OUR INVESTORS
In January 2018, the Development Finance Institute Canada (DFIC) Inc. opened for business with a mandate to support the growth and sustainability of businesses in developing markets. FinDev Canada helps to create jobs, promote women’s economic empowerment, and contribute to a cleaner and greener environment.
Based in Montréal, Québec, FinDev Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s export credit agency. We aim to be financially sustainable by generating returns on our loans and investments, and to have a favourable economic and social impact in the communities where our clients operate.
https://www.findevcanada.ca/en/who-we-are/our-story
FMO is the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank. We invest in over 85 countries, supporting jobs and income generation in order to improve people’s lives in the parts of the world where we can make the biggest difference. Our role extends beyond financing, as we help businesses to operate and grow transparently in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
FMO was founded in 1970 and is a public-private partnership, with 51% of our shares held by the Dutch State and 49% held by commercial banks, trade unions and other members of the private sector. FMO has a triple A rating from both Fitch and Standard & Poor’s.
https://www.fmo.nl/about-fmo
IFU is a Danish independent government-owned fund offering risk capital to companies in developing countries and emerging markets. IFU invests in financially viable companies, contributing to the green transition as well as economic and social development. IFU has invested in 1,318 companies in more than 100 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and parts of Europe. Committed investments total DKK 227 billion, of which IFU has contributed DKK 25 billion.
https://www.ifu.dk/en/about-ifu/ifu.dk
STOA is an impact fund created in 2017 by the Caisse des Dépôts and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to finance infrastructure in emerging and developing countries. Deeply committed to promoting a shared DNA, this joint venture focuses on the promotion of ecological, digital, territorial and societal transitions through development finance and public interest missions.
STOA engages in long-term partnerships in strategic sectors to effectively meet the critical infrastructure needs of populations, thereby promoting the development of sustainable and resilient economies.
https://www.stoainfraenergy.com/en/knowing-stoa/
Swedfund is the Swedish Government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) with mission to fight poverty by investing in sustainable businesses in developing countries. We do this by contributing to the creation of more jobs with decent working conditions and by improving access to essential important producs and services such as renewable energy and health. As a DFI we are additional and catalytic by acting as accelerator to boost funding in developing countries.
Swedfund was founded in 1979, and has since invested in more than 240 businesses, financial institutions and funds in developing countries. We are a long-term and active investor focused on supporting sustainable growth of our investee companies. At the end of 2021, Swedfund had 61 investments in companies, financial institutions and funds, with over 60 percent of the portfolio being targeted at sub-Saharan Africa
https://www.swedfund.se/en/about-swedfund/
OUR FUNDERS
Throughout the development lifecycle JCM works with various grant funding providers to de-risk development and enable projects which would be difficult without such support. Over time JCM has secured more than $30 million in development grants.
