Diving into the deep end of impact investing – Finnfund trainees share their experiences

For the spring/summer period of 2023, we were looking for trainees to work in our Compliance, Development Impact, Finance and Risk Management teams. One by one, the four trainees started…

June 19, 2023

Oh sustainability, how I hate (and love) you!

Päivi Lehtonen

…operational environments and complicated bureaucracy often hinder business operations. For example, I managed a consulting firm in Tanzania for seven years, and during that time I became highly aware of…

October 22, 2020

Kaisa Alavuotunki

October 20, 2020

We are looking for a development impact trainee

February 8, 2024

We are looking for a Chief Investment Officer

…million euros in 20–30 companies in developing countries each year. Our focus sectors include digital instrastructure, sustainable forestry and agriculture, financial institutions, and clean energy. Today Finnfund’s investments, commitments and…

October 19, 2023

The second round of funding for the first Finnish impact fund to invest in emerging markets raised a further EUR 58 million in capital – the total fund size now stands at EUR 135 million

…close eye on the global impact investment market, I foresee substantial growth in impact investing in the coming years,” Finnfund’s Chief Investment Officer Markus Pietikäinen avers. Media enquiries: viestinta@op.fi, +358…

January 7, 2021

Finnfund issues successfully a 5-year EUR 100 million bond

…projects year to date, and our pipeline is strong,” says CEO Jaakko Kangasniemi. Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing…

June 21, 2017

Finnfund to finance 10 solar power plants in El Salvador

…2019. Together, they will have a capacity of 100 megawatts. The company responsible for the project is Bosforo Ltda de CV, owned by two companies with long expertise in the…

January 5, 2018

Planting seedlings is only the first stage of growing a forest

Juho Uusihakala

…destroying them. A responsible forestry company that produces and buys certified timber creates jobs, makes services more accessible and helps protect indigenous forests by growing planted forests. Simultaneously, forestry companies…

August 7, 2019

Finnfund to participate a European financing package to support COVID-19 impacted businesses

…and financial institutions. Today Finnfund’s investments and commitments total about 957 million euros, half of them in Africa. The company has about 90 employees. For more information, please visit http://www.finnfund.fi/…

November 9, 2020