9 Basil Fund 1 has a Southeast Asian mandate and invests in wonderful companies facing special circumstances where we can add proprietary value, allowing us to invest with a margin of safety. The fund is managed by East Blue Ventures Pte. Ltd, a licensed fund manager in Singapore.

9 Basil was a one-off private equity fund. The partners have now separated, running separate firms. Schwin Chiaravanont, the Chiaravanont Family and the Blueprint Forest Group of companies no longer has a working relationship with the team working at Arc9.