Investors in Kyrgyzstan

New global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia, focused on catalyzing catalyze enterprises, where economic opportunities remain insufficient. We search for market with growing potential, we identify local small and medium businesses in need of acceleration and we support them with effecient expertise, technical provision and investments up to 50,000 USD in average per each. AP's Business Acceleration service is a tailored investment-readiness, post-investment mentorship and technical support services for existing SGBs with medium or strong revenue streams and having significant potential for growth. It is designed to help select SGBs in target geographies to unleash growth and achieve scale through customized training and advisory on business model, investment readiness and tapping into financing/ investment opportunities in the market. The business acceleration program is one of the key activities of Accelerate Prosperity in Kyrgyzstan. Only entrepreneurs who have successfully completed a training course are eligible to receive financing. Priority Industries: - Light industry, agriculture, tourism, information technology, education, and manufacturing.

Centras Capital is the Kazakhstan leading investment management firm. It was established as a team spin-out from Kazkommertsbank’s Group. The investment team was responsible for direct investments and investment banking of the Group and went independent by launching an independent licensed investment advisory boutique in 2004. Since then the businesses have grown up and now extend on private equity, capital markets, and insurance. The Company is now present in Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Guernsey. Centras is the market pioneer in mutual funds, venture capital and buyouts. The Company launched the country’s first open-ended mutual fund in 2005 and international private equity fund in 2007. Its private equity fund for control investments and growth equity opportunities was supported by EBRD and CDC Group. Centras also runs two local venture funds – government-private initiatives for innovations and nuclear industry’s ventures. Operating in a transition economy, Centras emphasizes the market need for Core Competence and Operating Efficiency and focuses on management-intensive businesses. The firm introduces intellectual capital to local entrepreneurs and seeks to further professionalize businesses. Centras Securities, the brokerage and investment banking arm, is ranked #2 in local equities and one of the largest Kazakhstan Stock Exchange’s stakeholders. They are emerging growth equity specialists focusing on junior high-growth businesses. The Company is one of three country’s largest mutual fund managers. Two Centras insurance businesses – Centras Insurance (rated B3/Positive Outlook by Moody’s) and Kommesk-Omir (B3/Stable) – are market largest independent insurers. They jointly command the #7 market position in property & casualty insurance. Both the companies provide their own nationwide coverage and distribution to individuals and businesses.

Our Vision is to enable entrepreneurship & built the technological infrastructure within the fastest growing developing markets like Central Asia, Caucasus, Mongolia, and CISOur Companies are hand-picked and being grown by the Tech FARM's amaizing team, below are the few examples of our success stories

AV Frontiers is an investment management firm based in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. AV Frontiers is owned by Kyrgyz financial institution Frontiers and Washington DC-based impact investment manager AV Ventures, a subsidiary of development organization ACDI/VOCA. AV Frontiers is well equipped to fill the financing gap in the dynamic Central Asian SME market by providing both favorable financing terms and technical assistance. This approach will allow AV Frontiers to return value to investors and put its impactful portfolio companies on a path of sustainable growth. AV Frontiers is raising a US$8–10 million evergreen Central Asia Impact Fund anchored with US$2 million investment from ACDI/VOCA and affiliates.  Taalaibek Djoumataev, Managing Director, AV Frontiers (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic). Kyrgyz national with 25+ years’ experience in private commercial banking, microfinance lending, and financial regulation with the Kyrgyz National Bank (Central Bank). Key figure in the Kyrgyz Republic’s structural and regulatory changes during the country’s shift to a market-based economy  Arsalan Ni, Fund Management Advisor, AV Frontiers (Almaty, Kazakhstan). American citizen with 20+ years’ experience in venture capital, development finance, SME lending and investing, and entrepreneurship. Proven track record launching and managing SMEs funds in emerging and frontier markets at the IFC, World Bank, and United Nations Green Climate Fund.  Geoffrey Chalmers, Managing Director, AV Ventures (Washington, DC). American citizen with 20+ years’ experience in development partnerships, catalyzing investment in emerging and frontier markets, and enterprise development.

Highland Capital focuses on providing growth capital and support to businesses in Kyrgyzstan. We provide equity and mezzanine financing to SMEs to help them develop and grow into national and regional champions. Our team is run by experienced investment professionals that combine best western practice with intimate local country knowledge. We started our operations in Bishkek in June 2014 and have a successfully history of sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments in Kyrgyzstan.

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.

Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, Investment Arm is a private equity and venture capital of Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it invests in middle market, mature, later stage, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, recapitalization, buyout, and growth capital investments. Within fund of fund investments, it invests in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and mezzanine funds. It does not invest production or activities involving forced labour or child labour; production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements; production or trade in a weapons and munitions, tobacco, hard liquor, gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises; any business relating to pornography or prostitution; coal or coal mining; trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES; production or use of or trade in hazardous materials such as radioactive materials, unbounded asbestos fibres and products containing PCBs; cross-border trade in waste and waste products unless compliant to the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations; drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km in length; production, use of or trade in pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, chemicals, ozone depleting substances and other hazardous substances subject to international phase-outs or bans; significant conversion or degradation of critical habitat; production and distribution of racist and anti-democratic media; significant alteration, damage, or removal of any critical cultural heritage; relocation of indigenous peoples from traditional or customary lands. The firm seeks to invest in agriculture and fisheries, mining, agribusiness, manufacturing industry, service sector, banking and insurance industry, housing, finance, energy, trade industry, Information technology, consumer staples, environment and infrastructure sectors. Within the housing sector, the firm seeks to invest in companies primarily operating in the land acquisition, infrastructure and construction, mortgage finance, leasing, building-related sustainability and housing-microfinance activities. Within the energy domain, it seeks to invest in developing energy-efficient technologies to distributing renewable energy. In case of its finance sector investments, the firm focuses on financial institutions, including banks, and microfinance institutions. In case of Infrastructure, the firm invests in infrastructure projects that contribute to development or improvement of socio-economic infrastructure such as the power, telecom, water, transport, environmental, and social infrastructure sectors. It seeks to invest in developing companies and emerging markets. It invests in Africa with a focus on Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Botswana Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Nigeria Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It also invests in Turkey, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary, Malta, Poland ,Romania, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Russia with a focus on Slovakia. It prefers to invests between €3 million ($4.28 million) and €5 million ($7.14 million) per company. The firm makes seed capital investments of minimum €1 million ($1.43 million) per company or fund. The firm takes minority equity stakes between 10% and 35% in private companies. It prefers to exit its direct equity investments in five years. The fund provides loans of up to €15.5 million ($20.92 million). It also co-invests. Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, Investment Arm was founded in 1970 and is based in The Hague, Netherlands with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Johannesburg, South Africa and San Jose, Costa Rica.