Difference between revisions of "Central American Small Enterprise Investment Fund II (CASEIF II)"

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Latest revision as of 06:25, 12 February 2013

Fund might have been discontinued....

Central American Small Enterprise Investment Fund II (CASEIF II)
Location: LAFISE Investment Management Ltd.
Contact:
Financed by:
Website: link
Finance
Finance mechanism: Equity, debt, mix
Budget:
Funding range:
Minimum: $250,000
Maximum: $3,000,000
Minimum return on investment: 5.60%
Period / deadlines:


Aim — Caseif II is a private equity – venture capital fund of 35 million dollars for growth stage companies in the Central American region. CASEIF Corporation II promotes the growth of developing countries located in the Fund’s targeted region and supports the efforts to reduce poverty levels. This is possible through the investment of equity and cuasi-equity in profitable private companies.

More information — The investments are made in private companies that are active and operating, profitable, have a strong management team, and that have developed sustainable competitive advantages.The companies are required to be legally constituted and have to fulfill the corporate, tax, labor and environmental legislation of each country.

BIO has committed a $5 million equity investment in CASEIF II. Other partners include the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Norwegian Investment Fund for Development (Norfund), the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM), the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation (Finnfund), the Andean Investment Corporation (CAF) and Latin American Financial Services (LAFISE).

Sectors — Agriculture, manufacturing, energy, tourism, services, logistic, technology, housing, non–traditional export

Who can apply


Type of organisations targeted


Specific organisations targeted — Young, SME

Type of projects


Specific type of projects


Project stadia


Target world region — Latin America

Specific information on target countries — Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Criteria — Environment, Social

How to apply


Application procedure


Selection procedure