Investment Summary

Emerging Capital Partners Invests In Wentworth Resources

On April 1, 2007, growth capital firm Emerging Capital Partners invested in energy services and equipment company Wentworth Resources

Investment Highlights
  • This is Emerging Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is Emerging Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2007-04-01
Target Wentworth Resources
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Investor(s) Emerging Capital Partners
Deal Type PIPE

Target

Wentworth Resources

Jersey, United Kingdom
Wentworth Resources is an independent oil and gas company with gas production and a committed exploration programme in the Rovuma Basin of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. The Company and its concession partners own a gas processing plant and a gas receiving plant, and a 27 km pipeline system in Mtwara, Tanzania. Wentworth Resources was founded in 2000 and is based in Jersey, United Kingdom.

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Investor

Emerging Capital Partners

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Emerging Capital Partners LLC (ECP) is a private equity firm that invests in diversified businesses across the Africa. ECP targets companies with proven operating models and strong market positions. Broad areas of interest include financial services, telecommunications, transport logistics, petrochemicals, natural resources, agribusiness, and utilities. Emerging Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Washington, DC. The Firm has additional offices in Paris, Abidjan, Casablanca, Douala, Johannesburg, Lagos, and Tunis.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 38
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-01 Planor Capital International

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

MTN Cote d'Ivoire SA (MTNCI) is the leading GSM cellular communications provider in Cote d'Ivoire offering affordable communications solutions based on post-paid and prepaid services. MTNCI has rolled out its network in all major urban areas in the country representing 154 cities and towns and offers distinctive features such as a high quality network quality, versatile product offerings, a wide geographic coverage, attractive prices and a track record for innovation. MTNCI employs about 600 people and has over 1.6 million subscribers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-01 Teranga Gold

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Teranga Gold Corp. is a canadian-based gold company acquire the Sabodala gold mine and a large regional exploration land package, located in Senegal, West Africa, along with shares held in Oromin Explorations Ltd. (“Oromin”) from Mineral Deposits Limited (“MDL”), collectively referred to as the Sabodala Gold Assets. Teranga Gold was founded in 2010 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

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