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BDF Fund
The Bioenergy Development Fund is a private equity fund focused in investments in bioenergy companies that need long-term capital to pursue solid growth strategies, either by organic growth or by consolidating with other players in the industry.
The main objective of the Bioenergy Development Fund is to contribute to establish biofuels as an important energy source in the global energy matrix by addressing two major issues:
◦ Critical mass: offer high volume, long-term contracts to ethanol buyers, and
◦ Performance guarantee: guarantee the supply of ethanol to buyers through a geographically diversified portfolio, which will mitigate a series of risks, such as weather, harvest cycles, infrastructure, land availability and productivity, and suppliers
The BDF Fund intends to achieve its objective by capitalizing on its knowledge of the local markets to select the best investment targets, focusing primarily in family-owned companies, top performers, with an experienced management team and a proven track-record, that wish to remain actively involved in the management of the companies.
BDF will acquire equity stakes in private companies of the sugar, ethanol and biodiesel industries. BDF will invest in a wide range of instruments, including: convertible bonds, warrants, equity and equity-linked securities and the full range of other investment vehicles and instruments which fit specific requirements of the investment targets. |
