Banks, funds, and lenders that help access capital in this region.
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- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Tuninvest Innovation Sicar is a regional, multi-sector fund managed by Tuninvest-Africinvest Group. The fund focuses on large SMEs with annual sales in the range of EUR 3m to EUR 20m. Its investments include innovative companies (e-business, technical advisory, IT, and specialty chemicals) and the broader knowledge economy.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- SeedScale-up
Phenicia Seed Fund is the first Tunisian early stage fund dedicated to Innovation/Tech companies. The fund size is TND 10m and the first closing took place in September 2007. The fund is incorporated as "fonds d'amorçage" under Tunisian law. The fund's objective is to invest in newly created Tunisian innovative companies or in companies younger than 5 years, with a strong growth potential. The investment period elapsed in September 2012.
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- Scv Rs
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- StartupSeedSeries AGrowth
Early-stage venture capital fund investing in startups across the Western Balkans. 34 portfolio companies indexed from public portfolio page.
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- EIB
- Target
- StartupSeedScale-up
Badia Impact Fund is a closed-end venture capital fund, incorporated in the Netherlands. The fund seeks to invest seed, start-up and expansion capital in early and growth stage Technology, Media, and Telecom ("TMT") SMEs located predominantly in Jordan. It is managed by Badia Management Company B.V., a company wholly owned by Accelerator Technology Holdings ("ATH") and incorporated as a limited liability company in the Netherlands.
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- Ict Hub Rs
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- SeedGrowthScale-up
Zajedno otključavamo potencijale ljudi i biznisa i stvaramo prome Public programs: Corporate Digital Responsibility in Europe (CDR Europe), X2.0, Serbia Innovates, Cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sports
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- SMEScale-upGrowth
SVL-SME Fund (Neev II Fund), the successor fund of Neev I, announced its Initial Closing in June 2021 and seeks to provide growth and capital expansion to SMEs offering solutions for clean energy, electric vehicles, efficient use of raw materials, and water and circular economy projects in the country. The SME space is one of the largest employment generators in India, and has the ability to generate a multiplier effect in terms of increased standards of living, better livelihoods and access to clean energy to large sections of society is tremendously high.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- StartupSeed
Circulate Capital Ocean Fund I-B fights plastic pollution and climate change by investing in advancing the circular economy. It finances companies across the plastic-recycling and waste-management value chains in South and Southeast Asia delivering financial, environmental and social returns, as well as start-ups globally focused on early-stage disruptive innovation, such as new delivery models, advanced recycling technologies, and innovative materials. The Fund is backed by institutional investors including the European Investment Bank, the International Finance Corporation and Proparco as well as family offices and other private investors and partners with Circulate Capital Ocean Fund I, which is backed by the world's leading corporations, including PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Dow, Danone, Chanel, Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Mondēlez International.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- StartupScale-up
Silicon Badia is a global venture capital firm with offices in the United States and the Middle East. It has invested in over 80 technology companies in over 15 industries and cities worldwide. Its second regional fund, Badia Impact Squared Fund (BIF2), is a sector-agnostic fund that invests in tech and tech-enabled startups in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, and Lebanon at the Series A and Series B stages.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
The fund focuses on providing growth equity capital to primarily technology and export-oriented companies in Ukraine and Moldova.
- Provider
- Katapult Rs
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- StartupPre-seedSeedGrowth
Katapult is a leading Serbian startup accelerator connecting founders with mentors and investors. 89 accelerator alumni indexed from public portfolio.
