EM Capital Management, LLC, founded in 2005, focuses on investments, turnaround management and restructuring and developing new business ventures in emerging and frontier markets.  The firm is based in San Francisco, California USA and in Hong Kong and Shenzhen PRC through its affiliate, EM Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited.   The company is a registered Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSCV).

 

On a selective basis, we provide our extraordinary expertise to third-parties seeking significantly greater cross-border investment and business knowledge and real execution capacity not available from typical consultants.

 

Proprietary Investments in Equities, Startups, Debt & Joint Ventures

EM Capital Management pursues a broad range of emerging and frontier investment strategies and business ventures on a proprietary basis.  Our strategies are generally long-term oriented and range from conservative to high-risk new ventures.

 

We partner with leading local market business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors, utilizing the expertise and relationships gained from decades of hands-on experience.    

 

We seek to incorporate Impact Investing practices and ESG factors into all of our activities, consistent with our early thought-leadership in emerging markets socially responsible investment working with the US Social Investment Forum USSIF and the International Working Group as lead for India and promoting UN PRI's entry into India.

 

Professional Services for:  Investors, funds, family offices, entrepreneurs, boards, lenders, creditors and their professionals

EM Capital provides an integrated suite of professional services that prophylactically and tactically address the inherent, yet frequently underestimated complexities and risks of cross-border emerging and frontier markets investing.  

 

Too often, under-performing and distresed private equity investments, joint-ventures and foreign subsidiaries often require turnaround management and restructuring services.  Seth R. Freeman, the lead founder, has been active in emerging and frontier markets for over 20 years and is a Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA).  For more information: https://www.aira.org/cira

 

Offering clients the the same extraordinary expertise as our proprietary projects

Professional advisory and consulting services are highly customized and clients benefit from the same expertise, execution skill, wisdom, sense of urgency, efficiency and risk management approach as our proprietary EM Capital Management projects.   Execution is highly efficient with professional fees and rates that  are highly competitive.

 

Manage investment & execution risk with our uniquely deep due diligence & insights

EM Capital leaders and special advisors, including former finance ministers, development bank officials and securities regulators, are recognized experts on investing and doing business in India,  China, Singapore, Vietnam and Mexico, with extensive professional experience in many other countries in Asia, New Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.  

 

Globally recognized experts & thought leaders

Members of the firm frequently contribute on Bloomberg, CNBC and Reuters TV (Media page), feature in leading finance publications such as Euromoney magazine, provide executive training seminars and speak at top business schools and industry conferences, globally.  Seth R. Freeman, CIRA, EM Capital Management co-founder and CEO has spoken at Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, NYU Stern, Chicago Booth, Georgetown, UC Berkeley Haas and Thunderbird MBA programs.

 

Senior Director Access 24 Hours per day

One benefit of operating globally is that EM Capital Senior Directors are available 24 hours per day and our network of highly qualified professionals around the world are available to respond virtually immediately to the most urgent situations, whether its a time-sensitive business opportunity or a full blown, high-stakes crisis.