Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, COFIDES, S.A, S.M.E.

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Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, COFIDES, S.A, S.M.E. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. The firm seeks to invest in early venture, mid venture, late venture, middle market, later stage, emerging growth, mature stage, acquisitions, buyouts, majority investments and mezzanine investments. It invests in venture capital funds. does not invest in real estate or the defence sector (except the manufacture and sale of parts, components and subsystems for non-lethal defence equipment in a European Union or NATO country). The firm prefers to invest in all sectors. It invests worldwide and provides project financing for initiatives that involve some type of Spanish interests with a focus on developing and emerging countries. It can back projects in all productive industries, including businesses conducted to permanently market Spanish goods or services, where assets requiring medium and long-term financing are involved. The firm provides minority equity, maximum of 49 percent of the total invested amount, to Spanish companies based in developing or emerging countries mainly in China, Morocco, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. It makes equity investments between €0.075 million ($0.104 million) and €30 million ($41.24 million) debt investments between €0.075 million ($0.104 million) and €30 million ($39.08 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in companies with annual turnover of €15 million ($20.62 million) and €500 million ($687.37 million). Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, COFIDES, S.A, S.M.E. was founded in 1988 and is based in Madrid, Spain with additional offices in Barcelona, Spain; Districto Federal, Mexico and Casablanca, Morocco.

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