- Provider
- EIB
EcoEnterprises is a pioneer impact investing fund manager that has built portfolios of innovative nature-based growing businesses for nearly two decades. It has launched EcoEnterprises Partners III, its third fund under management in May 2018.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
EcoEnterprises Fund provides mezzanine financing and equity to support companies that generate biodiversity benefits through the sustainable use of natural resources. The fund will focus on Latin America which is among the world's richest regions in biodiversity. The fund is managed by Capital Partners for Nature and Communities, an independent management firm based in San Jose, Costa Rica and Washington DC, USA.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Swicorp Intaj Capital II is a regional fund targeting equity and equity related investments in sectors driven by consumer demand such as consumer goods, retail, media & communications and consumer financial services. In terms of geographic coverage, the fund covers the MENA region including Turkey. Final closing was achieved in September 2012; the fund is currently in divestment period.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Portland Caribbean Fund III, S.L.P. is sponsored by Portland Holdings Inc., a global investment firm which owns, operates, and invests in high quality businesses. The Fund is Portland's third institutionally supported growth equity fund and will be its primary vehicle for transformative investments in the Caribbean Basin. It will continue Portland's pioneering of private equity in the region as a Flagship Growth Fund of 2x Global, a global industry body promoting gender lens investing. The Fund will have a refined focus on women's empowerment and will contribute to the achievement of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDGs 5 (gender equality), 8 (decent work and economic growth), and 10 (reduced inequalities).
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- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Kula Fund II Ltd is making equity and equity-related investments in small and medium-sized enterprises ('SMEs') located in the Pacific Islands region. Besides providing its investee companies with much needed equity capital for growth and expansion, the Fund will also provide on-going support to strengthen and professionalize its investees with the aim of improving operations and decision-making and attracting other sources of long-term capital. Targeted sectors include agriculture, building, engineering, development, clean energy, energy, water, utilities, healthcare, ICT, telecom & technology and transport.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- DeepTechSeedScale-up
Sawari Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Cairo, investing in knowledge and innovation-based technologies across North Africa. Two inaugural funds (North Africa Fund I and Egypt Fund I) have brought together international and domestic capital from DFIs and regional stakeholders. To date, Sawari Ventures has invested in 19 early and growth-stage companies in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco, in sectors including fintech, edtech, healthtech, deeptech, logistics and e-commerce. In addition, it provides a small allocation for seed stage funding, and further contributes to building and strengthening the region's early-stage ecosystem.
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- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Capital North Africa Venture Fund is a private equity fund which made equity and equity-related investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Morocco. The fund was fully invested by end of 2011. The investments include companies in diversified sectors. The fund is managed by Capital Invest, a fund management company based in Casablanca, Morocco.
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- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
The fund provides private equity and equity-like investments in Brazil, focussing on growth equity, buyout, minority growth and turnaround.
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- Ts Ventures Rs
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- StartupSeedSeries A
Serbian venture capital fund focused on technology startups. Site unreachable at last crawl (HTTPSConnectionPool(host='tsventures.fund', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by NewConnectionError(': Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 8] nodename no); retained reference metadata.
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- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
South Asia Growth Fund II is a growth equity fund managed by GEF Capital Partners, LLC with an objective to generate long-term capital appreciation in companies that seek growth and expansion opportunities along the resource efficiency supply chain, with a focus on clean energy supply chain, energy efficiency technologies and services, efficient use of water resources and environmental products and services, primarily in South Asia.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Kantara, L.P. is a fund focusing on expansion capital and buyout investments in established companies. The fund targets private companies based in North Africa, including Mediterranean Partner Countries. The fund is managed by the Abraaj Group, a leading investor operating in the growth markets of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Seed
Middle East Venture Capital Fund is a venture capital fund that will primarily invest in early stage private, export-oriented businesses that are located in the Palestinian Territories and are active in business services, software and communication. The Fund is managed by Sadara Ventures, the first venture capital firm targeting the Palestinian IT sector. The assets under management in the fund are around US$30 million. The final closing took place in 2012.
