Company name
Portland Caribbean Fund II, L.P.
Project number
11911-01
FI-1 operations are those where the risk potential is high: the FI’s current or future portfolio25 financed as part of IDB Invest investment includes or is expected to include exposure to business activities with potential significant adverse environmental or social risks or impacts that are diverse, mostly irreversible or unprecedented.
E&S category
FI-1
Country
Regional
Sector
Financial Institutions
Status
In implementation
Disclosed date
05/05/2016
Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.
Projected board date
06/14/2016
Approval date
07/11/2016
Signed date
08/10/2016
Sponsoring entity
N/A
Investment Operations Department Contact
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Investment type
Syndicated amount
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Financing amount
USD $ 10,200,000
Currency
USD
Project scope and objective
Portland Caribbean Fund II, L.P. (the “Fund”) is a multi-sector growth fund that targets high-growth middle market companies that are poised for national or regional expansion. Particular emphasis will be on the following sectors: services (financial and non-financial), communications, renewable energy, agribusiness, and infrastructure. The geographical focus of the Fund is the CARICOM member and associate member states, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica (together, the “Region”). The investors in the Fund are among others: Export Development Canada, European Investment Bank, German Development Bank (DEG), IFC, Caribbean Development Bank, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and local pension funds.
The objective of the project is to provide further resources to support private equity investments in the Caribbean region. On December 2015, the IIC Board of Executive Directors approved an initial investment of US$5.1 million in the Fund. With the current project, the IIC proposes to increase its initial investment by US$10.2 million to reach a total investment of US$15.3 million in the Fund. This increase in IIC’s commitment will strengthen and continue IIC’s partnership with the Fund. Also, IIC will reach the investment level required to obtain the right to a voting membership at the Joint Advisory Committee instead of being an observer member, and will enable the IIC to explore opportunities to co-invest and finance the portfolio companies of the Fund.
The Fund now has a target size of US$200 million, a scale that will allow it to be successful and impactful and enable the Fund Manager to build a sustainable fund management platform in the Caribbean region for future successor funds.
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PHONE NUMBER
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POST OFFICE ADDRESS
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PHONE
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ADDRESS
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Environmental and social review
IDB Invest conducts an environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) commensurate with the nature, scale, and stage of the project, and with its level of environmental and social risks and impacts. The ESDD will confirm the project E&S categorization and assess the project with respect to the client requirements in IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy. The results of the ESDD, including any identified gaps are described in the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) provided below. For projects approved as of 2016, any gaps with respect to IDB Invest's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy at the time of the ESDD are addressed in the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) presented below, to comply with the date mentioned above.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL REVIEW
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