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Finnfund expects all its investments to be profitable, environmentally and socially responsible and produce measurable development impact in their target countries.
Finnfund puts special emphasis on sectors that are critical to sustainable development, namely renewable energy, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture, financial institutions and digital infrastructure and solutions.
We do invest in other good projects as well when they match our investment strategy and meet our requirements. We also have special focus on investments that advance gender equality and which mitigate climate change and help people in developing countries adapt to it.
We are looking for
- Profitability
- Environmental and social responsibility
- Measurable development impact
Good to know about Finnfund financing
- We invest only in developing countries as defined by OECD/DAC
- Our financing can be in the form of equity, mezzanine financing or debt.
- Finnfund’s share in new companies is always smaller than the share of the project sponsor but can be greater in expansion investments.
- We only invest in privately owned business.
- Our financing is always on market terms.
- Ticket size varies from one million to 25 million euros.
- Our financing can be in either euros or in US dollars.
1. Contact Finnfund’s investment team
We have 30 impact investment professionals in Finnfund.
Contact the person responsible for your business sector (click the name of the sector and select your contact).
Sarita Bartlett
Senior Portfolio Manager
sarita.bartlett@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 665 4989
Peter Chappell
Investment Manager
peter.chappell@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 198 5742
Pauliina Halonen
Investment Manager
pauliina.halonen@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 759 6479
Elina Happonen
Portfolio Manager
elina.happonen@finnfund.fi
+358 50 365 3985
Kuutti Kilpeläinen
Senior Investment Manager, Head of Digital Infrastructure and Solutions
kuutti.kilpelainen@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 44 013 1291
Kyaw Latt
Investment Manager
kyaw.latt@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 631 2941
Valtter Louhivuori
Head of Nairobi Office
valtter.louhivuori@finnfund.fi
Riikka Molander
Associate Director, Head of Funds portfolio
riikka.molander@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 50 369 4039
Ari Nironen
Senior Investment Manager
(fragile states)
ari.nironen@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 547 8848
Ilkka Norjamäki
Associate Director, Head of Agriculture and Forestry portfolio
ilkka.norjamaki@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 866 8642
Justin Nthala
Senior Investment Manager
justin.nthala@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 483 7117
Antti Partanen
Investment Manager
antti.partanen@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 41 468 6333
Markus Pentikäinen
Investment Manager
(healthcare and education)
markus.pentikainen@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 50 339 7726
Johanna Raehalme
Head of Origination, Africa
johanna.raehalme@finnfund.fi
Ulla-Maija Rantapuska
Investment Manager
ulla-maija.rantapuska@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 41 536 5631
Niklas Simola
Investment Manager
niklas.simola@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 400 504 360
Helena Teppana
Associate Director
helena.teppana@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 822 8296
Jussi Tourunen
Associate Director, Head of Energy and Infrastructure portfolio
jussi.tourunen@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 568 0578
Antti Urvas
Associate Director, Head of Financial Institutions portfolio
antti.urvas@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 45 113 0547
Fabian Cisar
Investment Manager
fabian.cisar@finnfund.fi
tel. +358 40 353 9811
Tuomas Vaulanen
Investment Associate
tuomas.vaulanen@finnfund.fi
+358 40 593 6035
2. Present your project plan
For project appraisal, we will need a project plan developed by the client. We advise you to contact us already when designing the project as our experts have considerable experience on business operations in the developing markets.
For project appraisal, we need a project plan developed by the client. Read more for instructions.
3. Assessment of environmental and social responsibility
Environmental and social requirements are determined case-by-case.
At the start of the process, we make sure that projects meet Finnfund’s basic environmental, social and governance standards. Environmental and social responsibility assessments also help set the terms of funding.
4. Development impact assessment
The development impacts are assessed before the investment decision and during the entire life cycle of the investment.
This ex ante assessment focuses e.g. on the strategic relevance of the project, the importance for the market development of the target country, and the financial and other additionality of Finnfund’s participation. It is also important to assess the impacts from the perspective of the poor and women.
5. Investment decision
We strive to keep our investment process swift and flexible. Investment decision is usually taken within 3 to 4 months from first contact. The final investment decision is taken by the Finnfund Board of Director based on proposals from the Finnfund management. The Board usually meets once a month.
Our investments
At the end of 2022 Finnfund’s portfolio contained 191 investment decisions in 55 countries. Learn more about our projects by clicking on the map.