Transpac Capital is one of the oldest, largest and most prominent private equity investment firms in Asia. It was the first to establish a fully integrated investment operation spanning the entire region, with seven offices in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and U.S.A., and plans for additional offices in other Asian business centres.
Transpac invests in the Asia-Pacific region in private manufacturing and service companies with high growth potential. Its professional staff combine local country expertise with a common regional perspective. They have experience in a broad range of industries and markets, and most senior managers have headed manufacturing and/or service enterprises. Transpac's non-executive directors, who closely support management, are all corporate leaders in their respective countries.
Transpac was formed at the end of 1989 by integrating the operations and staff of two of the longest-established Asian venture capital management firms: Transtech Venture Management Pte Ltd of Singapore and Techno-Ventures Hong Kong Limited (TVHK). Transtech was established in 1986 by DBS Bank and the NatSteel Group; TVHK by Dr. Christopher Leong and Dr. Victor Fung.
As of December 2000 Transpac manages about US0 million of aggregate capital in fourteen funds and special investment programs including Transpac Industrial Holdings Limited, the only investment company listed in the Stock Exchange of Singapore; as well as programs targetting Singaporean and Japanese interests in Asia. It has invested in about 202 companies in East Asia and the United States, many of which have achieved public listings.