Overview of Investor

The FMO Ventures Program focuses on early-stage, tech-enabled direct investments alongside a lead investor and indirect investments with a more generalist focus on funds. The FMO Ventures Program is a EUR 200 million investment program supported by contributions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and a guarantee from the European Union with a 4-year investment period.

Type of investor
Venture Capital
Preferred investment stage
Seed - Pre-Series A
Sector/s of Interest
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
​Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Clean Technologies
Electricty, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply
​Transportation and storage
​Information and communication
Internet StartUps
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
Financial and insurance activities
FinTech and InsureTech
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
Country/s of interest
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Czech Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Operational status
Raising and allocating funds