Original disclosure @ FMO website
Updated in EWS Oct 15, 2021
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According to the bank website, "The funding objective is to support Gazelle in vetting its investees by co-funding a Technical Assistance facility together with Triple Jump, called the Business Development Support Facility (“BDS Facility”). This BDS Facility funds three financial products, being i) fund-wide support projects, ii) zero-interest loans, and iii) grants. Prospect portfolio companies and portfolio companies, depending on their size and revenues will receive a zero-interest loan or a TA-grant (only for PCs)."
The funding objective is to support Gazelle in vetting its investees by co-funding a Technical Assistance facility together with Triple Jump, called the Business Development Support Facility (“BDS Facility”). This BDS Facility funds three financial products, being i) fund-wide support projects, ii) zero interest loans and iii) grants. Prospect portfolio companies and portfolio companies, depending on their size and revenues will receive a zero-interest loan or a TA-grant (only for PCs).
There is often limited information publicly available about what development banks are funding through financial intermediaries. In 2021, the Early Warning System partnered with Oxfam International to incorporate information on high-risk projects being funded by financial intermediaries receiving funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Dutch Development Bank (FMO).
The information listed below describes the relationship between the different private actors linked to high-risk sectors and subprojects of IFC and FMO's financial intermediary investments and/or the financial intermediary's parent companies made from 2017 through 2020, including any associated ring fences.
The database, however, does not explicitly or implicitly imply that IFC or FMO have material exposure to or are contractually or legally accountable to the sub-projects financed by their financial intermediaries or the financial intermediary's parent companies. It only shows a seemingly financial relationship among the different private actors, the financial intermediaries, and IFC or FMO.
FMO’s client is Gazelle Fund (“Gazelle”), a Private Equity Fund with a USD $42 mln commitment, based in Georgia. Gazelle focuses on supporting SMEs in Eastern Europe and provides growth-oriented risk capital to SMEs in the Eurasia region. Gazelle currently operates in Georgia and Armenia and intends to expand further in the Eurasia region during the coming years.
Project contacts are not available at the time of disclosure.