Investors in Central African Republic

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African Lion Investment Holdings was formed with the sole purpose of developing and marketing technology solutionsAfrican Lion Limited specializes in early venture investments. It seeks to invest in the coal and consumable fuels, aluminum, copper ores, gold ores, and precious gemstone mining and production sectors.

African Guarantee Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in making equity investments and loan guarantees for start-ups and small and medium enterprises to financial institutions. It does not guarantee transactions involving the following activities : tobacco or tobacco products; armament productions or where 25% or more of the total production output or turnover of the portfolio company is derived from military-related activities; beverages with an alcoholic content exceeding 15%; casino or companies where the principal source of income is gambling; speculative investments in real estate or commodities; immoral and illegal activities; production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor and/or child labor; trade in wildlife or wildlife products; production or trade in radioactive materials, unbounded asbestos fibers, and hazardous chemicals; and investments harmful to the environment. The firm focuses on the following sectors: agriculture, agro-industries, small and medium scale mining, oil and related services, manufacturing, building and construction, energy, telecommunication, transport, tourism, and trade in Africa. African Guarantee Fund was founded on January 1, 2012 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya with additional offices in Lomé, Togo; and Port Louis, Mauritius.

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We partner with the most ambitious, dedicated, hard-working and brave teams that dare to build great companies and disturb the status quo.STRAIGHT TO THE BESTFinancing tech companies on their mission to change the world.With offices in Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje, South Central Ventures (SCV) focuses on tech companies in the SE Europe.Our investment strategy is targeted primarily to early stage and growth investments in technology companies. The main purpose of the invested capital is to facilitate the international business expansion and growth of the most promising tech startups that can show traction and prove their potential to “make it big”.

African Rainbow Capital (ARC) is a fully Black owned and controlled company focusing on the South African and African financial services industry and businesses that deliver exceptional returns on equity. It is listed on the JSE, under the Finance – Speciality Finance sector.

Central Capital Ventura is an early stage corporate venture capital firm committed to investing in and working hand-in-hand with daring entrepreneurs striving to define the future of financial services. We are backed by Indonesia's largest private bank, Bank Central Asia. Our goal is to leverage synergies and entrepreneurial innovation in order to support Indonesia's growth.

Our Business African Capital Alliance (ACA) is a leading pan-African investment firm sponsoring funds and managing investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our international structure and strong local expertise, enable us to raise funds from investors across the globe for investment in specific sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since our formation in 1997, we have achieved aggregate capital commitments of over $1billion from investors.

Central Group is a leader in retail and service business in Thailand. We consist of a variety of diverse investment in various corporations, each of which has become the leader in retail, property development, hospitality, and food & beverage industries. We focus on core businesses, core brands, brand commitment, striving to be number one in the mind of consumers in each segment, and creating differentiation in brand experience through “quality” products and services. Central Group continue to strengthen our position in the marketplace, both domestically and internationally, with its branches all over the country. International branches include Italy, Denmark, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Central Group created the highest number of jobs in Thailand with more than 220,000 domestic and international jobs. New talents with diverse backgrounds are welcome to join us. Let's be a part of our extended family and journey of growth.

Central Coast Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm specializes in seed, startup & early-stage investments. It prefers to invest in healthcare, telecom, SaaS, automotive, computation, life science, infotech, software, space industry, agtech, software, cleantech and social media. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, or Santa Cruz counties. Central Coast Ventures, LLC is based in San Luis Obispo, California.

Having invested $125 million in 208 companies since 2006, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) is one of the most active angel investing groups in the U.S. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, CTAN features more than 100 accredited investor business leaders from an extensive cross­-section of sectors and backgrounds. CTAN members not only invest directly into startups and funds; they mentor and connect entrepreneurs to business resources, providing critical support to the success of early­-stage business and the Texas economy.

The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic is the central body of state administration. The Office fulfils tasks connected with the expert, organizational and technical provision of the activities of the Government of the Czech Republic and its bodies.

Republic Financial Corporation is a private equity firm founded in 1971 that specializes in special situations, aviation, and diverse industrial investments, having completed over 200 transactions with a face value exceeding $1.7 billion.

