Myanmar’s teleco firm Frontiir receives investment from UK’s CDG Group

Frontiir, internet service provider in Myanmar receives $30 million investment from UK-based development finance institution. The investment will help Frontiir to connect over 2 million people on the internet in Myanmar. “With CDC’s investment, we are excited to have the opportunity to create thousands of jobs and provide millions with unlimited internet for as low as 200 Kyats ($0.13) per day, and triple our foreign direct investment into Myanmar over the next 3 years,” said U Wai Lin Tun, Frontiir chief executive and chairman. Frontiir plans to expand its service coverage to lower-income townships within Yangon and Mandalay, and expects to grow to 22 cities and towns by 2022.
The fastest growing internet service in the country, Myanmar Net, is a service of Frontiir and it was launched since 2015.
Frontiir previously raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a private equity fund manager Delta Capital Myanmar in December 2017. Besides, Daiwa PI Partners, an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group, also invested $6.26 million for a 10 per cent stake in Frontiir.
CDC Group, which is also owned by the UK government, is an investment firm that invests in private equity, venture capital, debt and guarantees, mezzanine and other types of investment. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as financial services, infrastructure, health and education, food processing business, agriculture, manufacturing and construction, among others. CDC has investments in the Myanmar Opportunities Fund II and Irradwaddy Green Towers, among others. The group recently made headlines for its $40 million investment in Indian grocery delivery firm BigBasket in April this year.

Source: Deal Street Asia