Falcon House Partners Fund II, L.P. (IFC-36865)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Indonesia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 1, 2015
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Falcon House Partners Fund II, L.P.
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Equity
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 25.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 300.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Oct 14, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Oct 1, 2015

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Project Description
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According to IFC website, this project finances a private equity fund that will focus on growth-oriented, medium-sized enterprises in Indonesia. The expected development impact of the project includes:

1. private sector development through creating sustainable companies in the Fund's portfolio investments and providing them with access to an alternate source of funding;
2. job creation that is expected to come through the business growth of the portfolio companies;
3. operational improvements and enhanced corporate governance in the Indonesian portfolio companies and;
4.  supporting a promising local fund manager in Indonesia and thereby providing demonstration effect for the further development of private equity as an asset class in Indonesia. 

Investment Description
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Falcon House Partners Fund II, L.P. is a ten-year private equity fund with a target size of US$300 million. The founding Partners of Falcon House Partners Fund II, L.P. are Messrs, Glenn Yusuf, Samir Soota, and Brian O’Connor.

Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

Falcon House Partners Fund II, L.P.  is a ten-year private equity fund with a target size of US$300 million.

 


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Project Contact: Samir Soota
Director, Falcon House Capital Management Ltd.
Office Address: 541 Orchard Road #15-03, Liat Towers Singapore 238881
Telephone No.: +65 67351135
Email Address: samir@falconhousepartners.com

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