OPIC Investment Funds

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a self-sustaining U.S. Government agency that helps American businesses invest in emerging markets. Established in 1971, OPIC provides businesses with the tools to manage the risks associated with foreign direct investment, fosters economic development in emerging market countries, and advances U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities. OPIC helps American businesses gain footholds in new markets, catalyzes new revenues and contributes to jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC fulfills its mission by providing businesses with financing, political risk insurance, advocacy and by partnering with private equity investment fund managers. OPIC services are available to new and expanding businesses planning to invest in more than 160 countries worldwide. Because OPIC charges market-based fees for its products, it operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to taxpayers. All OPIC projects must adhere to best international practices and cannot cause job loss in the United States.

Allan Villabroza

Acting CFO

40 past transactions

Orb Energy Pte. Ltd designs, manufactures, markets, sells, installs, and services solar photovoltaic and solar water heating systems for residential and commercial customers. Its products include solar panels, solar inverters, solar street lights, solar rooftop, solar power plants, solar water pumping system, solar water heating systems, and heat pumps. The company also franchises its branches to customers to sell its products. It offers its products through a network of branches. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Singapore with and additional office in Bengaluru, India.
Apollo Towers Myanmar Ltd. provides telecom tower infrastructure. It offers construction, management and leasing of telecommunications tower infrastructure to mobile operators in Myanmar. It also provides shared telecom infrastructure. The company acquires, builds, owns, operates, and manages towers and related infrastructure for wireless telecommunications service providers. The company is based in Yangon, Myanmar. Apollo Towers Myanmar Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Tillman Global Holdings LLC.

Orb Energy

Debt Financing in 2018
Orb Energy Pte. Ltd designs, manufactures, markets, sells, installs, and services solar photovoltaic and solar water heating systems for residential and commercial customers. Its products include solar panels, solar inverters, solar street lights, solar rooftop, solar power plants, solar water pumping system, solar water heating systems, and heat pumps. The company also franchises its branches to customers to sell its products. It offers its products through a network of branches. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Singapore with and additional office in Bengaluru, India.

Kashf Foundation

Debt Financing in 2018
Founded in 1996, Kashf Foundation has worked to pioneer microfinance services that empower and promote the economic self-reliance of poor women and their families in Pakistan. Kashf is now one of the premier microfinance institutions in the country, disbursing $202 million USD in loans to date and providing more than one million people with access to financial capital.

Proximity Designs

Debt Financing in 2019
Proximity Designs is a non-profit charitable organization, which designs and manufactures agricultural and farming equipment. The foundation offers sprinklers, solar irrigation pumps, foot-powered water pumps, plastic water pumps, and sprayers. It also provides agronomy advisory services, social services, agricultural financing services, and economic policy research services in Myanmar. Proximity Designs was formerly known as IDE Myanmar and changed its name to Proximity Designs in 2008. The foundation was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in South Pasadena, California. It has an additional office in Yangon, Myanmar.

Twiga Foods

Debt Financing in 2019
Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Grameen Impact India (GIII)

Debt Financing in 2018
Grameen Impact India (GIII) is a RBI registered NBFC focused on lending to enterprises engaged in social sector with an emphasis on double bottom line returns – financial returns along with demonstrated social impact. GIII has been setup to lend selectively to high quality social enterprises across stages from early, growth to mature entities. The lending focus will be on impact enterprises in financial services, affordable education and skills development, affordable health, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy sectors. GIII’s goal is to catalyse access to debt capital critical to scaling up social enterprises and help them reach poor and excluded population.

Union Bank of Nigeria

Debt Financing in 2019
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc provides investment, corporate, commercial, and retail banking products and services for individuals, small and medium sized enterprises, and commercial and corporate clients primarily in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail Bank, Commercial Bank, Corporate Bank, and Treasury. The company offers current accounts, savings accounts, and domiciliary deposits; debit cards; and online and mobile banking services. It also provides SME accounts, solutions, loans, and intervention funds; credit solutions; and account and cash management, trade, finance, and agribusiness solutions. The company as founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Union Bank of Nigeria Plc is a subsidiary of Union Global Partners Limited.

IndusInd Bank

Post in 2017
IndusInd Bank, which commenced operations in 1994, caters to the needs of both consumer and corporate customers. Its technology platform supports multi-channel delivery capabilities. As on June 30, 2017, IndusInd Bank has 1210 branches, and 2090 ATMs spread across 687 geographical locations of the country. The Bank also has representative offices in London, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. The Bank believes in driving its business through technology. It enjoys clearing bank status for both major stock exchanges - BSE and NSE - and major commodity exchanges in the country, including MCX, NCDEX, and NMCE. IndusInd Bank was included in the NIFTY 50 benchmark index on April 1, 2013. Recently, IndusInd Bank ranked 13th amongst the Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands 2015 as per the BrandZ Top 50 rankings powered by WPP and Millward Brown.

