Excelsior Capital Vietnam Partners II, LP (FMO-64233)

Countries
  • Vietnam
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Ho Chi Minh City
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Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
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
Dec 19, 2024
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
Excelsior Capital Vietnam Partners II, LP
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Industry and Trade
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 15.00 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.
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Jul 30, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Nov 13, 2024

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, FMO committed USD 15m to the Fund at the first closing to support its fundraising and allow it to reach its target fund size. The Fund targets growth-oriented, structured significant minority equity and quasi-equity investments in mid-market companies in Vietnam's consumer, healthcare, technology, education, and logistics sectors.

By investing in the Fund, FMO will close a funding gap and allow the Fund to reach its target fund size. Through its investment, FMO intends to support local entrepreneurship, stimulate the growth of mid-sized companies, and contribute to economic development and job creation in Vietnam. As a 2X Challenge-aligned fund through committing to FMO's Gender Smart Criteria, FMO's investment specifically supports opportunities for women in the Vietnamese market, thereby qualifying for a 100% Reduced Inequalities (RI) Label.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Excelsior Vietnam II is categorized as E&S Category B risk based on the pipeline and investment strategy. The Fund's portfolio is expected to largely contain lower-risk Category B/C investments, which are deemed to have limited adverse environmental and social (E&S) risks and impacts. There is a possibility that the Fund may invest in a few Category B+ deals, but these will be limited to a maximum of two. IFC Performance Standards (IFC PS) that may be triggered are mostly related to PS 1-4.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Total FMO financing: USD 15.00 MLN

Funding: FMO NV

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.

Excelsior Capital Vietnam Partners II, LP is a generalist mid-market private equity (PE) fund and the successor fund of existing FMO-investee Excelsior Capital Vietnam Partners, LP. Like Fund I, Excelsior Vietnam II is managed by a local team based in Ho Chi Minh City, supported by Excelsior Capital Asia, an established PE investment platform in North Asia with over 20 years of experience.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Excelsior Capital Asia Parent Company -
- - - - Excelsior Capital Vietnam Client -

Contact Information
This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

https://excelsiorvietnam.com/

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

As part of FMO's ex-ante disclosure (disclosure of transactions before contracting), you can send requests or questions for additional information to: disclosure@fmo.nl

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW). A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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