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title: "Finnfund"
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# Finnfund

Finnfund is a Finnish development financier and professional impact investor that provides long term financing to responsible and profitable businesses in developing countries. It is Finland’s development finance institution and focuses on projects that promote sustainable development and address global development challenges, with a particular emphasis on Africa. In Africa, Finnfund invests in a range of growth stages including seed, Series A, Series B, and other venture rounds, reflecting its role as a flexible institutional investor. Based on disclosed transactions, Finnfund has backed companies such as Fuzu in Kenya, fibertime and JUMO in South Africa, Beacon Power Services in Nigeria, and Kasha in Rwanda. These investments highlight a sector focus on HR and talent, telecom and connectivity, energy and utilities, health technology, and fintech, with a geographic concentration in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda. Official communications describe Finnfund’s strategy as impact oriented, aiming to build a sustainable future by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges. Its African activity includes both direct investments in companies and commitments to funds that foster clean energy, climate mitigation, and broader private sector development across the continent, often alongside other development financiers and impact investors.

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## Summary

Finnfund is a Finnish development financier and professional impact investor that provides long term financing to responsible and profitable businesses in developing countries. It is Finland’s development finance institution and focuses on projects that promote sustainable development and address global development challenges, with a particular emphasis on Africa. In Africa, Finnfund invests in a range of growth stages including seed, Series A, Series B, and other venture rounds, reflecting its role as a flexible institutional investor. Based on disclosed transactions, Finnfund has backed companies such as Fuzu in Kenya, fibertime and JUMO in South Africa, Beacon Power Services in Nigeria, and Kasha in Rwanda. These investments highlight a sector focus on HR and talent, telecom and connectivity, energy and utilities, health technology, and fintech, with a geographic concentration in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda. Official communications describe Finnfund’s strategy as impact oriented, aiming to build a sustainable future by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges. Its African activity includes both direct investments in companies and commitments to funds that foster clean energy, climate mitigation, and broader private sector development across the continent, often alongside other development financiers and impact investors.

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## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fuzu | /fuzu | Series B | 3900000 | 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Wave | /wave | Debt Financing | 137000000 | 2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| fibertime | /fibertime | Venture Round | 2200000 | 2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| fibertime | /fibertime | Venture Round | 2100000 | 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| fibertime | /fibertime | Seed | 2000000 | 2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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