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Approach

We underwrite the constraint, not the return.

Return is an output. It is determined almost entirely by what is scarce in a given market and who controls it. So we start there, and we structure the group so that the answer is allowed to be inconvenient.

The sequence

From origination to duration.

  1. 01

    Origination

    Most of what we look at arrives through operators already inside the group. We are not trying to see every deal in the market. We are trying to see the ones where an existing position tells us something a generalist cannot know.

  2. 02

    Underwriting

    We underwrite the constraint before the return. If the binding constraint on a business is capital, we assume someone will eventually supply it more cheaply than we can, and we pass.

  3. 03

    Commitment

    Positions are concentrated. A commitment too small to matter still costs a board seat, a set of papers every quarter and a real share of somebody’s week.

  4. 04

    Operation

    We take governance seats and we use them. The group supplies compute, intelligence and shared services at benchmarked rates. A venture is free to buy those elsewhere and sometimes does.

  5. 05

    Duration

    There is no exit calendar. Positions are reviewed annually on their own merits. We sell when the thesis breaks, or when someone offers more than the asset is worth to us. Not when a fund life ends.

How we operate

Five commitments we are held to.

  1. 01

    Own the constraint

    We take positions where the binding constraint is physical, regulatory or operational, not where it is merely capital. Vietnam disbursed roughly USD 27.6bn of FDI in 2025. Money is the most abundant input in this market and therefore the least defensible thing to be good at.

  2. 02

    Hold without a clock

    Permanent balance-sheet capital removes the exit calendar from the investment decision. It changes what is worth underwriting, and it changes who is willing to sell to us.

  3. 03

    Build internally, then externalise

    Every capability the group sells was first load-bearing inside the group. Nothing is offered externally until it has already been depended upon internally.

  4. 04

    Price the inside like the outside

    Internal customers are captive, which is exactly why internal pricing is benchmarked against the external market. Captivity is not a licence to be uncompetitive.

  5. 05

    Evolve the structure, not just the portfolio

    A holding company that only changes what it owns will eventually be outgrown by its own operating reality. The structure itself is a variable under review.

Exclusions

What we decline.

  • 01Positions where our only contribution is the cheque.
  • 02Businesses whose economics depend on a regulatory position we cannot inspect.
  • 03Minority stakes without governance rights in companies we do not already know.
  • 04Anything requiring us to forecast a commodity price to be right.
  • 05Opportunities that require an exit within a defined window to work.

Enquiries

We read everything sent to us.

Operators with a position in one of our sectors, and principals looking for permanent capital rather than a fund, should write directly.

Registered office

135 Pham Van Bach StreetTan Son WardHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ventures
ventures@evmsi.com
Press
press@evmsi.com