Solutions for Private Equity & Debt Funds

We are partnering with fund managers to scale sustainable, high-impact investments across emerging markets.

Why Work With DEG

Global Presence
With 18 locations worldwide, we support fund managers directly on site.
Proven Track Record
Over 130 fund investments + 100 co-investments in emerging markets investment funds
ESG & Climate Expertise
Support in implementing ESG and climate tools at fund and portfolio level.

WHAT WE OFFER

Private Equity Fund Investments

We provide you with support from the very beginning. Through our investment in your fund, we offer you a stable capital base, as an anchor investor and signaller, particularly in the first closing. If necessary, we can also invest in your portfolio companies on equal terms as a co-investor.

Sustainable private equity

Subscription generally as early as first closing
Representation of investors and advice for general partner through seat on the fund's Advisory Committee
Support also for challenges in your portfolio through our Business Support Services
Investment possible as experienced co-investor in the fund's portfolio companies
Private Equity Fund investments generally starting from USD 10 million and a DEG share of <20% in the final closing

Loans

In selected cases, we also offer loan financing for your portfolio companies.

* DEG finances funds operating in emerging and developing countries in accordance with the country list of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

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Debt Fund Solutions

DEG investments span a broad range of sectors, including Financial Institutions (FIs), Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs) and Microfinance Institutions, Fintech/Venture Debt, Renewable Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure and Corporate Finance.

Debt instruments

DEG can invest in open ended debt funds as well as in closed ended debt funds
DEG invests primarily through a range of debt instruments, including senior, subordinated and mezzanine loans as well as notes
Support also for challenges in your portfolio through our Business Support Services
In selected cases we also offer co-loan financing to respective portfolio companies
Debt Fund investments generally starting from USD 20 million with a DEG share normally not exceeding 20% in the final closing or envisaged fund size in case of open ended funds

Equity

In selected cases, DEG can also invest in equity-like instruments of respective debt funds.

* DEG finances funds operating in emerging and developing countries in accordance with the country list of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

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Advisory services and ESG Expertise for funds

If we invest in your fund, we provide additional support to help you and your portfolio companies grow and develop further. Through our subsidiary DEG Impulse, we offer tailored advisory services and targeted support to strengthen the sustainability of your fund and its investments.

Business Support Services (BSS)

With our Business Support Services (BSS) DEG customers are supported in areas such as

assessing and mitigating climate risks for portfolio companies through the development and implementation of environmental and social management systems
resource and energy efficiency checks for portfolio companies to cut operating costs through more efficient use of resources and energy
development of a climate strategy at fund level and identification of portfolio companies that have the greatest need to adapt to climate change, for example.

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AfricInvest shares experience from their collaboration with DEG

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Selected Investment Examples

Sustainable Growth in North Africa

Private equity company Mediterrania Capital Partners provides growth capital for medium-sized, high-impact companies. As an anchor investor, DEG strengthens the fund’s equity base.

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Capital for fintech start-ups in Southeast Asia

Together with DEG as anchor investor, the fund manager Integra Partners is investing with its Partners Fund II L.P. in companies in Southeast Asia that drive transformation and inclusion in the financial services sector.