KNOW A MICROFINANCE ORGANIZATION: Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO)

Overview:
The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) provides financing to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Description:
The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) is a private company whose capital is held by the Belgian State (Ministry for Development Cooperation) and Belgian Ministry for Development Cooperation and Société Belge d’Investissement International SA (Belgian Corporation for International Investment). BIO provides financing to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Profile:
http://mixmarket.org/funders/bio

Organization’s Website:
http://www.bio-invest.be/Home.aspx?lang=en

Just the Facts:
Country of Incorporation: Belgium
Year Founded: 2001
Fund Assets (as of day/month/year): EUR 216.3 million (USD 305.1 million as of 31/December/2008)
Area of Operation: Global
Instruments: Loans and Debt Securities, Equity, Quasi-Equity, Guarantees, Technical Assistance
Investment Horizon: 5 years
Fund Currency: EUR, USD, local currency

Contact Information:
Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries – BIO
Avenue de Tervueren 188A b4
1150 Brussels – Belgium

T : +32 2 778 99 99
F : +32 2 778 99 90

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Additional Resources:
Latest News from BIO
http://www.bio-invest.be/News.aspx?lang=en

Incofin Announces Creation of Rural Impulse Fund, an Investment Fund to Target Rural Microfinance; BIO, EIB, IFC, FMO Invest (August 2007)
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-incofin-announces-creatio…

Link to Microcapital Universe wiki page
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Belgian+Investment+Company+for+Developing+Countries+%28BIO%29

Authored by Kenny Kline, Research Associate

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