Think of us as coaches, colleagues and co-founders. We leverage local market intelligence, global networks, and a deep, talented in-house skillset to help ventures succeed. Our strengths range from strategy to financial management to business development, to operations, to fundraising.
ESG: we abide by the IFC exclusion list to avoid investments with significant environmental and social risks; we strengthen the governance of all portfolio companies with active involvement in financial management, audit and reporting protocols, and board representation.
Our Journey
We started Obor to create the most effective model for frontier markets.
We started our journeys in frontier markets ranging from Latin America, to Africa, to the banks of the Mekong and have gained invaluable insight in the process. We’ve learned to balance the opportunities of rapid development and leapfrogging technologies with poor infrastructure and ambiguous governance.
Our decades of journey are littered with setbacks, but persistent effort, quick learning, pragmatic experience, and a bit of luck have led to consistent success.
The absence of governance, transparency, and structure in frontier markets are major challenges that require ‘road tested’ navigation skills. This is why we roll up our sleeves and work with founders from day one. We foster a collaborative approach where project ownership leads to trust and frequent interaction converts insights into execution.
Our Board of Directors
We understand their needs because we are entrepreneurs ourselves.
Our Board members have decades of experience building and investing across the Mekong Region in sectors including consumer finance, utilities, consumer tech, logistics and hospitality.
Our extensive regional and entrepreneurial experience has allowed OBOR to create an investment methodology that combines on-the-ground support and in-house specialists with sectoral expertise.
CHRISTOPHE FORSINETTI
Founder/Chairman
Christophe is a serial entrepreneur who founded more than 10 companies across investment, hospitality and finance sectors.
His landmark projects include GL Finance which he developed into the leading leasing company in Southeast Asia, opening 250 branches with 800 employees in 3 years. Christophe is also currently the Managing Director of Strategic Hospitality REIT, a US$150m vehicle listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
SHIVAM TRIPATHI
Director
Shivam has over a decade of experience in investment banking, venture capital and venture building activities from Mumbai to Hong Kong.
Before Obor Capital, Shivam managed investments, developed SMEs and start-ups for a local venture capital firm in Cambodia.
His has unique eye for cross pollination between entrepreneurs and startups creating opportunities for tech in frontier markets. This led to his creation of CamboTicket, a leading travel ticketing platform in the greater Mekong region, for which he was featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia list of 2016.