Tugende

Debt Financing in 2018
Tugende provides finance to informal sector entrepreneurs and micro, medium and small sized enterprises. The company offers business assets to new clients such as bodas, special hire taxis, matatus, and boat engines and add on assets for existing clients, such as smartphone, salon equipment, shop fridges, and sewing machines. Its services, include care services, such as product, medical, and life insurance; safety services, such as safe riding training, helmet and safety gear, and global positioning system tracking; and value services, such as genuine parts and service. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Kampala, Uganda.

Orb Energy

Private Placement in 2018
Orb Energy Pte. Ltd designs, manufactures, markets, sells, installs, and services solar photovoltaic and solar water heating systems for residential and commercial customers. Its products include solar panels, solar inverters, solar street lights, solar rooftop, solar power plants, solar water pumping system, solar water heating systems, and heat pumps. The company also franchises its branches to customers to sell its products. It offers its products through a network of branches. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Singapore with and additional office in Bengaluru, India.

Cholamandalam

Post in 2019
Cholamandalam is an Indian assurance firm that provides a range of assurance schemes, including accident, engineering, health, liability, marine, motor, property, travel, and rural insurance for individuals and corporate assurance. Cholamandalam’s assurance products targeted at individuals include health insurance, car insurance, travel insurance, home insurance, and personal accident insurance. While its products targeted at corporate firms include health, fire, engineering projects, engineering operations, property crime, marine insurance, and liability insurance. Cholamandalam was established in 2001 as a result of a joint venture between Murugappa Group, a major South Indian business conglomerate and Japan’s largest general insurance firm, the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.

Mobius Motors

Debt Financing in 2018
Mobius Motors Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells vehicles for the African mass market. Its vehicles are used for transporting heavy cargo, over rough and degraded terrains, as well as in public transport, and goods delivery. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Root Capital

Debt Financing in 2016
Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training, and strengthening market connections for small and growing agricultural businesses. The organization also invests in the growth of agricultural enterprises so they can transform rural communities. These businesses purchase crops such as coffee, cocoa, or grains from smallholder farmers. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Azure Power

Debt Financing in 2016
Azure Power Global Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and management of solar power plants in India. It generates solar energy based on long-term contracts with Indian government energy distribution companies, as well as other non-governmental energy distribution companies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2020, the company operated 43 utility scale projects and various commercial rooftop projects with a combined rated capacity of 1,808 MW. Azure Power Global Limited was founded in 2008 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Bayport Management

Post in 2016
Bayport Financial Services Limited provides microfinance lending services to low and middle income borrowers and small businesses. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Lusaka, Zambia. Bayport Financial Services Limited operates as a subsidiary of Bayport Management Limited.
Atlas Mara Limited is a private equity firm specializing in potential and bolt-on acquisitions. The firm prefers to invest in the sub-Saharan African market, though it also invests outside Africa. It considers investments in the financial services sector. The firm was formerly known as Atlas Mara Co Nvest Ltd. Atlas Mara Limited is based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
SunFunder is a solar energy finance business with a mission to provide financing for solar assets in emerging economies, including inventory, working capital, construction, and structured finance loans. SunFunder is a well-positioned financial intermediary that has been operating since 2012. We offer borrowers a deep solar market expertise, an efficient due diligence process and strong customer partnerships, while simultaneously providing investors with diversified, high-impact, fixed income debt offerings of emerging market solar investments.

Twiga Foods

Debt Financing in 2018
Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc provides investment, corporate, commercial, and retail banking products and services for individuals, small and medium sized enterprises, and commercial and corporate clients primarily in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Retail Bank, Commercial Bank, Corporate Bank, and Treasury. The company offers current accounts, savings accounts, and domiciliary deposits; debit cards; and online and mobile banking services. It also provides SME accounts, solutions, loans, and intervention funds; credit solutions; and account and cash management, trade, finance, and agribusiness solutions. The company as founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Union Bank of Nigeria Plc is a subsidiary of Union Global Partners Limited.

Atlas Mara Ltd.

Post in 2017
Atlas Mara Limited is a private equity firm specializing in potential and bolt-on acquisitions. The firm prefers to invest in the sub-Saharan African market, though it also invests outside Africa. It considers investments in the financial services sector. The firm was formerly known as Atlas Mara Co Nvest Ltd. Atlas Mara Limited is based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.
Ashv Finance Limited, a non-banking finance company, provides customized debt finance to small and growing businesses in India. It offers collateral-free working capital loans; and supply chain financing, such as bill discounting loans for customers in agricultural supply chain, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, health care, and water and sanitation sectors. The company was formerly known as Jain Sons Finlease Limited and changed its name to Ashv Finance Limited in November 2020. Ashv Finance Limited was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Mumbai, India.