Central Research Laboratory (CRL) is an innovation hub and accelerator provider specializing in hardware and product development. With locations in Brighton and Slough, it provides state-of-the-art prototyping workshops, business support programmes, and investment expert clinics to help bold thinkers build and scale physical products.

ACTIVELY INVESTING IN AFRICA’S GROWTH FOR OVER 24 YEARS AIIM understands the African business environment and has experience spanning a range of infrastructure asset classes. We develop, create, advise and manage private equity infrastructure funds. AIIM has funds under management of USD2.9 billion and a track record extending across eight infrastructure funds. The funds managed and advised by AIIM are designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects such as toll roads, renewable energy, power generation, port and communication infrastructure assets. With one of the most experienced infrastructure transaction and management teams in Africa, AIIM provides strategic, commercial, operational and financial expertise into infrastructure investment activities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The depth of knowledge and experience within AIIM allows for the identification of quality investment opportunities as well as a disciplined approach to the investment and asset management process. AIIM has positioned itself as a leading infrastructure equity investment manager in the African landscape providing compelling investment opportunities that seek to deliver superior returns for investors, adding value through effective environmental, social and governance management, while making a tangible contribution to local economies and communities. AIIM was established in 2000 as a joint venture between the Macquarie Group and Old Mutual Investment Group. With a vision to become one of Africa’s premier alternative asset managers, Old Mutual Alternative Investments acquired Macquarie’s 50% shareholding in November 2015, making it the sole shareholder of AIIM.

PME’s investment objective was to achieve significant total return to investors through investing in infrastructure projects and related opportunities across a range of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The main investment focus lay within existing or greenfield projects in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed stage, start-ups, and early stage companies. It also seeks to provide bridge financing. The firm seeks to invest in the life sciences sector with a focus on commercialization of healthcare technologies related to drug discovery and drug development, biomedical devices, and equipment or tools to enhance scientific research though a wide array of life sciences businesses. It prefers to invest in companies based in the central Pennsylvania region. The firm typically invests up to $1 million to $2 million per company in the form of convertible debt or equity financing. It prefers to take a board observer seat in its portfolio companies. Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania was founded in 2002 and is based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Pan African Management and Development Company, Inc. ,also known as Panafra, is a venture capital firm specializing in start-up investments. The firm is socially conscious and endorses Global Sullivan Principles. It typically invests in infrastructure/power projects and considers investments in the following sectors: site development, power and renewable energy, and mining and processing. Within the energy sector the firm seeks to invest in its exploration, development, production, transportation, and distribution. The firm seeks to invest in Africa with an initial focus on Tanzania. It also provides service and support activities to its portfolio and non-portfolio companies. Pan African Management and Development Company, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Delaware, United States.

Azerbaijan is well-known worldwide as an ancient oil country. From the late 19th to the early 20th century, Baku has transformed into one of the biggest oil centres in the world.After Azerbaijan gained its independence, oil played a crucial role in the country’s development. At the time, the country suffered from military aggression and faced a multitude of different risks. To rebuild the country, the national leader Heydar Aliyev developed a long-term oil strategy. The three pillars of this strategy include:the attraction of foreign investments and expertiseestablishment of multi-optional export routesefficient and transparent management of accumulated revenuesOn September 20, 1994, Azerbaijan signed the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with leading international oil companies. Dubbed the “Contract of the Century,” this agreement spurred the signing of new oil contracts, which generated substantial revenues for the country. These developments urged the need to establish an entity whereby assets could be accumulated and efficiently managed. Ilham Aliyev, the vice-president of SOCAR back then, initiated the realization of this idea. As proposed by Ilham Aliyev, the experiences of similar sovereign wealth funds abroad were thoroughly evaluated.Consequently, the national leader Heydar Aliyev signed a Decree to establish the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) on December 29, 1999.SOFAZ is an extra-budgetary fund and functions as a legal entity separate from the government or central bank. SOFAZ safeguards and prudently manages energy-related earnings for present and future generations. One of the key principles of SOFAZ is transparency. Throughout this period, the Fund has developed institutionally and became an internationally recognized asset management organization.

