Creador is a

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firm focused on growth capital investments in South and

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, primarily

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

and the

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. Creador is headquartered in

, with four additional offices in

, and the

. Established in 2011 by Brahmal Vasudevan, the firm has raised $2 billion of investor commitments across 5 private equity funds since inception. The firm invests in 5 principle industries including

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retail Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...

financial services Financial services are the Service (economics), economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, acco ...

business services Corporate services or business services are activities which combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) ...

, and

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Private Equity Firm

Established in 2011, Creador raised a total of close to $2 billion from leading endowments, fund of funds, pension funds, banks and family offices across the world.

Milestones and Prominent Investments

Creador has five funds, Creador I, Creador II, and Creador III, Creador IV, and Creador V with total Assets Under Management (AUM) of $2 billion.

Creador I

Established in 2011, Creador closed its maiden fund, Creador I, at US$130 million. There were a total of seven investments made in this fund across Indonesia, Malaysia, and India.

Creador II

Creador's second fund, Creador II closed at $331 million in 2014 and the fund was fully deployed across 14 investments. Concurrently and in 2013, Creador established a dedicated operations and strategy team, known as Creador+.

Creador III

For its third fund, Creador raised $419 million and deployed it across 10 investments.

Creador IV

In 2018, Creador closed $580 million for its fourth fund, and fully deployed it across 11 investments. {, class="wikitable" !Investment !Year !Company Description , - , MR.DIY, MR.DIY Philippines , , MR.DIY Philippines is part of another regional expansion of MR.DIY Malaysia. Headquartered in Manila, MR.DIY Philippines retails a variety of household, hardware and electrical equipment tailored to home improvement. , - , Kogta Financial (India) Limited , , Incorporated in 1996, Kogta is an emerging retail non-bank finance company (‘NBFC’) offering finance for used and new vehicles apart from providing small-ticket secured loans to micro and small enterprises. As of September 2019, it has a network of approximately 105 branches across 8 states and union territories in Central and West India. , - , iValue , , iValue InfoSolutions has direct market development presence across 13+ locations. , - , Eco-Shop , , Established in 2003, Eco-shop is one of the largest value retailers in Malaysia. The company sells a variety of products such as food, consumables as well as daily household necessities at an affordable fixed price. , - , GHL Systems (re-investment) , , GHL Systems established a customer base beyond Malaysia, with key operations in the Philippines and Thailand. In February 2014, GHL acquired e-pay Asia Limited (e-pay), another electronic

payment service provider A payment service provider (PSP) is a third-party company that assists businesses to accept electronic payments, such as credit cards and debit cards payments. PSPs act as intermediaries between those who make payments, i.e. consumers, and thos ...

. , - , Shriji Polymers , , Shriji is a leading rigid plastic packaging solution provider for the regulated pharma market, a Drug Master File holder for US FDA, Canadian FDA and Chinese FDA. It counts the leading global and Indian regulated generic pharmaceutical manufacturers as its clientele. , - , LOOB Holding Sdn Bhd (Tealive) , {{center, 2021 , Tealive is Malaysia’s largest Made-To-Order (“MTO”) beverage provider, with presence in Vietnam, Myanmar, Brunei, Philippines, Australia, United Kingdom. The Group now has more than 600 stores nationwide and will continue to grow its store base, further consolidating its market leadership in Malaysia.

References

2011 establishments in Malaysia Financial services companies established in 2011 Companies based in Kuala Lumpur