Investors in Morocco

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CDG Capital Private Equity is a private equity/venture capital arm of CDG Capital S.A. specializing in early venture, mid venture, late venture, mature, growth capital, and buyout investments. It provides mezzanine financing. The firm seeks to invest in Morocco and West Africa. The firm typically invests in portfolio companies with equity investment between MAD2 million and MAD60 million. It only seeks minority stakes. The firm was formerly known as Accès Capital Atlantique SA. CDG Capital Private Equity was founded in 2001 and is based in Casablanca, Morocco.

Founded in 1948, CDC Group is a Development Finance Institution and is wholly owned by the UK government. CDC's mission is to support the building of businesses throughout Africa and South Asia, to create jobs and to make a lasting difference in the lives of people who live in some of the world's poorest areas.

Orange Communications SA provides mobile communications services in Switzerland. Its services include ADSL and security; hi-fi ringtones, polyphonic ringtones, videos, pictures, themes, games, and fun tones; Internet and Live TV; email, mobile email, SMS, and MMS. Orange Communications also operates an online shop that offers laptops and modems, Internet subscriptions, and mobile phones. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Renens, Switzerland.

Development Partners International is a private equity firm. The firm prefers to invest in manufacturing, computer-related, chemicals and materials, medical and life sciences, mining, electronics, services, telecoms, logistics, retail, communications, transportation, beverages, financial institutions, pharmaceuticals and hospitals; telecommunications infrastructure; Healthcare, food service and agribusinesses; Consumer goods; financial services including consumer finance, banking, insurance; education; engineering; and construction sectors. The firm does not invest in start-ups or turnarounds. It seeks to invest in the Pan-Africa region with a focus on the Angola, Algeria, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone region. The firm invests between $10 million and $120 million in the form of equity per company. Development Partners International was founded in 2007 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

Amethis is an investment fund manager dedicated to the African continent, with an investment capacity exceeding €725m. Amethis brings growth capital to promising midcap champions in a diversity of sectors throughout the African continent.As an active shareholder, Amethis offers key support and expertise through its international network, its opportunities of external growth and its value-added governance.

AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia. Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based in seven offices. AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe. Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region. Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established to help build a new, post-Cold War era in Central and Eastern Europe. It has since played a historic role and gained unique expertise in fostering change in the region - and beyond -, investing more than €130 billion in a total of over 5,200 projects. The EBRD is also heavily involved in providing project financing in the Middle East and Africa.

Village Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in making seed, startup, and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in energy, environmental sustainability, agriculture, health and education sector. It prefers to make equity investments for-profit companies operating in the affordable education services across the world with a focus on Africa, Asia and Latin America. The firm considers investments between $0.05 million and $0.1 million and follow-on investments between $0.25 million and $0.5 million. It typically makes minority equity investments. Village Capital is based in Washington, District Of Colombia.

Frontier Digital Ventures Limited is a private equity firm specializing in investing in and developing online classifieds business. The firm prefers to invest in property and automotive verticals and general classifieds websites. Frontier Digital Ventures Limited was founded in 2014 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with an additional office in Melbourne, Australia.