- Provider
- EIB
The fund will focus primarily on control-oriented stakes in greenfield assets or operating projects/companies with significant expansions to be made, eventually partnering with premium operators to execute investments.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Portland Caribbean Fund II invests in SMEs located in the Caribbean Basin. It has a target size of USD 300m and is managed by Portland Private Equity, a firm based in Canada. The Fund has a specific focus on developing a portfolio of minority equity and quasi-equity interests in Caribbean-based SMEs and mid-sized enterprises with an emphasis on communications, energy (including renewables), agri-business and tourism/hospitality. The Fund Manager's aim is to deploy expansion capital typically between USD 10m and USD 40m in companies offering significant growth potential, able to show results within a few years. Portland Caribbean Fund II is the successor fund to AIC Caribbean Fund, a 2007-vintage fund with a fund size of USD 225m.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- SMEScale-up
Averroès Finance ("The Fund") is a fund of funds contributing to the creation of investment funds in the Maghreb and Mashreq countries. The fund is co-managed by CDC PME and PROPARCO, the subsidiary of Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The end of the investment period took place in 2008.
- Provider
- EIB
Infranode I is Infranode's first fund founded in 2014 and managed by Infranode I Holding. The fund is comprised of a tightly-knit investment team bolstered by its network of experts and 6 institutional investors, with total discretionary commitments of approximately EUR 450m. The fund possesses a broad investment mandate stretching across the energy, transportation, telecommunications and social infrastructure sectors in, primarily, the Nordics.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Following on from the three predecessors, Capmezzanine II is a multi-sector private equity fund targeting equity and quasi equity investments in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) predominately located in Morocco. The fund is managed by the CDG Capital Private Equity, a leader in capital investment in Morocco. The fund reached the first closing in June 2014.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Following on from the predecessor, Fons Mediterrània Capital II is a private equity fund of a generalist nature, investing exclusively in small and medium sized enterprises in phases of capital expansion and which are based in Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia. The fund's promoter is Mediterrània Capital Partners. The assets under management in the fund are around EUR 118 million. The first closing took place in 2013 and the second one in 2015.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
GEF South Asia Growth Fund III is a USD 300m (target) investment fund targeting companies that promote climate action and environmental sustainability in South and South-East Asia. The Fund will provide equity to SMEs, improving access to finance and will support the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs), aiming to mitigate the effects of climate change. The key climate themes underwritten by the Fund are Climate mitigation, adaption and circular economy, which will include sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, water, food and agriculture, built environment and waste.
- Provider
- EIB
Foursan Capital Partners II ("FCP II") is a USD 102 million private equity fund with a mandate to invest in promising companies in Jordan and certain Levant and North African countries. FCP II targets a variety of attractive sectors including education, food and beverage, IT, logistics, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and retail.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Fons Mediterrània Capital I is a multi-sector investment fund targeting private sector companies located in, or having the majority of their assets and operations/activities in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The fund's promoter is Mediterrània Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Riva y García Financial Group. The assets under management in the fund are around EUR 63million. The final closing took place in 2009.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Capmezzanine is a generalist private equity fund targeting growth capital investments in private sector companies primarily located in Morocco. The fund is managed by the CDG Capital Private Equity, a leader in capital investment in Morocco. The assets under management in the fund are around MAD 350 million. The final closing took place in 2007.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
Capital North Africa Venture Fund II is the follow-on fund of CNAV I in which EIB invested in 2006. The Luxemburg based fund will seek to make investments in medium-sized companies mainly in Morocco, but will also have the opportunity to invest to a limited extent in the other Maghreb countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt) and West-Africa. The Fund is managed by Capital Invest Group, a public company limited by shares ('societe anonyme'), registered under the laws of Luxembourg.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
AIC Caribbean Fund is a private equity fund targeting investments in private companies in the Caribbean region. The fund makes equity and quasi-equity investments of USD 10m - USD 50m in later stage companies, targeting the media & ICT, tourism, healthcare, telecom and energy sectors in the region. While the operations financed by the fund are based mainly in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Barbados - the companies often invest and/or have activities in smaller regional states, thus supporting the development of the economies of those countries.
- Provider
- EIB
The fund aims to provide equity and quasi-equity support to private companies (SMEs) active in Latin America (with a focus on Brazil) and that promote climate action and environmental sustainability. The Fund will support the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly aiming to limit climate change.
- Provider
- EIB
- Target
- Scale-up
The fund targets investments in mid-cap companies with a strong growth potential and a turnover of above €20 million.