INVESTMENTS MADE

RENEWABLE ENERGY

BAKAS Renewable Energy (BREL) is a private limited company registered in 2016 under the Company Act of Nepal. The company produces alternative energy sources for industrial and household uses. The maiden venture of the company is manufacturing biomass pellets using forest floor undergrowth, which is highly inflammable and a key trigger for the outbreak of forest fires. The raw material also comes from farm field biomass, sawdust and agriculture wastes. The biomass pellet production process creates employment opportunities to the local communities, largely women and disadvantaged groups of people, engaging them in collection and processing of the raw materials from the forest floor as well as farmers fields. The pellets are used by industries like brick, cement and many more Industries that require energy for heating or cooling of their products. The company is developed by a group of professionals working in different sectors of renewable energy including hydropower, solar, forest and environmental management. Bo2 investment is assisting in setting up the factory. Commercial transaction will commence in 2021.

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Website : https://www.bakas.com.np/
Email : kmnepal2003@yahoo.com

Gandaki Urja is Nepal’s largest commercial scale biogas plant that daily converts 45,000 kgs of organic waste matter into 1,600 kgs of high quality compressed natural gas and 11,000 kgs of organic fertilizer. This replaces imported LPG and chemical fertilizer, making enormous impact to the local economy, alleviating negative balance of payment by substituting import and helping Nepal transition to a sustainable energy future.

The company is owned and managed by a group of young entrepreneurs and energy experts. Bo2 partnership has helped it to lead the market in manufacturing sustainable energy source, with zero net greenhouse emissions, that uses all-natural process, which is called anaerobic digestion to turn waste into clean energy. Gandaki Urja was the recipient of the prestigious international Energy Global award 2020.

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Website: http://gandakiurja.com/

 

Saral Urja is a distributed energy services company.

They partner with government, energy end-users, communities and financial institutions to help design, develop, implement, manage and finance affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions for all Nepalis.

By offering innovative solutions that address the energy needs while also contributing towards addressing Nepal’s larger energy challenges. They were the first to commercially transact in solar energy under the RESCO model.

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Website : http://www.saralurja.com/main.php

ITC

Bo2 signs SHA with Fusemachines Nepal.   Fusemachines Nepal has paved its growth both internationally and in Nepal as a leading technology company. They have done pioneering work in training Nepali youth in AI software development skills, building cutting edge AI products and continue to create AI solutions for top enterprises globally. Even during the pandemic, the company was immediate to respond by launching Fuse Classroom, an AI-assisted learning tool to empower both Nepali students and educators when all learning became remote. Bo2 is proud to partner with this pioneering company in order to strengthen its capacity in their Nepal office to achieve its targeted exponential growth curve.  

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Website : https://fusemachines.com/

Genese Solution is a cloud consulting, web and software development company. Genese is multinational  and Nepal’s first cloud consulting company providing Amazon Web Services (AWS). Genese is an official partner of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Zoom, Zoho, Nagios, and Facebook for Nepal. The company also provides AWS certifications and trainings, and has trained thousands of students under its Genese Cloud Academy program. With BO2 investment, Genese will expand its hybrid cloud services to Nepal.”

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Website : https://www.genesesolution.com/

Assabet Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a software development company which designs and builds software and technology products/platform for businesses in health, tourism, banking and education sectors for data management, remote access and is promoted by US based company ESR LLC. In Nepal, Assabet has implemented a complete school college management system for over 7000 students. Assabet will also be developing software/platforms for US based businesses. With BO2 investment, Assabet will scale up their products, expand their team and grow their market presence.

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Rojgari Services Pvt. Ltd. established in the year 2013, with an objective to provide work connectivity opportunities between employers and workers in the most convenient and systematic manner for blue collar jobs in Nepal. It provides its services online through www.rojgari.com, mobile based applications and brick and mortar shops branded as ‘Rojgari Pasal.’ Currently, Rojgari Pasal has 5 physical outlets in 5 major cities of 5 provinces in Nepal, Kathmandu ii) Pokhara iii) Itahari iv) Birgunj and v) Nepalgunj. Rojgari Services also started its operation in various rural areas through Ghumti Rojgari Pasal, a mobile employment shop equipped with staff, equipment and systems. The vehicle travels to different villages, cities and neighborhoods with high concentration of job seekers, particularly those that belong to excluded and disadvantaged groups. Since its establishment, RSPL has been greatly contributing towards reduction of unemployment all over Nepal as it has successfully been able to match over 6,000 job seekers with demands from jobs and directly outsource over 2,000 staffs to various employers over the course of seven years. With Bo2 equity investment, they will be able to scale their business further and create an overall ecosystem for blue collar jobs in Nepal.

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Website : https://rojgari.com/

Manufacturing

Established in 2013, KNPL is the vision of Ms. Dahal, an MBA graduate who wanted to follow her passion to pursue her career in fashion industry. There are very few local ready-made garment-manufacturing outlets in Nepal that provide a brand name and haute couture. KNPL with its outlets around Nepal provides affordable fashionable clothing for women through their brand ‘July.’  Through Bo2 investment, KNPL will be able to scale up their outlets and provide a greater range of clothing to service the young women who would otherwise buy imported fashion ware.

