Leopard Capital
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| Limited partnership | |
| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Douglas W. Clayton |
| Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
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Key people
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Douglas W. Clayton Kenneth Stevens Lawrence Mackhoul Mohamed Ahamed |
| Products | Private equity funds, Growth capital, Venture capital |
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Number of employees
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15 |
| Website | www.LeopardCapital.com |
Leopard Capital LP is a private equity fund manager specializing in frontier market investments. The Group is considered a pioneer investor in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Subregion and the Caribbean.
Leopard Capital is a Cayman domiciled frontier market investment group established in 2007 by current CEO and founder Douglas Clayton. Clayton also recruited various renowned investors such as Dr. Marc Faber and Dr. Jim Walker to serve as directors and shareholders.
Leopard Capital creates private equity funds targeting pre-emerging, post-conflict or post-disaster economies that are undergoing transition and are poised for rapid growth. The funds invest commercially in basic industries, targeting attractive financial and social returns. Leopard Capital invests through a variety of financial instruments including equity, mezzanine, and debt.
During the 2008-9 financial crisis, Leopard raised $34.1 million for the Leopard Cambodia Fund, Cambodia's first private equity fund. The fund has since made thirteen investments in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand within various sectors including mobile telecoms, hydropower, electric transmission lines, banking, microfinance, beer and water production, seafood processing, agriculture, housing development and professional services.
Since its launch, Leopard Cambodia has exited five investments. In January 2011, Leopard Capital fully exited its investment in Cambodia's then- largest mobile telecommunications operator, CamGSM. The deal structure included a $5 million secured bridge loan. The transaction was awarded Telecomfinance's "2009 Asia Deal of the Year". The internal rate of return (IRR) for this investment was 26%. In May 2013, Leopard Cambodia profitably exited its full investment in Kulara Water, producers of Cambodia's first local mineral water, and also partially exited its investment in ACLEDA Bank at an attractive return.
Leopard Capital also participated in the initial public offering (IPO) of Electricite du Laos Generating Co. (EDL-Gen), the first listed company on the Lao Securities Exchange. The investment realized a partial exit through secondary trading on the Lao Securities Exchange, earning a 60% gain within a short period of time. Leopard Capital also participated in the first IPO on the Cambodia Securities Exchange by investing in the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority.
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