Investors in Jamaica

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Digicel Group

Digicel Group Limited is a telecommunications company that delivers mobile communication, internet services, and home entertainment solutions across the Caribbean, Central America, and the Asia Pacific. Founded in 2001 by Irish businessman Denis O'Brien, Digicel has established a significant presence in over 32 markets, rapidly expanding its services after its initial launch in Jamaica. The company has diversified its offerings through acquisitions, including cable and internet companies, and has enhanced its portfolio with the introduction of media and live streaming services. Notable developments include the launch of the Play Go streaming app and a transition to a digital operator, providing customers with a suite of applications for sports, music, news, and messaging. Digicel is dedicated to community engagement, supporting educational initiatives and social entrepreneurship through its foundation, which has built schools and delivered health services in various countries. The company has received multiple awards for its services, underscoring its commitment to delivering high-quality communication solutions to its customers.
Made 2 investments in Jamaica

StarTek

StarTek, Inc. is a business process outsourcing company that specializes in customer engagement and support services. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, StarTek operates across multiple geographic regions, including the United States, Canada, and various international markets such as Honduras, Jamaica, and the Philippines. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including customer care, sales support, technical and product support, order management, and receivables management. StarTek serves diverse industries, such as telecommunications, healthcare, e-commerce, and financial services, delivering solutions that enhance customer experiences and improve operational efficiencies. Its capabilities encompass omnichannel engagement, customer intelligence analytics, and industry-specific processes tailored to meet the unique needs of its clients.

Sagicor Financial

Sagicor Financial Corporation is a financial holding company based in Wildey, Barbados, with a robust presence in the Caribbean and the United States. Through its various subsidiaries, including Sagicor Life and Sagicor Jamaica, the company offers a comprehensive range of financial products and services. These include life and health insurance, critical illness coverage, property and casualty insurance, as well as annuities and pension administration services. Sagicor also engages in banking and investment management, providing a diverse array of financial solutions across multiple regions, including the Eastern and Dutch Caribbean, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, and Central America.

InterEnergy Holdings

Founded in 2011, InterEnergy Holdings operates renewable energy assets across Latin America and the Caribbean. It generates power through wind farms, combined-cycle diesel plants, and other sources, supplying electricity to various regions including Punta Cana and Bávaro in the Dominican Republic. The company also engages in LNG logistics and distribution for industrial users.

Sygnus

Sygnus Group is an alternative investment management company established in 2016, based in Kingston, Jamaica. The firm specializes in providing a range of financial services, including private credit, real estate, and private equity investments. In addition to these investment services, Sygnus Group also offers expertise in taxation, risk management, structured finance, capital markets, asset management, and wealth management, catering to a diverse clientele.

Barita Investments

Founded in 1977, Barita Investments is a Jamaican company offering comprehensive financial services including brokerage, asset management, investment banking, currency trading, and advisory services. It caters to both individual and institutional clients.

PROVEN Investments

PROVEN Investments is an investment firm specializing in private equity, providing a range of financial services. The company is involved in fund management and offers investment advisory services to its clients. Additionally, it engages in money market and equity trading services, catering to the needs of shareholders and investors. Through its diverse portfolio and expertise, PROVEN Investments aims to deliver value and growth opportunities in the financial market.

GHK Capital Partners

GHK Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm founded in 2018 and based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Specializing in the lower middle market, the firm focuses on investing in established companies primarily within the industrial sector, including manufacturing, building products, commercial services, and logistics. GHK Capital Partners typically targets businesses with enterprise values ranging from $100 million to $400 million and EBITDA between $10 million and $40 million. The firm aims to partner with experienced management teams to enhance operational efficiencies and drive growth. GHK Capital Partners seeks to identify opportunities for recapitalizations, buyouts, and industry consolidation, focusing primarily on investments within the United States.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Capital Square Partners

Founded in 2013, Capital Square Partners is a Singapore-based private equity firm focusing on investments in the telecommunications, media & technology, healthcare, consumer, business services, and education sectors across South and Southeast Asia.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Techstars

Founded in 2006, Techstars is a global platform that supports and invests in early-stage technology companies. Through its mentorship-driven accelerator programs, seed investments, and venture capital fund, Techstars fosters innovation across various sectors worldwide.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

