Greenlight Planet, a for-profit social business with offices in Kenya, India and the US, recently secured USD 90 million in debt and equity to expand its sales of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar products. The investors are
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Loans $15m to PGMF of Myanmar for Microcredit, COVID-19 Relief
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, a public-private partnership also known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently disbursed a five-year loan of USD 15 million to Pact Global Microfinance Fund (PGMF), a microfinance institution in Myanmar. The goal is to support microenterprises facing escalating income inequality due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization’s “commitment to invest in business with women
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Maha Agriculture Borrows $6m from FMO for Digital Microfinance in Myanmar
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, which also is known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently disbursed a loan of USD 6 million to Myanmar-based microfinance institution (MFI) Maha Agriculture Public Company Limited to be on-lent as microloans in rural Myanmar. The goal of the loan is to support small-scale farmers
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Loans $3.5m for Microfinance, SMEs Via ACEP Burkina Faso
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, which also is known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently disbursed a loan of EUR 3 million (USD 3.5 million) to Agence de Crédit pour l’Entreprise Privée (ACEP) Burkina Faso to support its lending to microenterprises as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). FMO sourced the funding from
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FinDev Canada, FMO Loan $72m to Latin American Agribusiness Development (LAAD) for SME Finance
Development finance institutions (DFIs) FinDev Canada and the Netherlands Development Finance Company, which also is known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently provided a syndicated loan of USD 72 million to the US-based, for-profit Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation (LAAD). LAAD will use the funds to finance term loans and revolving lines of credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the goal of spurring market development and job growth in rural communities. LAAD requires that each of its loans is used according to an
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) Loans $5m to Vitas Palestine for Microfinance
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, which also is known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently loaned USD 5 million to the microfinance institution (MFI) Vitas Palestine. FMO sourced the funding from MASSIF, an investment vehicle it manages for the Dutch government that is meant to
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Loans $14m to COFINA for Microfinance, SMEs in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, which is also known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently disbursed a loan to Guinea-based microfinance group Compagnie Financiere Africaine (COFINA) to be distributed to its subsidiaries in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. Of the loan proceeds, EUR 7.5 million (USD 8.2 million) is flowing to COFINA Senegal, and EUR 5 million (USD 5.5 million) is going to COFINA Côte d’Ivoire, which is
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO, PROPARCO Loan $80m to Banco Supervielle of Argentina for SMEs
The Dutch development bank, which is known by the acronym FMO, recently assembled a loan of USD 80 million for Banco Supervielle, a bank in Argentina, to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) amid the recession in Argentina. The loan is funded in equal parts by
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Buys $30m in Bonds from Satin Creditcare, Supporting Microfinance Institution’s Expansion in Rural India
Indian microfinance institution (MFI) Satin Creditcare Network recently raised USD 30 million through a bond sale to Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a development bank controlled by the Dutch government,
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Point-of-sale Service Provider Yoco of South Africa Raises $16m in Equity from Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, FMO, Paratech
Yoco, a South African point-of-sale payment enabler, recently raised USD 16 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by US-based venture capital firm Paratech.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Arranges $15m in Debt Financing for Pay-as-you-go Solar Power Provider Kingo of Guatemala
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, a public-private bank also known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently arranged USD 15.5 million in local-currency financing for Solesco Centroamérica, a Guatemalan solar company that primarily serves rural areas under the brand name Kingo. The funding comes in the form of a seven-year, local-currency loan with funding equivalent to
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Extending $450k Convertible Grant to Kenyan Fintech Firm Lendable
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, a public-private bank also known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently agreed to extend a convertible grant of USD 450,000 to Lendable, a Kenyan firm that offers financing and analytics services to organizations such as leasing companies; pay-as-you-go energy service providers; and lenders to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. Convertible grants allow investors
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Issues $586k Convertible Grant to Milan InnoVincy to Support Smallholder Farmers in Rwanda, Tanzania, the Netherlands
The Netherlands Development Finance Company, a public-private bank also known by its Dutch acronym FMO, recently provided a convertible grant – meaning FMO can acquire equity in the firm at no further cost, depending on its future success – in the amount of EUR 500,000 (USD 586,000) to Milan InnoVincy (MI), a Netherlands-based consultant to smallholder farmers, primarily in Rwanda
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Netherlands’ FMO Appoints Jürgen Rigterink as CEO
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a Dutch development bank, recently announced that Jürgen Rigterink will take over as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of October 2016, pending approval by the Dutch central bank.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO, ABN Amro, Privium Open FMO Privium Impact Fund to Invest in Job Creation, Environmental Efforts in Emerging Markets
Three Dutch institutions, development bank Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) Amro, and fund manager Privium, recently announced the opening of the FMO Privium Impact Fund.