Investors in Senegal

WIC Capital is the first mechanism to provide suitable financing and support to women owned MSMEs in Senegal and West Africa. We aim to develop entrepreneurship and promote female leadership.

1Kubator SAS is a venture capital, incubation and an accelerator firm specializing in seed/startup investments. It targets French startups operating in all type of sectors, with a strong focus on information technology. The firm takes 10% equity stake and provides a grant of €0.025 million ($0.028 million) per project to cover the cost of the incubation program, which has a duration of 10 months. The firm aims to finance and support 300 seed projects per year. It prefers to partner with first-time entrepreneurs, among others from schools and universities. In addition to its mentoring programs, the firm has partnerships with a network of accelerators and offers its support to the raising of seed funds. It prefers to invest in digital impact, deep-tech, hardware, tech, health, legal tech, diversified financials, industry, mobility sector. The firm typically invests in Africa, China & France. It seeks to hold its companies in portfolio for at least 5 years. The firm uses personal capital as source of capital. 1Kubator SAS was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Lyon, France with additional offices in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; Chongqing, China; Bordeaux, France; Dakar, Senegal; Jiulongpo, China; Lille, France; Lorient, France; Nantes, France; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Rennes, France; Strasbourg, France; Toulouse, France; Paris, France and Brittany, France.

Francophone Africa is ripe with high-potential business opportunities. However, the lack of access to sufficient capital and support creates a difficult environment for entrepreneurs to thrive. Our focus is on building scalable, sustainable, and profitable businesses in Francophone Africa from ideation to Series A financing. We are focused on transforming the start-up landscape in Francophone Africa. Our goal is to support entrepreneurs by bridging the gap between ideas and growth stage ventures. With several decades of experience in entrepreneurship and the private sector, combined with an understanding of the economic growth needs of the region in which we live, we identify and scale startups in Francophone Africa. We equip ventures in this high-potential region with all the ingredients for success.

Abler Nordic AS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct, and fund of funds investments in emerging, early stage, mature, and startup companies. The firm also prefers to invest in Debt, Sub-Debt and Equity instruments of microfinance institutions. It prefers to invest in young & emerging MFIs that have a clearly stated social mission and that have reached financial sustainability or have good prospects for attaining financial sustainability within the next few years. The firm also invests in other institutions providing financial inclusion to the poor in developing countries. It may in special cases invest in MIVs that focus on such institutions. The firm typically invests in companies based in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Madagaskar, Zambia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Asia focusing on South and Southeast Asia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Pakistan. It may also consider investments outside of these focus countries. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $8 million in companies with minimum total assets of $1 million. It prefers to take both minority positions in its investments and be an active investor. For equity investments, it prefers to take a stake of 10-30% in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to take up governance positions in the board of the MFI or committees under the board. Abler Nordic AS was established in October 2008 and is based in Oslo, Norway with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark; Nairobi, Kenya, Tangerang, Indonesia & Bengaluru, India.

J3A Partners AM is a venture capital firm specializing in startups and early-stage, series A and B investments. It prefers to invest in Fintech, Insurtech and Healthtech sectors. It seeks to invest in European union, West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) area across Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, and Niger. It seeks to invest between €0.075 million ($0.08 million) and €5 million ($5.61 million) per transaction in equity investment. It prefers to take majority and minority stakes. It holds its investment between two and four years and for more than 6 years. J3A Partners AM was founded in 2019 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional office in Paris, France.

Teranga Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up and growth capital investments. It prefers to invest in small businesses of all sectors based in Senegal and Gambia. The firm is socially conscious, preferring to invest in businesses that have a positive social or environmental impact. It makes equity investment between FCFA 50 million($0.09 million) and FCFA 300 million($0.54 million). It typically invests in companies with sales value between $0.1 million and $0.5 million. It usually takes a minority stake and holds its investments for five years. It typically invests through shares and can also provide financing in the form of loans. It might take a seat on the board of its portfolio companies. Teranga Capital is based in Dakar, Senegal.