IDB Lab

IDB Lab is the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, based in Washington, D.C. Established in 1993, it focuses on fostering economic growth and reducing poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean. The agency supports private sector development by encouraging increased private investment and creating opportunities for disadvantaged populations. As a key component of the IDB Group, IDB Lab plays a crucial role in promoting development through innovative solutions that address the challenges faced by the region, ultimately aiming to improve the quality of life for its citizens.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

ICV Partners

Founded in 1998, ICV Partners is a private investment firm focused on the lower middle-market. It specializes in management buyouts and growth capital investments in companies with revenues between $25 million and $300 million, EBITDA between $5 million and $40 million, and EBITDA margins of 10 percent or greater. The firm primarily invests in North America and targets sectors such as healthcare, food and beverage, consumer goods and services, commercial services, business services, and industrial manufacturing.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Yorkville Advisors

Founded in 2001, Yorkville Advisors is a global investment manager that specializes in providing growth capital through structured debt and equity investments. The firm invests across various industries worldwide, employing fundamental analysis to create customized portfolios tailored to meet the needs of the companies it invests in.

Canaccord Genuity

Canaccord Genuity, established in 1950 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is an independent investment bank offering comprehensive financial services. The company provides a full suite of services, including market research, equity sales and trading, analysis, and financing, catering to a diverse range of industries such as blockchain, cannabis, gaming, and technology. Canaccord Genuity also offers wealth management services through its subsidiary, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, which provides tailored solutions to individual investors, private clients, charities, and intermediaries across Canada, Australia, the UK, and Europe. The company operates as a division of Canaccord Genuity Group and advises clients on debt, restructuring, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Alignvest Management Corporation

Alignvest Management Corporation, established in 2012, is a Toronto-based private equity firm that invests in middle market companies across North America. It specializes in buyouts, growth capital, and industry consolidation, with a focus on market discontinuities and attractive sectors such as telecom, real estate, and healthcare. The firm invests across the capital structure, including equity, debt, and structured equity transactions, and typically targets deal sizes between CAD50 million and CAD500 million, with initial investments ranging from CAD10 million to CAD40 million. Alignvest Management Corporation also considers co-investment opportunities and is open to both majority and minority transactions.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

HarbourVest Partners

HarbourVest Partners is a global investment firm specializing in private markets. Established in 1980, the company provides institutional clients worldwide with innovative solutions through primary fund investments, secondary purchases, and direct co-investments across venture capital, buyouts, growth equity, and other alternative asset classes.

Bridgepoint

Bridgepoint is a European private equity and asset management firm headquartered in London. It specializes in growth investments across private equity, infrastructure, and private credit, offering strategies such as middle-market buyouts, small-cap growth capital, and credit investments to support companies in healthcare, technology, advanced industrials, and consumer services. The firm maintains a multi-market footprint with bases in eight European markets and an international operation centered in New York and Shanghai, enabling cross-border investments and value creation for portfolio companies. Bridgepoint also provides loan financing and manages credit opportunities through syndicated debt activities.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Muzinich

Muzinich & Co., Inc., founded in 1988 and headquartered in New York City, is a privately owned, employee-operated global investment manager. It offers customized fixed income portfolio management services to a diverse client base, including pooled investment vehicles, corporations, high net worth individuals, and investment companies. The firm invests globally in fixed income markets, focusing on high yield bonds, short duration credit, bank loans, corporate bonds, and government securities. Muzinich employs a blend of alternative long/short credit, corporate investment grade, and credit arbitrage strategies, utilizing quantitative, qualitative, and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up approach. It also considers environmental, social, and governance factors in its investment decisions. The firm conducts in-house research and invests across various sectors. Muzinich & Co. Ltd, a subsidiary based in London, United Kingdom, operates as an extension of these services in Europe.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Santander UK

Santander UK provides a range of banking products and services to personal, business, and corporate customers in the United Kingdom. It operates through Retail Banking, Corporate & Commercial Banking, and Corporate & Investment Banking segments, offering current accounts, savings bonds, mortgages, loans, credit cards, insurance, investments, treasury market services, trade finance, and asset finance. The company serves customers through branches, ATMs, telephony, digital channels, and intermediaries.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Sol Global Investments

Sol Global Investments is a Canada-based investment firm that pursues strategic equity investments and partnerships through a growth-focused approach. It targets high-growth opportunities across sectors that disrupt traditional markets and supports ventures from early stages toward scalable development. While active in cannabis-related opportunities, the firm emphasizes thematic, market-disruptive investments and leverages international reach to collaborate with portfolio companies, combining capital deployment with strategic guidance to accelerate growth.

