by Renata Samadova -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Satya of India Borrowing $35m from FMO, Finnfund for Microfinance for Rural Women, Youth – Including to Enable Green Transition

Satya MicroCapital, an India-based microfinance institution (MFI), recently borrowed the local-currency equivalent of USD 25 million from the Dutch development bank Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO) and USD 10 million from Finnfund, a development finance institution controlled by the government of Finland. The funding is intended to

by Rohit Dayanand -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: DFIs Invest $109m in Horizon Capital IV to Support SMEs in Ukraine, Moldova

Six public-sector organizations recently invested in the second funding round of Horizon Capital IV with the goal of enabling the equity fund to supply more working capital to “fast-growing, technology-enabled small and medium-size businesses” in Ukraine and Moldova. The fund also seeks to

by Jessica McLeod -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Proximity Finance Raises $14m in Equity from Finnfund, Nordic Microfinance Initiative, Proparco to Support Farmers in Myanmar

Proximity Finance, a unit of Myanmar-focused social enterprise Proximity Designs, recently agreed to a package of equity investments totaling USD 14 million in equal shares from three European institutional investors, Proparco (Promotion et Participation pour la Coopération Économique), the Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI) and Finnfund. The deal, which is pending regulatory approval, would support Proximity Finance’s services to small-scale, rural farmers in Myanmar, including plans to disburse 1.5 million loans within four years and expand