This investment was made when British International Investment was named CDC Group.
Established in 2000 and originally a music education provider, KPN Academy is one of Thailand’s leading out-of-school education service providers with 103 centres across Thailand offering a variety of subjects.
Key facts
- Status:
- Active
- Region
Since 2012, we’ve only invested in Africa and South Asia. Investments outside these regions are from our pre-2012 portfolio.
- Rest of the World
- Countries:
- Thailand
- Sector
We have seven priority sectors. However, we continue to invest outside these sectors, largely in the most challenging regions, as new investment supporting any sector helps to underpin the private sector, and create jobs and livelihoods for people.
- Education
- Investment type
We provide capital in three broad ways: direct equity, debt, and intermediated equity (principally through investment funds).
- Intermediated investment
- Fund:
- Neoma South East Asia Fund II
- Fund Manager:
- Actis LLP
- Start date
For direct investments, this is the date British International Investment committed capital to the business or project.
For funds, this is the date that British International Investment committed capital to the fund.
For underlying fund investments, this is the date that the fund invested capital into the business.e
- May 2014
- Domicile
This is the investee company’s place of incorporation; or a fund’s jurisdiction.
- Thailand