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Capital North Africa Venture Fund S.A.S

Equity : January 2006

Capital North Africa Venture Fund is a private equity fund which made equity and equity-related investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Morocco.

Amount

€ 3,000,000.00

Type of investment

Equity

Development impacts

  • Local economic growth
  • Private sector consolidation/innovation

Beneficiary locations

Africa: Morocco
Middle East:

Investment field

Investment Companies & Funds

Activity

SME Fund

Organisation

Capital North Africa Venture Fund S.A.S

The investments include companies in diversified sectors (services, construction, agrobusiness, etc.). The fund was fully invested by end of 2011.

CNAV is managed by Capital Invest, a fund management company based in Casablanca, Morocco.

Development impacts

  • Local economic growth

    Access to long-term financing for SMEs

  • Private sector consolidation/innovation

    Know-how transfer to investees with regards to management and governance: Capital Invest usually requests to take a seat in the board of the portfolio companies. The presence and the demands of the fund manager oblige the companies to increase their transparence, improve their financial monitoring systems and review the financial impact of their strategy.

Made possible through this investment

Thanks to the direct funding from BIO, the following second-line investments have been made possible.

Soniama/Indusalim C&P

Morocco

Producer of pasta and couscous.

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