Investors in Togo

Oktogon Ventures is venture capital firm specializing in seed/startups, early ventures, bridge financing transactions and growth capital investments. The firm seek to invest in e-commerce software, devops, IT security industries. It seeks to invest in central and eastern Europe, particularly in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Tithuania regions. It make investment between 150k ($0.15 million) and $1.5 million. Oktogon Ventures was founded in 2019 and is based in Budapest, Hungary.

Established in Geneva in 1995, the Octogone group can pride itself on its reputation for the long-term efficiency of its investments and a high level of personal service. We manage the assets of families and institutions from Europe, USA, Latin America and Middle East the same way we manage our own.

DN Capital is a global early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2000, with offices in London, Berlin, and San Francisco. The firm focuses on Seed, Series A, and select Series B investments in Europe and North America, primarily targeting sectors such as Software, Fintech, Marketplaces, and Consumer Internet. Notable investments include Shazam, Auto1, HomeToGo, Purplebricks, Endeca, and Remitly. DN Capital has raised approximately $600 million in assets under management and has achieved 58 exits across 16 countries, including 7 IPOs.

Asime Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in angel, pre-seed and seed investments. The firm prefers to invest in East and West Africa, notably Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Togo, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa. It typically invests between $0.05 million and $0.1 million. Asime Ventures was founded in 2020 and is based in Accra, Ghana with additional offices at Nairobi, Kenya and Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

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.

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.

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.

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.