Hector Capital Partners is a private equity firm which invests in private companies in Southeast Asia, South Asia and the USA. The firm specializes in investing in growth-oriented consumer product companies and other consumer-related companies. Our targets are typically EBITDA profitable and growing SMEs which provide commonly-used products and services aimed at a large market.

Selectively, we invest in seed-stage startups led by extraordinary entrepreneurs with unique technologies/ideas that can define the next era of innovation. We also invest in special situations, convertible equity such as distressed companies with under-appreciated assets, and short-term senior-secured mezzanine/debt investments.

Hector Capital Partners helps innovative, growing companies to  become category leaders by bringing expertise along with capital. We look to leverage on our investment expertise and process to opportunistically deploy capital efficiently to businesses. Our emphasis on consumer-focused companies allows us to share our knowledge, information and best practices across all of our portfolio of companies.

Hector Capital Partners was founded in 2010 as a boutique private investment company seeking to leverage on the Partners’ entrepreneurial and investment experience. The firm also provided consultancy in the private equity space in the UK and US.

The firm’s Partners eventually started to invest directly into private companies in Southeast Asia and the US. Since late 2012, the Partners have stayed focused exclusively on direct and co-investments in growing consumer businesses in Asia and the US. Going forward, we also plan to start exploring opportunities in South America and the Middle East.

We mainly focus on the consumer space which may include the following categories:

Late Growth Capital

Typical transaction size of $20 million to $80 million. We prefer to be the lead investor; however in some cases, we may readily co-invest in opportunities requiring larger cheque sizes, or where we want to bring in other investors for specific reasons, such as to diversify our portfolio risk, or bring on board certain strategic partners etc.

Early Growth Capital

Typical transaction size of $2 million to $15 million. We invest in early growth stage companies with at least 3 years of audited financials. We aim to exit these investments within 3-8 years.

Management Buyout / LBO

Occasionally we look to get involved in management buy-outs using various financial instruments such as borrowed capital of a mature company with good cash-flow projections.

Seed Stage

We invest in extraordinary entrepreneurs with unique technologies/ideas that will define the next era of innovation. We take a hands-on approach from the very beginning, partnering with talented entrepreneurs to transform their vision into reality.

Short Term Special Situation & Corporate Opportunities

Hector Capital Partners also specializes in making alpha-driven debt and mezzanine investments in companies from all sectors that offer secure collateral with downside protection but with the opportunity to unlock substantial upside potential. We will be able to make quick decisions in such circumstances and would be open to investing into:

1. Distressed, complex, or under-appreciated assets
2. Cyclical, contrarian, or event-driven situations
3. Broader market dislocations that create attractive investment opportunities
4. Providing short-term debt to corporates with emergency cashflow needs