Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd.)

Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd.) is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Finnfund invests mainly with Finnish companies and their partners such as long-term customers, suppliers, subcontractors and companies that license technology. Fiinfund typically focuses on projects involving advanced but commercially proven technology that gives their clients a competitive edge while contributing to economic and social development in target countries.Most of the investments are in manufacturing, but they also invest in other sectors such as telecommunications, forestry, renewable energy and health services.The financing is not tied to Finnish exports but the project should involve a Finnish interest. In selected cases they coinvest with other development finance institutions in projects that do not directly involve Finnish business but that generate significant environmental or social benefits.