From the website(s) of AQUA INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, L.P.
Aqua International Partners, L.P., a $232 million investment fund, was established in 1997 to make private equity investments in companies providing water and water-related products or services to emerging market economies.
To capitalize on the rapid transformation of the water industry, Aqua International Partners, L.P. ("Aqua" or "Fund") was created by William K. Reilly (former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Bush) and David Bonderman, Jim Coulter and Bill Price (founding partners of the private equity firm, Texas Pacific Group.) The Aqua Fund, based in San Francisco, invests in operating and special purpose companies that are engaged in providing products or services to the water sector.
Aqua was founded with support from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation ("OPIC"), a self-sustaining, independent federal agency that mobilizes American private capital for investment in developing countries in transition to democracy and a market economy.
Aqua is a member of Texas Pacific Group, a network of private equity investment funds with more than $7 billion under management. Following the proven formula of the Texas Pacific Group funds, Aqua’s investment philosophy incorporates rigorous analysis of unique investment situations, combined with management collaboration and involvement with a portfolio company’s board to produce superior investment returns. It is the Fund’s principle to engage in transactions only in cooperation with a company’s board of directors or executive management team.
Aqua and Texas Pacific Group management has extensive experience in international private equity investment, project finance, corporate mergers and acquisitions and corporate management. This, combined with a broad international network of relationships for sourcing investment opportunities and for partnering in specific transactions, provides a foundation for success through cooperation with the management of portfolio companies and value added beyond the provision of capital.
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AQUA INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, L.P.
345 California Street, Suite 3300 San Francisco, CA 94104
"provides a foundation for success through cooperation with the management of portfolio companies and value added beyond the provision of capital"
That's corporate speak for Return on Investment.