Brightmore Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stages, growth capital, turn around, buyouts, restructuring, leverage buyouts and management buyouts. The firm considers investments in small and medium enterprises, agriculture and food processing, construction and real estate, health and medicine, technology, consumer and B2B services. The firm typically invest in francophone West African countries with focus in Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, cape verde, chad, gambia, Ghana, Mauritania, and sierra leone. The firm considers investments between $0.05 million to $3.26 million as per target investments. The firm prefers to exit its investments through IPO within four to six years. Brightmore Capital is based in Dakar, Senegal with an additional office in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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.

Alta Semper Capital LLP is a private equity firm specializing in direct and fund-of-fund investments. In direct investments, the firm specializes in later-stage, mature, turnaround, emerging growth, growth capital, and buyout capital investments across selected growth markets. Within fund of fund investments, the firm specializes in private equity and venture capital funds. The firm invests in specific industries such as pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, cosmeceuticals, and healthcare services. The firm invests in East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, North Africa; Egypt, Francophone Africa: Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Anglophone West Africa; Nigeria, Ghana. It makes investments between $20 million and $50 million. The firm prefers to have a majority stake in portfolio companies. The firm makes balance sheet investments. Alta Semper Capital LLP was founded in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Cairo, Egypt.

GroFin Capital (Pty) Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing debt, equity, growth capital and mezzanine. It invest in all stages of business development, from start-ups, early venture, mid venture, late venture, through growth to expansions. The firm invests in outright purchases, management buy-outs, buying of businesses, management buy-ins, self-liquidating debt and franchises. It does not invest in primary agriculture (agricultural pursuits outside of a ‘controlled’ environment), not-for-profit organizations (NGO’s), informal or micro-enterprise, on-lending (fund-of-fund) activities, self-help groups, co-operatives, proof-of-concept or R&D programs. It also do not support any businesses which do not comply with applicable environmental, legal and social requirements as detailed in our ESG (environmental, social and governance policy). It does not consider seed capital, grants, soft loans, or short-term bridging finance. The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on specialized finance, consumer services, consumer goods, air freight and logistics, agricultural services, agricultural machinery and equipment, fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, including franchises, education, healthcare, manufacturing, labour intensive businesses and key services (water, energy and sanitation). The firm seeks to invest in small and medium sized businesses in South Africa, Iraq, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Jordan, Zambia, Oman, Egypt, and Tanzania. It also prefers to invest in the Middle East and North Africa region. It prefers to invest in companies with an annual turnover not exceeding $5 million and gross assets not exceeding $3 million. The firm's deal size ranges between $0.01 million and $3 million per investment. It seeks to invest for a period of three years with the maximum being eight years. The fund prefers to take majority or minority stakes between 10 percent and 49 percent. GroFin Capital (Pty) Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Bambous, Mauritius with additional offices in East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa and Middle East & North Africa.

Taranis Investment Limited is a venture capital arm of PERENCO S.A. specializing in series B and startup investments. It focuses on investing in breakthrough technologies that accelerate the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon future, innovative hardware companies with proven technologies, industrial assets, engineering capabilities and ecosystem connections. Taranis Investment Limited was founded in 2024 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Paris, France; Dakar, Senegal and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Zebu Investment Partners GP Limited is a private equity firm specializing in equity or quasi equity and expansion capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in small and medium enterprises operating in the food and agriculture value chains across sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Ghana and Mauritius, Senegal, Mail and Rwanda. It prefers to invest an average ticket size of US$ 6 million. Zebu Investment Partners GP Limited is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Advanced Finance & Investment Group LLC is a private equity firm specializing in emerging growth, middle market and mature companies. It specializes in buyouts and growth capital investments. The firm does not invest in start-ups, turnarounds, and later stage buyouts. The firm is sector agnostic. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Central and West Africa, preferably with a regional scope with a focus on Nigeria, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, DRC, and Angola. It prefers to invest in companies based in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), as well as Morocco, Mauritania, Uganda and Rwanda, all of which are economically integrated to ECOWAS and ECCAS and also fragile states and low-income countries in West, Central and East Africa. The firm prefers to invest between $5 million and $20 million, with the sweet sport being around $10 million, in companies with revenues of between $50 million and $75 million and enterprise value of between $50 million and $75 million. It prefers to have active Board representation in its portfolio companies. It takes minority stake in companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments through a liquidity event within three to seven years. Advanced Finance & Investment Group LLC was founded in 2006 and is based in Dakar, Senegal with additional offices in Port Louis, Mauritius; Washington, District of Columbia, Johannesburg, South Africa and Maryland.