BURN

Debt Financing in 2013
BURN Design Lab is a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation that creates customized biomass stove solutions to meet the cooking needs of the developing world. Working with implementing organizations, they develop sustainable stove dissemination systems that will appeal to cooks and have a profound impact on deforestation, women's health and global warming.

SunEdison

Post in 2013
SunEdison is your trusted partner for innovative, intelligent energy solutions around the globe. We have built our business by putting our customers first, and focusing on addressing each customer's unique solar energy needs. Through our integrated service approach, we partner with you, help you navigate your way through the solar landscape and offer uniquely tailored solutions and flexible financing.

SunEdison

Post in 2013
SunEdison is your trusted partner for innovative, intelligent energy solutions around the globe. We have built our business by putting our customers first, and focusing on addressing each customer's unique solar energy needs. Through our integrated service approach, we partner with you, help you navigate your way through the solar landscape and offer uniquely tailored solutions and flexible financing.

Lumos

Debt Financing in 2016
Nova Lumos sells residential off-grid rooftop solar electricity generation systems, which are capable of powering lights and a range of DC appliances including phone chargers, small televisions and fans. Nova Lumos has its headquarters in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

BMR Energy

Debt Financing in 2015
BMR Energy plans, builds, and operates bioenergy plants, wind turbines, and solar power plants. It is based in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Simpa

Debt Financing in 2014
Simpa offers solar power systems to households and shops in rural areas. Customers make a small initial payment to have a solar PV system installed, then it's simply pay-as-you-go for the electricity. They mimic the compelling pricing model of pre-paid cell phones. But these small payments for electricity also add up towards the total purchase price and once fully paid, the customer owns the system and enjoys the benefits of clean, reliable electricity, for free. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Karnataka, India.

responsAbility

Debt Financing in 2019
A leading impact asset manager, responsAbility manages over USD 3 bn of assets invested in 450 fully ESG-compliant high-impact companies across 90 emerging economies. Since the company's inception in 2003, responsAbility-managed funds have disbursed USD 10 bn in private debt and private equity to companies in the financial inclusion, sustainable food and climate finance sectors whose business models directly support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). responsAbility is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and has local offices in Bangkok, Geneva, Hong Kong, Lima, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris and Tbilisi. Owned by various reputable Swiss and international financial institutions, private investors and its own employees, responsAbility is registered with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA.

d.light

Debt Financing in 2019
d.light design inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells solar light and power products for households and small businesses worldwide. The company solar lanterns, home systems, and appliances. It serves customers through a network of importers, distributors, and retailers, as well as online. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Shenzhen, China; Gurgaon, India; Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Mawingu Networks

Debt Financing in 2016
Mawingu uses high-performance low-cost wireless technology and solar power to build fast internet networks in rural areas. Customers use Wi-Fi to connect. Mawingu’s unique application of open technologies enables a world-class scalable network, with open and secure roaming in a highly challenging geographical environment

Tikona Infinet

Debt Financing in 2017
Tikona Broadband is a Mumbai based company that primarily provides wireless broadband connectivity, amongst other services. The company began its operations in 2008. The brand has an IP network that is functional in 25 cities across India and is planning to expand its footprint to tier-III and new urban and semi-urban markets. Tikona Digital Networks has an all India class A ISP license granted by the Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India, for the purpose of building the next generation wireless broadband services for home and enterprise customers in India. Tikona is expected to deploy 4G LTE network and provide coverage to several smaller cities and towns in India by the end of 2015. The rates of the 4G internet are predicted to be relatively affordable to enable more people to get access to internet. LTE is one of the best standards for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. This would ensure better connectivity and uninterrupted services for customers. It is also expected that Tikona would build comprehensive services framework, which can be outsourced to various service providers globally, that would deliver various next generation services to customers. The infrastructure would be designed to provide multimedia content, video, voice and other IT applications facilities though broadband or an IP based network. Tikona Broadband plans include several low rate internet connection plans such as the 2 MBps and the 4 MBps plans with the option of unlimited data offer. Additionally, it also offers secure Wi-Fi solutions for offices. It uses WPA2 Enterprise to offer access to Wi-Fi and also has an inbuilt ‘Quality of Service’ feature and helps deploy a leased line connection wirelessly without disrupting existing wired network. Tikona also facilitates optimal usage of bandwidth by implementing a load-sharing method. Tikona Infinet is a subsidiary of the company that mainly offers services to the domestic enterprise market. Wireless last mile access is offered by the brand for its Virtual Private Network (VPN) and the Internet facilities. The services offered by this subsidiary include business mailing, data center and network facility management, VPN, and internet solutions, among other options. Using its wireless last mile feature, connectivity is extended to regions across India through Tikona Infinet’s Points of Presence (POP). The whole process is carried out through the brand’s Wireless Broadband (WBB) base stations located at each POP. The company meets several global standards with its state-of-the-art data center infrastructure as corroborated by many customers with their positive reviews about Tikona. Many of those reviews about Tikona Broadband states that it offers expandability, flexibility, manageability and scalability that is required for today’s networked business enterprises.

