IGNITE HOLDING COMPANY INC. (FMO-48657)

Countries
  • Guatemala
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Mar 24, 2016
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Ignite Holding (Kingo)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 2.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 14.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Jun 26, 2018

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Project Description
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FROM FMO:

WHO IS OUR CLIENT

Kingo, trade name for Ignite Holding Company, Inc. is the first commercial venture in Central America for rolling out off-grid prepaid energy solutions for households. Kingo positions itself as a utility-like provider of electricity to rural off-grid communities .The company's business model consists in installing home solar systems which remain the company's property and distributing prepaid energy credit through local distributors (shop keepers) that customers can purchase according to their budget and their energy needs.

FUNDING OBJECTIVE

The objective of the grant is to allow Kingo to continue expansion in the market and be able to show significant growth on solid/validated business model to support the equity raise contemplated at the end of 2016. The proceeds of funds is mainly used to fund the kits themselves and installation/maintenance activities.

WHY WE FUND THIS PROJECT

Ignite provides first time energy access to households via solar home systems in rural areas without a grid connection. Moreover, the energy access contributes to productivity of households and ultimately to economic growth (proper lighting and charging facilities allow work and study activity beyond sunset).

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

The financing comes in the form of a USD 2 million convertible grant to Kingo, in addition to the USD 12 million equity raise through series B contemplated at the end of 2016.


Contact Information
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FMO
The Netherlands
+31 70 314 96 96
info@fmo.nl

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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