Swedfund International
Swedfund International AB is a principal investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm does not invest in the Swedish businesses of Swedish companies and in companies that manufacture or sell weapons, tobacco or alcohol. It prefers to invest in seed, start-ups, and mid and late venture in mature and middle market companies. It seeks to provide risk capital in the form of share capital, share options, convertible loans, preference shares, royalty loans, subordinated loans, secured loans, loans, guarantees, and part-financing of leasing agreements. It prefers to invest in emerging markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Sweden, as well as the non-European Union countries of Eastern Europe. The firm typically invests between SEK 5 million ($1.33 million) and SEK 100 million ($13.37 million). It seeks to exit its investments between five years and ten years. It does not invest together with private individuals, partnerships, sole trader, or co-operative or similar associations, and does not provide aid in the form of donations, and is also not involved in sponsoring. The firm takes a Board seat in its portfolio companies and seeks to participate in the investment committee for fund investments. The firm is a minority investor and its investments do not exceed one-third of the total investment. Swedfund International AB was founded in 1979 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden with an additional office in Nairobi, Kenya.
Serengeti Energy abides by the requirement that all of its operations have a beneficial impact on markets throughout the community. As such, it invests in and co-develops small and medium-sized renewable energy projects. They concentrate on the design, building, and operation of new and renovated independent power plants. Additionally, they offer installation and maintenance services for semiconductors used in renewable energy.
D.light is a solar home lighting and power product developer. The company's solar goods, which include lights, radios, televisions, fans, and other home appliances, are rechargeable solar kits, allowing rural and semi-urban people to access solar-powered lighting and appliances. Their products are designed to improve health, increase productivity, and enhance the quality of life for users.
Kasha is an innovative e-commerce platform based in East Africa, built for women's health, personal care, and beauty products accessibility within urban and rural areas. Kasha offers a comprehensive integrated basket of products that promotes health at all stages of life, including newborn child health, maternal health, menstrual hygiene, family planning, sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable diseases (e.g., hypertension and diabetes), and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
D.light is a solar home lighting and power product developer. The company's solar goods, which include lights, radios, televisions, fans, and other home appliances, are rechargeable solar kits, allowing rural and semi-urban people to access solar-powered lighting and appliances. Their products are designed to improve health, increase productivity, and enhance the quality of life for users.
Private Equity Round in 2018
Snapper Hill is a Liberian healthcare provider that runs the largest private out-patient facility in the country’s capital Monrovia. It was the only private clinic to continue to operate during Liberia’s civil wars and continues to serve the Monrovian population in an environment where health provisions are scarce.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a public limited liability company under a private sector initiative spearheaded by the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In the early 1980’s foreign and state-owned banks dominated the banking industry in West Africa. Commercial banks in West Africa owned and managed by the African private sector were a rarity. Its founders created ETI with the objective of filling this vacuum. The Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce promoted and initiated a project to create a private, regional banking institution in West Africa. In 1984, Ecopromotions S.A. was incorporated. Its founding shareholders raised seed capital for feasibility studies and the promotional activities leading to the creation of ETI. In October 1985, ETI was incorporated with authorised capital of US$100 million. The initial paid up capital of US$32 million was raised from over 1,500 individuals and institutions from West African countries. The largest shareholder was the ECOWAS Fund for Cooperation, Compensation and Development (ECOWAS Fund), the development finance arm of ECOWAS. Ecobank signed a Headquarters’ Agreement with the Government of Togo in 1985, which granted it the status of an international organisation. This status came with the rights and privileges necessary for ETI to operate as a regional institution, including the status of a non-resident financial institution. ETI commenced operations with its first subsidiary in Togo in March 1988.
UAP Group is a pan-African financial services group with interests in insurance, investment management, property development and investments, securities brokerage and financial advisory. The history of the Group can be traced back by over 90 years while recent expansion and growth in the East African market have made UAP one of the key players in the financial services sector in the region. Currently, the group has businesses operating in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania.
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