$9bn
US$ invested
As of 31.12.2025
Redefining emerging markets investing
<p>Our mission is to unleash the potential in emerging markets and make them accessible to investors everywhere. </p>
650+
Group employees
As of 31.12.2025
2014
Founded
100%
Employee-owned
Potential unleashed
<p>Institutional portfolios are overexposed to the familiar and underexposed to the essential. As global investors face shrinking real returns, rising volatility and geopolitical risk, emerging markets present a unique opportunity.</p>
Global emerging markets are in our name and our DNA.
<p>Atanas Bostandjiev, Founder & CEO</p>
Local presence
<p>We have had a local presence in emerging markets for over a decade, investing over $9 billion. Our experience covers a wide range of countries, sectors and asset classes, with a specialist focus on private capital to unlock the vast potential in emerging markets.</p>
Unmasking the potential
<p>Our new report, “Unmasking the potential”, surveyed over 75 institutional investors from across the globe to collect their views on emerging market (EM) private credit.</p>
Gemcast episode 10
<p>In episode 10 of Gemcast, Pranav Khamar, Portfolio Manager at Gemcorp Capital, examines what sets African infrastructure apart, drawing on over a decade of experience tailoring capital to the context. He explores how deals are designed with a focus on asset quality and financing structures, and how currency considerations and fundamental demand drivers influence outcomes.</p>
Latest insights
Commodity Watch: The Cost of Concentration
<p>Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe but is rare on Earth. Today, it is primarily a byproduct of natural gas and 90% of it is produced in seven gas fields. Although the market is small, helium plays an essential role, with no substitutes, in manufacturing including for chip fabrication. Qatar provides around 35% of global supply and manufacturers have limited inventory.</p>
23 March 2026
Commodity Watch: Leverage Cuts Both Ways
<p>For a decade in the 1920s the US went through changes that were mostly accretive. That abruptly came to a halt when the stock market crashed. I am not saying that we are headed to a 1929-like crash (that’s a tired analogy). But that period can be instructive. </p>
16 March 2026
Commodity Watch: Straits, Squeezes and the Price of Stability
<p>We are increasingly impacted by interrupted trade. Four years ago, we experienced the economic impact of trade disruption in the Black Sea (war and sanctions), which accelerated inflationary pressures from COVID’s fiscal spending and supply shocks (how did the stock market do?). Today, we are witnessing trade halt at the Strait of Hormuz (a major chokepoint) with ripple effects not yet felt, even as tariff uncertainty looms in the background.</p>
9 March 2026
Imbono
<p>A leading operator and provider of infrastructure and essential goods and services across emerging markets.</p>
Driving change
<p>We aim to improve access to energy, water, food and healthcare, while improving livelihoods and bridging inequalities.</p>