Investors in Tajikistan

The State Business Incubator of Tajikistan is a government-run incubator that provides support to startups in Tajikistan. The incubator offers a range of services, including Coworking space, Business training, Access to mentors, Networking opportunities, and Financial assistance.

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.

The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm directly invests in mezzanine, middle markets, buyouts, mid to late venture, emerging growth, growth capital and in financial institutions with a small and medium enterprise or microfinance lending focus. It makes fund of fund investments in private equity fund, mezzanine funds and venture capital fund. The firm primarily invests in Healthcare, Education, Energy, water and resource, Business Activities and services including wholesale and retail trade, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Generalist, Financial service, Agribusiness, Aquaculture, Forestry, SME Development, Communication Services, manufacturing industry, transport & storage, Information & Communication Technology and consumer goods. The firm typically invests in countries whose GNI per capita is below the World Bank's IBRD graduation threshold. It seeks to invest in Latin America with a focus on Bolivia, Columbia, Central America, Cuba, and Haiti Peru; Sub Saharan Africa with a focus on Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Greater Klakes Region, Horn of Africa, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, South Africa, SADC Region, and Tanzania; Middle East and Africa with a focus on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Tunisia; Southern and Eastern Europe, and CIS with a focus on Albania, Armenia, Azarbaijan, Bosnia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine; and Asia with a focus on South-East Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao DPR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The firm invests at least 60 percent of its investment volume in any year to these priority countries. In cases of regional or global funds, the geographical criteria is fulfilled if at least 50 percent of fund or financial institution investment is made in the priority countries. Its primary focus is on institutions investing in the small and medium enterprise sector along with selective investments in microfinance and infrastructure projects. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $40 million in funds. It sources its capital through institutional investors. The firm prefers majority stakes. The firm invests in the form of loans and other debt instruments including secured or unsecured, subordinated, convertible or equity linked; direct equity or quasi-equity investments; and guarantees. It may also act as co-investor in the underlying portfolio companies of its private equity funds. The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets was founded in 2005 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in Bern, Switzerland.