Direct Investments                                            

National Seeds Production Company   Sector: Agriculture (seed breeding and production) Type: Leveraged buyout Date: Jan 2010

Brief: National Seeds Production Company was established in 1981 with the purpose of breeding and producing agricultural seeds. The company’s main production is focused on breeding and producing maize along other crop seeds like wheat, rice, beans, and clover. The Company produced its own proprietary maize seeds, which have proven to be one of the market leading products in Egypt for many years. Production facility is in the 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt.

Website: http://www.seedeg.com/

Makassa Sports   Sector: Sports (Football) Type: Venture Capital Date: June 2010

Brief: Sports was established in June 2010 to be the first private equity backed privately owned football club in MENA that complies with the new FIFA requirements. Makassa Sport plays for the first time in the Egyptian premier league this season 2010/2011. Although a first timer to the Egyptian premier league, Makassa Sports is competing among the top 4 teams. This by far represents an unprecedented performance among all first timers in the Egyptian premier league history.

Makassa Sports base city is Fayoum, and is now followed by large number of fans.