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Marshall Plan Venture Capital Fund, L.P. (“TMP”)
was established in 2000 as a Delaware Limited Partnership.
Along with Omer Rains, prior to her untimely death the company
also had as one of its general partner’s Greta Marshall,
formerly Executive Director and Investment Manager of the
California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).
Under Greta’s guidance, CalPERS had become the world’s
largest public pension fund.
Since the inception of TMP, Omer Rains has served as its
Managing Member and President. Given his international business
background and lifelong commitment to just and sustainable
business development, TMP has created a niche that is unique
in the Venture Capital community:
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Accepting the fact that helping to change
the world often requires taking risk, projects are generally
confined to sustainable business opportunities in lesser
developed countries where financing would otherwise
be unavailable. |
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Money is packaged in US Dollars, Euros, Pound Sterling,
Swiss Francs, Yen and/or other hard currencies in a
target-specific manner only as and when needed. |
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In addition to private equity, projects can and usually
do also involve working with various international agencies,
often located in Washington D.C., Geneva, Switzerland
and/or European Union entities generally located in
London, Brussels, or Strasbourg. |
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Whenever institutional financing is also involved,
“Sovereign Guarantees” are sought from countries
in which projects are to be located. |
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A condition precedent to any project is that the client
or moving party be committed to providing just and sustainable
business opportunities for indigenous peoples, especially
women and ethnic minorities. |
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All projects must have an environmental component
and projects will not be undertaken unless all involved
parties have a heightened sense of social and environmental
awareness. |
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A percentage of all TMP profit (generally 15%) is
committed to humanitarian and philanthropic causes,
often to promote literacy, civil rights and the prevention
of disease in the developing world. |
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