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Finnfund is a Finnish development financier and professional impact investor. We build a sustainable world by investing in responsible and profitable businesses in developing countries. Each year we invest 200–250 million euros in 20-30 projects, emphasising renewable energy, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture, financial institutions and digital infrastructure and solutions. Today Finnfund’s investments and commitments total […]

December 30, 2021

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December 14, 2021

Finnfund invests in a solar panel factory in Thailand

Finnish corporation Solar Finland Ltd, a Finnish solar energy corporation, has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Thailand. The investment company Solar Finland Investment Ltd has agreed upon establishing a joint venture with an aim to establish a production facility for photovoltaic modules in Thailand. The joint venture, Salo Tech Thailand Ltd, […]

December 1, 2021

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I joins a group of investors supporting India’s leading MSME lending platform Indifi

CX Partners and OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I (the first Finnish global emerging markets impact fund) along with existing investors CDC Group (the UK’s development finance institution), Omidyar Network, Elevar Equity, and Accel, have invested 19 million US dollars in Series D round of Equity Capital raise for Indifi Technologies, a digital financial services […]

November 24, 2021

Collaborating to accelerate investment in climate adaptation and resilience

New multimillion dollar commitments and strategic collaborative actions to overcome key hurdles to private investment in climate adaptation and resilience in developing and emerging countries. The group of development finance institutions signatories and partners members to the Adaptation & Resilience Investors Collaborative (the “Collaborative”) today committed to substantially increase investments in climate adaptation and resilience […]

November 8, 2021

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I invests in CIM Santé Group to support the development of the private healthcare sector in Morocco

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, the first Finnish global emerging markets impact fund has invested USD 10 million in equity in CIM Santé Group, a leading Moroccan private healthcare group. Through this investment, OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I aims to foster the development of Morocco’s healthcare sector, accessibility to quality care, and support […]

November 5, 2021

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I investit dans le Groupe CIM Santé pour accompagner le développement du secteur de la santé privée au Maroc

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, le premier fonds finlandais d’impact sur les marchés émergents mondiaux, a investi 10 millions de dollars dans le capital du Groupe CIM Santé, un groupe marocain de premier plan opérant dans le secteur des soins de santé. Grâce à cet investissement, OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I vise à […]

CDC Group, Finnfund, Norfund propose innovative partnership with New Forests with an ambition to raise $500m for sustainable forestry across sub-Saharan Africa

CDC Group (“CDC”), the UK’s development finance institution; Finnfund, the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation; Norfund, the Norwegian Government’s investment fund for developing countries; and New Forests, a global investment manager focusing on sustainable landscapes, have today announced an intention to partner to develop investment strategies designed to scale and transform the sustainable forestry sector […]

November 3, 2021

Finnfund is one of the founding members of the Forest Investor Club launched at COP26

At COP26 during the World Leaders Summit’s Forest Day session on November 2, 2021, the United States launched the Forest Investor Club. This network of leading public and private financial institutions and other investors aims to unlock and scale up investments that support sustainable, climate-aligned outcomes in the land sector. These financial institutions and Network […]

November 2, 2021

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I invests in food distribution platform Twiga to improve food security across Sub-Saharan Africa

OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, the first global emerging markets impact fund in Finland, invests 3 million US dollars in Kenyan headquartered B2B e-commerce food distribution platform Twiga. OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I joins a group of investors, led by Creadev, in a financing package totalling 50 million US dollars. Twiga operates a […]

November 1, 2021