We build a sustainable future and generate lasting impact by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges.
Finnfund is a development financier and impact investor. We build a sustainable future and generate lasting impact by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges.
We provide businesses operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America with risk capital, long-term investment loans, mezzanine financing and expertise on how to invest in the developing markets. We invest only in developing countries as defined by OECD/DAC.
We expect our projects to be profitable, socially and environmentally responsible and produce measurable development impact in their target countries.
We put special emphasis on sectors that are critical to sustainable development: renewable energy, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture, financial institutions and digital infrastructure and solutions. We do invest in other sectors as well when they match our investment strategy and meet our requirements.
Finnfund invests in businesses that drive sustainable development, whether they are companies that are already operational or in the process of being set up.
Finnfund receives its funding from the State of Finland, private capital markets, and retained earnings from its investments. All profits are recycled into new projects that drive sustainable development.
Every year, we make 20-30 new investments worth 200-250 million euros. Today, Finnfund’s investments, commitments, and investment decisions total approximately 1.2 billion euros, of which half are in Africa.
Finnfund is owned by the Finnish State (96.69%), Finnvera (3,24%), and the Confederation of Industries (0.06%). Currently, we have 100 employees based in Helsinki.
Finnfund is member of a group of European development financiers. EDFI (European Development Finance Institutions) is a group of 16 European development financiers, whose members finance private companies in developing and transitional economies.
Finnpartnership is a business partnership programme financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and managed by Finnfund. Finnpartnership promotes business activities and partnerships with the aim of generating positive development impacts in the target country. Finnpartnership offers Finnish companies and organisations that are interested in developing markets financial support, guidance and contacts to help them establish long-term business activities.