Bagan Capital eyes Myanmar deals with $75 million fund

Bagan Capital, which believes Myanmar could be a potential private equity powerhouse, is raising a fund that will invest foreign capital in the once-isolated country. The investment and advisory firm has set up the Myanmar Transition Fund with a target of $75 million. “We hope to do a first closing first or second quarter next year,” says Bagan Capital founder and chief executive, Jeremy Kloiser-Jones. “There are opportunities in many sectors,” he says, although the quality of e…