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Shanti Engineering

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Shanti Engineering has been in the metal fabrication industry for more than three decades. Over the years has diversified its business from traditional fabrication works to solar panel, automation works, remote controlled equipment, penstock pipes, metallic improved cooking stoves etc. The entrepreneurs are always willing to explore new market, provide new products and expand their business. With Bo2 investment, Shanti Engineering is set to work at a larger capacity with a new and large factory and become a market leader in the domestic market.

 

Tourism/Hospitality

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The Lakeside Retreat

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The Lakeside Retreat Pvt. Ltd. is a hotel at Fewa lakeside, Pokhara. Established in the year 2012, the hotel has been built in the theme of a resort with a large spacious garden and swimming pool and is conveniently located near restaurants and bars at the lakeside. The hotel is equipped with spa, restaurant and ample parking space. With Bo2 investment, the property plans to increase its rooms, add a conference hall and promote MICE tourism. After expansion, the property will serve more than 19,000 tourists per year in Pokhara, thereby boosting the economy of Nepal and meeting visit Nepal 2020 Goal. 40% of total tourists visiting Nepal visit Pokhara every year.

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Le Sherpa

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Born and bred to become an entrepreneur, the founder of the company always had his dream to own the finest fine dining restaurant in Nepal.  Mr. Sherpa established Le Sherpa in 2011.  With his team, he has successfully built his brand as one of well-liked name for fine dining in Kathmandu visited, appreciated and re-visited by tourists, expats and affluent Nepalese community alike.  With Bo2 investment, the founder has relocated the restaurant in a new space with better capacity and improved store image.  The weekly farmers market that restaurant has in its premises is another major event that has been a great platform for new entrepreneurs to sell their product innovation and a nurturing platform to build entrepreneurship to pave their dream. Currently, the founder lives his dream with an establishment and reputation that Le Sherpa has as one of the best fine dining restaurant location in Nepal.

 

Two friends started their business in 2012 not to sell a different food menu but to sell the similar food menu sold at every other restaurant around the corners of Kathmandu differently. Within short period of time their recipe worked i.e. Dalle became a great success story and a well-recognized brand name among Kathmanduites within a year of operation with chains all over town. The founders of Dalle always had the dream to lead the fast casual restaurant space of Nepal market. Bo2 has partnered with the founders to build ‘Dalle’ chain of outlets across Kathmandu. With Bo2 investment, Dalle is not just one of the leading fast casual national chain restaurant but an institution that has been offering much needed jobs to over 100 youths of Nepal. Women represent over 25 % of DRPL workforce.

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Dalle momos served at 30,000 feet.

 

Health

(MBPL) is a pharmaceutical company that manufactures pharmaceutical products like tablets and capsules.  The company intends to manufacture vaccines and biologics by implementing international best practices. This is one of the few pharmaceutical companies in Nepal that is owned and managed by people with medical degrees with extensive  local and international experience in the sector.

MBPL has signed a technology transfer agreement (TTA) with Korean bio-pharmaceutical company, Eubiologics, which is a South Korean bio-pharmaceutical company that engages in developing new vaccine for new epidemics and antibiotic resistance. MBPL is one of the first companies to have a TTA with a reputed foreign pharmaceutical company in Nepal.

Bo2 investments will help scale up their operations.

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Website : website under construction

Medpro is a healthcare company established on the platform of technology. Health at Home is the managing company of Medpro International.  Health care technology is used to provide patients faster, cheaper and more accessible care; generally, outside of a clinical setting. This ranges from general nursing care to critical care for severely ill and long-term, chronically ill patients. It also provides care facilities like counseling, physiotherapy services, monthly prescription-drug delivery etc.  The founder’s vision is to aid increasing access to healthcare in Nepal and to serve the current market gap.  With Bo2 investment, the founder has been enabled to scale up his business, increase efficiency in providing health care services through a technology platform by adding verticals to further create synergy.

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Website : https://healthathome.com.np/

Education

This company led by young dynamic group of entrepreneurs is geared to take up an instrumental role in bringing the much-needed facelift to the Nepal’s traditional ‘chalk and talk’ educational methodology in classrooms by assimilating more scientific, logic-based learning approach. The company targets to grow its financials by capitalizing on filling this huge unmet demand by improving the education-practices in Nepal. The company has over in the last 5 years worked with 10,000 students in over 100 schools in the Kathmandu Valley. Karkhana’s entry strategy had primarily, in the beginning, been as an educational service provider to enter the market. Now they are in a position to transition and scale up their position as an educational product cum service provider. Bo2 capital investments in this company will help Karkhana achieve its true potential.

Agri Processing

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Godawari International

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Nepalese population has been consuming hardened form of cheese locally known as ‘Churpi / Durkha’ since ancient times but since past few years with rising change in consumer behavior to feed their pets with human grade food, this traditional Nepali snacks has become very popular in developed market as the preferred snacks for their dogs. Thus, this demand has accelerated a great opportunity for the people in places like Illam where these Churpi are handcrafted in over 1000 homes, at over 200 micro diaries and for processing plant like our partner company – Godawari International Pvt. Ltd. The multiplier effect this industry can make to the Nepalese economy if companies like Godawari International scale up the results will be enormous.  BO2 is helping GIPL to attain that goal. The vision of Godawari International’s founder is to increase export of the ‘Churpi – hardened form of cheese’ in the international market. Godawari International Pvt. Ltd. is USFDA registered and with Bo2 investment has better working capacity, built one of the exemplary processing plants for ‘Churpi’ in the nation and the company is a step ahead towards its mission to  deliver best quality Nepal- made Churpi to its customers globally.