finance Institution, FinDev Canada, announces a US$ 40 million equity commitment to Creador VI L.P (“Creador VI” or “the Fund”), a private equity (“PE”) fund operating in the Indo-Pacific with a target fund size of US$ 800 million.

Summary of Anticipated Development Impacts

MARKET DEVELOPMENT 

  • Facilitating access to growth capital and advisory for local companies: Founded in 2011, Creador has raised over US$ 3 billion in Assets Under Management across six funds. With a significant on‑the‑ground presence in the Indo‑Pacific, the Fund Manager’s strength, among other factors, lies in its team. The organization directly employs over 80 individuals, which includes an all‑local executive team. Creador VI plans to invest across multiple countries, including high growth‑markets of Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines.
  • The Fund will seek to diversify exposure across consumer, retail, financial services, business services, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology companies. In addition to capital, the Fund Manager aims to deploy its dedicated in‑house consulting team to provide strategic support to portfolio companies. Typically, this support is intended to drive business growth and financial performance, improve compliance and risk management, spur adoption of energy‑efficient practices, optimize waste management, create a safe working environment, and promote equal opportunity and diversity

MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Facilitating access to growth capital and advisory for local companies

With a significant on‑the‑ground presence in the Indo‑Pacific, the Fund Manager’s strength, among other factors, lies in its team. The organization directly employs over 80 individuals, which includes an all‑local executive team

GENDER EQUALITY 

  • Increasing access to capital for 2X‑aligned companies: Creador promotes gender equality internally and across its portfolio. Women represent 60% of its Board, 42% of its workforce, and 29% of its senior management. Since 2022, the Fund Manager has fully implemented a Gender Action Plan which included establishment of a Gender Equality and Inclusion Policy, creation of a gender‑equality scorecard for evaluating portfolio companies, and provision of gender advisory services to portfolio companies of its predecessor fund. Creador VI is the Fund Manager’s first 2X‑aligned fund.
  • The Manager has committed to specific gender‑related actions (such as its participation in global gender‑lens investing networks) and to continue working towards increasing women’s representation in its workforce to at least 45%. To fulfil the Portfolio Criteria, Creador VI has made a commitment that at least 30% of its portfolio companies would be 2X‑aligned at the time of investment

Read the Transaction Summary