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Finnfund invests in financially profitable projects of responsible companies operating in developing countries that promote sustainable development.

Finnfund in brief

Finnfund is a Finnish development financier and impact investor. Finnfund builds a sustainable future and generates lasting impact by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges with Finnish added value. Each year, we invest 200–250 million euros in 20–30 companies in developing countries. Our focus is particularly on digital infrastructure and solutions, clean energy, forestry, agriculture, and on providing funding for small and medium-sized enterprises through financial institutions. Today, Finnfund’s investments, commitments, and investment decisions total about 1.2 billion euros. The company has about 100 employees based in Helsinki and Nairobi. For more information, please visit https://www.finnfund.fi/en.

Contact us to lean more about Finnfund

We will be happy to provide more information about us and help you find experts. Finnfund employs about 100 people. We can provide experts in various topics such as

  • impact investing and sustainable investing
  • changes in the market situation in emerging markets
  • monitoring and assessing development impact
  • climate investments
  • investments in gender equality
  • development financing and global development issues.

We are also happy to help you find interviewees and experts from our investees.

Our main business sectors are renewable energy, forestry, agriculture, financial institutions and digital infrastructure and solutions but we also finance companies operating in many other sectors.

Contact us!

Unna Lehtipuu

Chief Communications Officer (CCO)

unna.lehtipuu@finnfund.fi +358 40 624 0896

Valpuri Mäkinen

Senior Communications and Marketing Manager

valpuri.makinen@finnfund.fi +358 50 3842105

Terhi Elomaa

Communications Manager

terhi.elomaa@finnfund.fi +358 40 194 0281

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