Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries

Type

Other

Status

Active

Location

Brussels, Belgium

Total investments

143

Average round size

8M

Portfolio companies

101

Rounds per year

6.22

Lead investments

3

Follow on index

0.29

Exits

10

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
Financial ServicesFinTechFinanceFood and BeverageFood ProcessingBankingEnergyIndustrialSolarMicro Lending

Summary

In 2001 was created Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in Europe in Belgium. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Brussels.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries, startups are often financed by Incofin Investment Management, Samridhi Fund, Oikocredit International. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Oikocredit International, Incofin Investment Management, Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd.). In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Oikocredit International, GAWA Capital, Creation Investments Capital Management, LLC.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Fusion Microfinance, Access Bank Plc., Annapurna Microfinace. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 11-15 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Banking, Property Management.

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Analytics

Total investments
143
Lead investments
3
Exits
10
Rounds per year
6.22
Follow on index
0.29
Investments by industry
  • Financial Services (78)
  • Finance (44)
  • Banking (28)
  • Energy (21)
  • Food and Beverage (13)
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Investments by region
  • Nigeria (6)
  • India (8)
  • Myanmar (3)
  • Ecuador (7)
  • Uganda (8)
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Peak activity year
2019
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
19
Avg. valuation at time of investment
26M
Group Appearance index
0.06
Avg. company exit year
11
Avg. multiplicator
2.75

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Fusion Microfinance 25 Jun 2015 Financial Services, FinTech, Finance, Banking Late Stage Venture 8M Delhi, New Delhi, India

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