IndusInd Bank

Post in 2018
IndusInd Bank, which commenced operations in 1994, caters to the needs of both consumer and corporate customers. Its technology platform supports multi-channel delivery capabilities. As on June 30, 2017, IndusInd Bank has 1210 branches, and 2090 ATMs spread across 687 geographical locations of the country. The Bank also has representative offices in London, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. The Bank believes in driving its business through technology. It enjoys clearing bank status for both major stock exchanges - BSE and NSE - and major commodity exchanges in the country, including MCX, NCDEX, and NMCE. IndusInd Bank was included in the NIFTY 50 benchmark index on April 1, 2013. Recently, IndusInd Bank ranked 13th amongst the Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands 2015 as per the BrandZ Top 50 rankings powered by WPP and Millward Brown.

Yes Bank

Post in 2017
Yes Bank Limited provides banking and financial services primarily in India. It operates through Treasury, Corporate/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, and Other Banking Operations segments. The company offers corporate banking services, such as working capital finance, term loans, corporate finance, trade finance and cash management services, debt capital markets, treasury, liquidity management, and other services. It also provides retail banking products, including secured business, home, car, super bike, commercial vehicle, construction equipment, gold, and personal loans, as well as loans against securities; health care and printing equipment finance; and business banking services to micro, small, and medium enterprises. In addition, the company offers financial and advisory services to ministries under the union and state governments, central and state public sector undertakings, boards, and other affiliates; and banking solutions to banks, non-banking finance and housing finance companies, asset finance companies, insurance intermediaries, small finance and payment banks, mutual funds, financial institutions, private equity funds, cooperative and regional rural banks, capital market participants, primary dealers, depositories, AD II license holders, money changers, PPI operators, and payment aggregators. Further, it provides debit and credit cards, current and savings accounts, and mobile banking services; and transaction banking services comprising escrow, trade finance, supply chain finance, foreign exchange, and bullion trading. Additionally, the company offers loan syndication services; investment banking services, including mergers and acquisition advisory, and capital advisory services; and micro-credit, micro saving, micro-insurance, and remittance services. As of March 31, 2020, it operated 1,135 branches; 2 national operating centers; and 1,423 ATMs and bunch note acceptors. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

IntelleGrow

Venture Round in 2016
IntelleGrow serves the ‘missing middle’ enterprises working in sectors which make a positive Environmental, Social and Governance Impact. IntelleGrow offers debt without limiting them on their vintage or the security value offered for the loan – instead, the proposition is based on trajectory of business cashflows. It is not only lending from its Balance Sheet but also syndicating and arranging debt from other sources – gradually emerging as a debt solutions provider for ‘early-stage’, ‘high-growth’ small and growing businesses (SGB) in India.

Peak Resources

Grant in 2019
Peak Resources Limited engages in the exploration and evaluation of mineral licenses in Tanzania. The company explores for magnet metal neodymium and praseodymium rare earth mixed oxides. It holds 100% interests in the Ngualla project located in southern Tanzania; and Mikuwo and Mlingi projects situated in Tanzania. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.

IONIQ

Series A in 2012
The IONIQ Group is an internationally active platform-builder with the mission of shaping Europe’s digital future. In pursuing this goal, IONIQ has proceeded industry by industry: in 2011, IONIQ started with the data and advertising market, building internationally successful companies like Zeotap in the process. From 2014 on, IONIQ developed Europe’s leading fintech platform, finleap. Since 2017, IONIQ is driving the digitalization of healthcare with its digital health platform Heartbeat Labs. To date, IONIQ Group has built more than 20 companies with over 1,200 employees in more than 10 locations globally. IONIQ Group was founded in 2011 as HitFox GmbH by a team including Jan Beckers, Hendrik Krawinkel and Tim Koschella.

ReNew

Debt Financing in 2019
ReNew Power Private Limited operates as a renewable energy independent power producer in India. It operates through Wind Power and Solar Power segments. The company develops, builds, owns, and operates utility scale wind and solar energy, as well as distributed solar energy projects that generate energy for commercial and industrial customers. As of July 16, 2020, it generated 5.4 GW of energy through solar and wind assets; and had 4.6 GW under various stages of development. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in New Delhi, India.