XSML is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and funds of funds investments. Within the direct investments, it specializes in seed, start up, SMEs, early venture, emerging growth, growth capital, mid venture, later stage, buyout, and mezzanine investments in small and medium-sized companies. The firm also specializes in venture debt investments and offers loans. For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in mezzanine funds. It primarily invests in agribusiness, electronic/ electrical equipment, education, healthcare, financial services, information communications and technology (ICT), transportation, hospitality, warehousing, tourism, and retail & wholesale, manufacturing, business support service sector. The firm seeks to invest in emerging markets with a focus on Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central and East African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm invest between $0.3 million and $10 million. It prefers to make equity investment between $0.1 million and $7.5 million and debt investments between $0.2 million to $5 million with sales range between $1 million to $25 million. For fund of fund investments, it typically invests between $5 and $25 million. The firm prefer to take a majority stake. XSML was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with additional offices in Kampala, Uganda; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Launda, Angola; and Nairobi, Kenya.

Impact Fund Denmark is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in financing in the form of equity, mezzanine, loans, debt and guarantees. It makes socially conscious investments. It makes directly & indirectly investments. Under directly investing, it invests in early stage & growth capital investments. Under indirectly investments, it invests in venture capital funds. It specializes in establishing new companies, setting up joint ventures between Danish companies and local business partners and in acquiring existing companies. It provides financing to private-sector projects in the developing countries. The firm can only invest in countries whose 2008 GNI capita income is below $0.03 million with an exemption granted to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. Also, the host countries of investments must be on the OECD’s DAC list of development aid recipients. It invests where private sector financing is unavailable or insufficient. It invests in sustainable growth and high-impact solutions in developing markets/countries. It does not invest in Forced labor or child labor, Ozone depleting substances, PCB's (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) and other specific, hazardous pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides or chemicals, wildlife or products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species or Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Unsustainable fishing methods, Cross-border trade in waste and waste products, unless compliant with the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations, Destruction of High Conservation Value areas, Radioactive materials and unbounded asbestos fibres, Pornography and/or prostitution, Racist and/or anti-democratic media, Alcoholic Beverages (except beer and wine), Tobacco, Weapons and munitions, Gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises, Standalone fossil fuelled power plants, Drilling, exploration, extraction, refining and sale of crude oil, natural gas and thermal coal, Storage, supporting infrastructure (pipelines etc.), transportation and logistics, and services primarily related to fossil fuels, Any business using captive coal for power and/or heat generation, Electricity generation from peat and activities leading to deforestation, Investments and/or other projects that aim to produce or make use of agricultural or forestry products, Biomaterials and biofuel production, Export-oriented agribusiness mod, Meat and dairy industries. It prefers investing in commercial services and supplies, biofuels, electric power by solar and wind energy and irrigation systems sector. The firm seeks to invest in climate and Agribusiness. It focuses its investments in Green energy & infrastructure with focus on Clean, affordable renewable energy, Waste recycling and management, Energy efficiency, Water access and management; Financial Services with focus on Microfinance, MSME financing, Development banks and Insurance; Sustainable food systems with focus on Climate farming, Storage and distribution, Processing, Forest and land; Healthcare with focus on Hospitals and clinics, Pharmacy chains, Diagnostic services, Pharmaceuticals & medical equipment. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Africa focusing on North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Central America, Middle East and Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Jordan, Denmark, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, São Tomé and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia focusing on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Brazil, Malaysia, Turkey, Mexico, Kiribati, Laos, South Korea, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Federal States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen; Europe focusing on Albania, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Belarus, Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine; and Latin America with a focus on Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Ecuador, and Jamaica and North Asia, United States of America, Latin America and parts of Europe. It seeks to invest between from DKK15 million ($2.32 million) and DKK500 million ($77.52 million). The firm can invest up to DKK350 million ($51.34 million) per company. The firm seeks to co-invest with Danish businesses in projects based in developing countries. It prefers to take minority stake between 10% to 30% and up to 49 per cent in small projects. It prefers to take a board membership. The firm prefers to exit its investments within five to seven years when the loan has been repaid or the shares have been sold. The firm also offers special assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises which employs less than 300 employees, with an annual revenue of up to DKK 300 million ($53.16 million) and has a positive result in two out of three latest financial years. It also provides advisory services to business investments in developing countries. The firm makes two thirds of its investments in partnership and can also provide additional financing. Impact Fund Denmark was founded in 1967 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark with additional offices across Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa.