The Portland Holdings stable of investments includes public and private equity and we have an ownership interest in a collection of businesses that follow founder Michael Lee-Chin’s investment framework and adhere to his 15 principles of investing. To understand how we invest, look at our stable of Unicorns and members of the “Billion Dollar Club”.
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The Financial Unicorn and Billionaire Club
Financial business unicorns are the ultimate goal for private investments. So extraordinarily rare, they are difficult to imagine. Out of the thousands of start-ups every year, only a handful will ever grow to a valuation of over U.S. $1 Billion, and reach true unicorn status. We consider the Holy Grail of the Unicorn Club is an association with 4+ unicorn businesses which under 10% of institutional investors achieve.
Public Member Of The Billionaire Club
NCB Financial Group Limited
Turnaround of Jamaican bank to become a leader in the country
- Listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange with approximately 40% local ownership. Majority of Board and 100% of executives are Jamaican nationals/residents.
Current Unicorns
ITM Isotopen Technologien München AG
German company central to global growth of Targeted Radionuclide Therapies in Precision Oncology
- Majority of shareholders and directors are EU citizens and residents
- This therapy significantly improves treatment outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients while at the same time reducing side effects associated with traditional treatment methods for cancer.
Past Unicorns
AIC Limited (now known as AIC Global Holdings)
- An industry leading Canadian mutual fund company which grew to over 5.6 Billion in assets under management.
- Leading international financial services group.
Columbus Communications
- Columbus Communications provides the backbone of reliable high-speed communication to the entire Pan-Caribbean region. Columbus invested in the region to help stimulate new economic growth and expansion through the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1). It offers improved network redundancy, reliability, performance, bandwidth availability and capacity throughout the Pan-Caribbean region.
- Acquired by Liberty Latin America
Our investment philosophy and adherence to our 15 principles has allowed us to build not just one or two unicorns, but four! Under 10% of institutional investors achieve this, which is why we consider an association with 4+ unicorn businesses to be the holy grail of the unicorn club.
The Billion Dollar Valuation Club
Our Billion Dollar Valuation Club represents publicly traded companies that are valued over U.S. $1 Billion
Portland Holdings gives investors access to top tier public and private investments that have the opportunity to become unicorns. We are investing in and building the next unicorn and billion dollar valuation club.
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Other Notable Holdings
Portland Private Equity
- Portland Private Equity is a private equity fund which invests in CARICOM member states and associate member states, Dominican Republic, Colombia and Central America. It does not invest in Cuba or Venezuela. It has three institutionally supported growth equity funds and holds investments in various sectors including financial services, tourism, hospitality industry and retail.
PBS Group Limited
Supporting digital transformation of businesses in Central America and Caribbean
- Listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, majority of shareholders are Jamaican nationals / residents. Executives and country managers are nationals / residents of 15 countries.
- Head Office is in Guatemala.