Past Investments

 
 
 
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Salym

CO-INVESTOR: ENVEST

Salym Finance is a specialized credit organization where microfinance is the main activity. The Company is the one of active and dynamic developing microfinance organizations of Kyrgyzstan.

 
 
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Quest

LOCATION: ZIMBABWE, AFRICA
CO-INVESTOR: ENVEST
LOAN DISBURSED: SEPTEMBER 2016

Quest is a microfinance institution that provides short- to medium- term loans to informal entrepreneurs in various sectors as well as smallholder farmers to improve household income and alleviate poverty. Quest also partners with bilateral aid agencies and NGOs to offer technical assistance to borrowers.

 
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Pana Pana

LOCATION: NICARAGUA
CO-INVESTOR: ENVEST
LOAN DISBURSED: APRIL 2014

Pana Pana is a nonprofit civil association founded in 1990 in Nicaragua. The organization’s official name is Asociacion para el Desarrollo de la Costa Atlantica (Association for the Development of the Atlantic Coast) but they have always been known as Pana Pana which means “mutual help” in the local language. Pana Pana aims to foster economic development mainly in the regions that were affected by revolutions and war. Pana Pana is located in the Region Autonoma del Atlántico Norte (RAAN), a semi-autonomous region in northeast Nicaragua that was particularly devastated during the war. The RAAN was remarkably cut off from the rest of Nicaragua until recently and has a very high indigenous population (90%, made up of Miskito, Mayangna and Creoles). Pana Pana offers loans for commerce, housing, and a small number of agriculture loans. They also have a small social development unit that runs non-financial services. This includes technical assistance for housing loans and the development of a water and sanitation projects.

 
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Humo Partners

LOCATION: DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN
CO-INVESTOR: ENVEST
LOAN DISBURSED: APRIL 2014

Humo Partners is a microfinance institution in Tajikistan that aims to support vulnerable and underserved populations living in rural areas through financial and consulting services for small businesses. The organization provides micro-credit loans to groups (29%) and individuals 971%) to help fund start-up businesses, enhance asset turnover, finance agricultural projects, and make processing and trade of agricultural products more affordable. Humo strives to makes sure all clients receive high-quality service, honesty, transparency and quick responses from staff no matter how large or small their businesses may be. New borrowers can typically access funds within three to seven days. HUMO Partners was created in 2004 as a spin-off of the international NGO CARE. It operates in the western and northern regions of Tajikistan and is headquartered in the capital Dushanbe. As of April 13, HUMO had 23,949 borrowers and its loan portfolio amounted to 20 M USD.