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IFC to fund startups in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East

Felicia Akindurodoye by Felicia Akindurodoye
November 21, 2022
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is the private sector arm of the World Bank, announced that it would invest $225 million in a venture capital platform to help new entrepreneurs in Pakistan, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

In order to “grow them into scalable ventures that can attract mainstream equity and debt financing,” the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is a member of the World Bank, will make equity and “equity-like” investments in digital firms.

In a statement, the institution said it would also use the sector-agnostic platform to work closely with other World Bank members to push for regulatory reforms, sector analyses, and other changes to help grow the venture capital ecosystems in these regions. The statement was released after the institution announced that it would use the platform.

The IFC will also try to get more money from several other development organizations and the private sector. So far, the Blended Finance Facility of the Private Sector Window of the International Development Association has given it an extra $50 million. This facility lowers the risk of investing in low-income countries by bringing private and public funds together.

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IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop said in a statement that was shared with a source that “Support for entrepreneurship and digital transformation is essential to economic growth, job creation, and resilience.”

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“IFC’s Venture Capital Platform will help tech companies and entrepreneurs expand during a time of capital shortage by ecosystems,” he said of the International Finance Corporation. creating scalable investment opportunities and backing countries’ efforts to build transformative tech “e-systems.” “We want to help develop homegrown innovative solutions that are not only relevant to emerging countries but can also be exported to the rest of the world.”

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The regions of emphasis of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) continue to get a small percentage of the global capital investment, and the institution wants to help bridge this gap, which has been made worse by the funding slowdown caused by macroeconomic headwinds.

IFC’s Startup Catalyst Program has grown with the addition of the new platform. This program is part of IFC’s investments and efforts to get into innovation ecosystems in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan. 

In 2022, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) planned to make an equity investment of up to €25 million ($26.43 million) into the Partech Africa Fund II (PAF II), which is managed by the venture capital firm Partech and based in Paris. According to the disclosures, the IFC was looking to acquire a stake that was no greater than 20%.

The group said that it would give the fund an extra €15 million ($15.9 million) for future opportunities to co-invest with the fund. According to documents kept by the IFC, the PAF II will put money into top portfolio companies “from seed to Series D rounds and follow-on rounds.” The approval of the investment is now pending.

The investment that IFC is proposing to make in the Partech Africa Fund is an equity investment of up to €25 million, with the cap set at no more than 20% of the overall Fund commitment. 

In addition, IFC  proposed a separate co-investment budget of up to €15 million that could be used with delegated authority. In the disclosure document, the IFC said that this would make it easier for the IFC to take part in future co-investment opportunities with the Fund.

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