The West African Development Bank - WADB is an international Multilateral Development Bank established in 1973 to serve the nations of Francophone and Lusophone West Africa.The West African Development Bank (BOAD) is the common development finance institution of the member countries of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU). It was established by an Agreement signed on 14 November 1973, and became operational in 1976. Member countries include Benin, Burkina, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. By Treaty of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) signed on 10 January 1994 and entered into force on 1st August 1994, BOAD is a specialized and autonomous institution. It contributes “in full independence to the attainment of the objectives of the WAEMU without prejudice to the objectives assigned to it under the WAMU Treaty”. BOAD is an international public institution whose purpose, as provided under Article 2 of its Articles of Association, is to promote the balanced development of its member countries and foster economic integration within West Africa by financing priority development projects.

Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries SA/NV-BIO is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. It focuses on debt, expansion, growth capital, middle market, emerging growth, mezzanine, start-up, early stage, private sector projects; private enterprises with a focus on small and medium enterprises and large companies with local base, financial sector with a focus on financial institutions or intermediary organizations who aim to finance small and medium sized enterprises including commercial banks, microfinance institutions, non-bank financial institutions, factoring, leasing, investment companies, microfinance investment funds, and private equity funds and infrastructure projects with a focus on private projects or public-private partnerships aiming at servicing local populations and businesses and new projects or rehabilitation of existing equipment, subsidies and grants to co-finance for feasibility studies and technical assistance programmes for training, technology transfer; and guarantees. It does not invest in production, trade, or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor or harmful child labor, any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements, weapons and munitions, alcoholic beverages excluding beer and wine, tobacco, gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises, wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES, radioactive materials, unbonded asbestos fibers, commercial logging operations or the purchase of logging equipment for use in primary tropical moist forest, products containing PCBs, pharmaceuticals subject to international phase outs or bans, pesticides and herbicides subject to international phase outs or bans, ozone depleting substances subject to international phase out, and drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km in length. The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on agriculture and agro-industry, information technology and telecommunications, productive sectors for private enterprises; renewable energy, water access, irrigation and agriculture, telecommunications, and transport infrastructure for infrastructure projects. It also invests in manufacturing and ICT. The firm primarily seeks to invest in countries that fall under the following categories: least developed countries, low income countries, and middle income countries. For private enterprises and financial sector, it seeks to invest in Africa, Central and Latin America, and Asia/South-East Asia with particular emphasis on Africa for infrastructure projects. Within Africa it invests in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe; for Asia it invests in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam; for Latin America it invests in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru; it also invests in Palestine. The firm seeks to invest in small and medium sized enterprises and larger corporations and for investment companies and funds with a maximum amount of respectively €1 million ($1.10 million) and €15 million ($16.50 million) per project and minimum amount of €3 million ($4.14 million) to €15 million ($16.50 million) for infrastructure projects and less than €1 million ($1.38 million) in the financial sector. It also provides subsidiaries and grants up to a maximum of 50% of their total cost with maximum €0.1 million ($0.14 million) and usually makes early stage investments of €5 million ($6.88 million). The firm seeks a minority and majority stake in its portfolio companies and usually does not hold more than 35%. It seeks a seat on the board of its portfolio companies and may co-invest in infrastructure projects. The firm seeks to invest in equity, quasi-equity including mezzanine, subordinated loans, convertible loans and medium and long-term loans. Loan maturity for private enterprises and financial sector may vary between 3 to 10 years, with a maximum grace period of 3 years and up to 15 years, with a maximum grace period of 3 years for infrastructure projects. Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries SA/NV-BIO was founded in 2001 and is based in Brussels, Belgium with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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.