Runa Alam
Co-Founding Partner and CEO @ Development Partners International
London, United Kingdom
Runa Alam is a private equity investor at Development Partners International in London focused on Farming and Agriculture. Runa co-founded DPI in 2007. She has 29 years of investment banking, emerging market entrepreneurship and private equity experience. Before DPI, Runa was CEO of KZAM, a joint venture between Zephyr Management of New York and Kingdom Holding Company, which managed PAIP-PCAP, sponsored by the International Finance Corporation and the CommonwealthSecretariat. Runa also acted as CEO of ZMAIF (known as the New Africa Fund prior to Zephyr Management taking over the management in 2000 and Runa’s involvement), sponsored by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, where she helped implement a successful turnaround of the fund.Runa was formerly a director of the AIG Africa Infrastructure Fund, managed by Emerging Market Partnership in Washington, and has “on-the-ground” management experience in emerging markets having founded and managed both Peregrine Bangladesh and Union Capital Bangladesh in the 1990s. Runa started her career in New York working for investment banks including Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in mergers and acquisitions and corporate and tax-exempt finance.Runa serves on the Eaton Towers Holding LLP, ETW Africa Holdings UK Limited, Guaranty Trust Assurance plc and Touax Africa SAS boards of directors, and has previously served on the Liberty Star Consumer Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, United Bank of Africa plc, Letshego Holdings Limited and Celtel boards of directors. Runa is Chair of the African Venture Capital Association and a member of the Emerging Market Private Equity Association advisory board and its Africa Council. She is also a member of the Millennium Promise’s UK board and is on the advisory board of The Tony Elumelu Foundation. Runa sits on the advisory council of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, her Alma Mater. She holds a BA in International and Developmental Economics from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She was also a Harry S. Truman Congressional Scholar. Runa is a US citizen.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
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Industries Runa Alam invests in
Stages Runa Alam invests in
Countries Runa Alam invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Farming 1 (50%)
- Agriculture 1 (50%)
- Manufacturing 1 (50%)
- Food Processing 1 (50%)
- Packaging Services 1 (50%)
Country
- Algeria 1 (50%)
- Tunisia 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Sicam is an agriculture company that produces packaged content. | $56M / Private Equity / May 21, 2020 | ||
| General Emballage is a supplier of corrugated cardboard in Algeria. The company supplies its clients with double layered cardboard and double-double layered.General Emballage entered the market in back in 2002, since then, had grown enormously. It now employs a workforce of 1000 colleagues spread out on 3 productions facilities ( Akbou, Setifand Oran sites). | $55M / Private Equity / Sep 30, 2016 |
Co-Investors
Development Partners International (“DPI”) is a leading Pan-African private equity firm, with strong local knowledge and an established track record of investing in Africa. DPI was established in 2007 by co-founders Miles Morland and Runa Alam, both pioneers of African investment, with a vision to build a leading pan-African private equity firm. Today, DPI manages over US$1.1bn of assets across two private equity funds. Through its world class team with over 100 years of aggregate African investment experience, DPI has invested in 19 portfolio companies operating across 27 countries. The investment team is 100% African and over 40% of the DPI team is made up of women. They possess the local network, knowledge and language skills to source and invest in transactions throughout the continent.
Development Partners International Contacts
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Babacar Ka
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Miles Morland
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Runa Alam
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Takudzwa Mutasa
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Ziad Abaza
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What does Runa Alam invest in?
Runa Alam invests primarily in Farming, Agriculture and Manufacturing startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Algeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Runa Alam closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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