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Singapore’s Tanncam sinks money into parent of local real estate firms

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Tanncam Investment Pte Ltd director Anthony Galliano (left) shakes hands with DCG Group CEO Mathew Care. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Singapore’s Tanncam sinks money into parent of local real estate firms

Singaporean private equity and venture capital firm Tanncam Investment Pte Ltd has invested an undisclosed amount in Australia-based Digital Classified Group (DCG), owner of local property portal realestate.com.kh and FazWaz (Cambodia) Co Ltd, for its business expansion into Southeast Asia, according to a joint statement on December 14.

DCG is a “property company and operator of a portfolio of online real estate and general classified companies in frontier and emerging markets”, the statement said.

“DCG’s companies and brands include realestate.co[m].kh and Faz[W]az in Cambodia, hausples.com.pg and marketmeri in Papua New Guinea, yula.la and lanloa.la in Laos, and property.com.fj in Fiji. Cambodian Investment Management acted as the liaison and financial adviser on the transaction for Tanncam Investment Pte Ltd.

“DCG has a track record of developing dominant property classifieds in frontier markets since 2013, and in recent years has transitioned its business model from advertising to transactional services to accelerate its growth. This investment consolidates DCG position in all markets as the leading operator of property classifieds in Asian frontier markets,” it added.

DCG Group CEO Mathew Care welcomed Tanncam onboard, voicing optimism that its involvement would improve the group’s overall business performance.

“These are very exciting times for our group as the businesses have regained traction post-Covid and we are experiencing strong and robust growth and substantial improvement in the fundamentals of our portfolio.

“We welcome Tanncam as a shareholder as they are a sophisticated and well-known established investor. We have no doubts that they will successfully contribute to our future aspirations and strategic objectives,” he said in the statement.

Tanncam director and Cambodian Investment Management group CEO Anthony Galliano added in the statement: “We believe DCG has demonstrated a unique ability to enter emerging and frontier markets and create a dominant position in their space.

“We are investing in what we believe is a very promising future, a strong management team, and a successful portfolio ripe for continued growth. DCG is on the precipice of another leg of its incredible journey and we are happy to contribute to this,” he said.

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