Blue Equity

Blue Equity is a private equity firm founded in 2004, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. It invests in diverse industries such as distribution, talent representation, hospitality, media, finance, healthcare, and real estate. The firm focuses on investments with solid developmental potential, typically ranging from $0.1 million to $50 million. Blue Equity seeks operating control and prefers majority stakes.
Made 2 investments in Jamaica

Canopy Growth

Canopy Growth is a diversified cannabis and cannabinoid-based consumer product company based in Smiths Falls, Canada. It cultivates and sells both medicinal and recreational cannabis, along with hemp, through a range of brands including Doja, 7ACRES, Tweed, and Deep Space. The company offers a variety of high-quality products, such as dried flower, oil, softgel capsules, infused beverages, edibles, and topicals. Additionally, it produces non-THC products, including skincare items under the Martha Stewart CBD brand and vaporizers from Storz & Bickel. Recently, Canopy Growth merged its U.S. assets into a separate holding company, Canopy USA, which operates independently and is not included in the Canadian company's financials. The company aims to improve lives and strengthen communities through the responsible use of cannabis.

CX Partners

Founded in 2008, CX Partners is a New Delhi-based private equity firm specializing in growth equity investments in the middle market. The firm focuses on sectors such as healthcare, financial services, consumer products, outsourced services, and niche manufacturing, primarily investing in India.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

TD SYNNEX

TD SYNNEX is a global IT ecosystem distributor and solution aggregator. It collects and distributes a wide range of IT hardware, software, systems, and components to various customers worldwide.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Alorica

Alorica is a business process outsourcing (BPO) company that specializes in customer experience services across various sectors, including automotive, financial services, healthcare, and retail. The company offers comprehensive outsourcing solutions that encompass the entire customer lifecycle, from customer acquisition and sales to care and support, as well as logistics and fulfillment. Alorica provides a range of contact center services, including inbound and outbound customer care, technical support, and content moderation. By integrating advanced technologies, Alorica aims to enhance customer relationship management and deliver a seamless customer experience across all service channels.

Oasis500

Oasis500 is a prominent seed investment company and business accelerator located in Amman, Jordan, specializing in the technology and creative industries. Established in 2010, it supports entrepreneurs by transforming their ideas into scalable businesses through investment and mentorship. The company identifies promising entrepreneurs, invites them to participate in intensive workshops that enhance their business skills, and provides direct investment opportunities for more mature pitches. Successful startups receive acceleration services for 180 days, focusing on growth and development. During this period, they benefit from the expertise of Oasis500's staff and a network of mentors, as well as access to a vibrant entrepreneurial community. Additionally, Oasis500 connects startups with a network of investors to facilitate follow-on funding, significantly contributing to the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in Jordan and the wider MENA region.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Bain Capital

Founded in 1984, Bain Capital is a global multi-asset alternative investment firm with over $130 billion in assets under management. It operates across private equity, public equity, credit, and venture capital, investing in various sectors including technology, healthcare, consumer, industrials, and financial services.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Alantra

Alantra is a global investment banking and asset management firm founded in 2001, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It specializes in serving the mid-market segment, providing services such as mergers and acquisitions, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and asset management for institutional investors and family offices.
Made 1 investment in Jamaica

Steel Partners

Steel Partners Holdings L.P. is a global diversified holding company headquartered in New York, specializing in a wide range of industries including industrial products, energy, defense, supply chain management, logistics, and banking. The company operates through several segments, producing a variety of goods and services such as brazing alloys, seamless stainless steel tubing, fasteners for roofing and building products, and specialty materials like fiberglass and carbon substrates. Additionally, Steel Partners designs and manufactures power electronics and custom mechanical components for diverse applications, including aerospace and telecommunications. The company also provides products and services for the food industry, including meat-room blades and cutting equipment, while engaging in financial services such as consumer and small business loans. Founded in 1990, Steel Partners is committed to enhancing long-term corporate value through operational excellence and strategic initiatives.