DEG is the long-term reliable partner for banks, insurances, financiers and leasing companies.

    Private equity funds

    As the fund manager of a private equity fund investing in companies located in developing and emerging markets, you benefit from our in-depth expertise in funds and co-investment.

    Reliability, speed and an understanding of structuring are crucial to your success. As a development finance institution, we stand for dependability and long-term commitment. We also offer support for company analysis and for introduction of the leading environmental, social and corporate governance standards (ESG).

    Our fund and structuring experts are here to advise and support you in developing your fund. As an active and successful co-investor, we will help you to efficiently close capital gaps for your investments in portfolio companies. We also act as a sparring partner and take responsibility for certain areas of due diligence and implementation control, for example in the environmental and social sphere.

    DEG is a very experienced investor in developing and emerging-market countries, with a portfolio of more than 130 active fund investments and over 100 direct and co-investments.

    We will help you to build up a strong and effective network by bringing you together with appropriate decision-makers and potential investors. You benefit from our offices at 18 locations in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America - and from the regional expertise of our experienced employees.

    DEG customer comments

    AfricInvest shares experience from their collaboration with DEG.:

    "With the help of DEG we have developed tools to meet our companies where they are and step by step improve their climate action," says Aicha Zakraoui, AfricInvest Group. In this video, she and Anis Kallel explain how DEG’s climate tools are shaping AfricInvest’s investments. Land’Or SA’s CEO Dr. Hatem Denguezli shares how these tools boosted workforce, sales, and sustainability. Watch now to learn more.

    What we offer

    Financing

    As a co-investor we supply our fund customers with capital for sustainable and impactful investments in the form of equity investment and loans.

    DEG finances only in emerging and developing countries. The relevant list of recipients of the OECD Development Committee (DAC) can be found here.

    We provide you with support from the very beginning. Through our investment in your fund, we offer you a stable capital base, as an anchor investor and signaller, particularly in the first closing. If necessary, we can also invest in your portfolio companies on equal terms as a co-investor.

    At a glance:

    • Subscription generally as early as first closing

    • Representation of investors and advice for general partner through seat on the fund's Advisory Committee

    • Support also for challenges in your portfolio through our Business Support Services

    • Investment possible as experienced co-investor in the fund's portfolio companies

    • Fund investments generally starting from USD 10 million and a DEG share of <20% in the final closing

    Advice and funding for funds

    If we invest in your fund, we provide additional support for you and the companies that you finance in order to further develop them in a targeted manner. Via our subsidiary DEG Impulse we provide you with additional advice and funding to enhance the sustainability of your funds and the companies in which they invest.

    Via our Business Support Services (BSS) DEG customers are supported in areas such as

    • assessing and mitigating climate risks for portfolio companies through the development and implementation of environmental and social management systems
    • resource and energy efficiency checks for portfolio companies to cut operating costs through more efficient use of resources and energy
    • development of a climate strategy at fund level and identification of portfolio companies that have the greatest need to adapt to climate change, for example.

    Learn more about BSS

    Examples

    Sustainable growth in North Africa

    Private equity company Mediterrania Capital Partners provides growth capital for medium-sized, high-impact companies. As an anchor investor, DEG strengthens the fund’s equity base.

    Capital for fintech start-ups in Southeast Asia

    Together with DEG as anchor investor, the fund manager Integra Partners is investing with its Partners Fund II L.P. in companies in Southeast Asia that drive transformation and inclusion in the financial services sector.

    Further examples of private equity funds financed by DEG

    DEG invests in sustainably-managed companies in North and West Africa

    DEG: EUR 15 million for African tech fund

    2022-11-15

    DEG: USD 29.5 million for investment in renewable energy

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