AV Ventures
av-ventures.com Direct investor
AV Ventures is the for-profit impact investment subsidiary of ACDI/VOCA, managing impact investment funds in Africa, Central Asia and Latin America. It provides debt, mezzanine and equity financing to SMEs and financial institutions.
AV Ventures is an asset manager headquartered in Washington, United States. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in agribusiness, financial services, manufacturing and technology. Its stated cheque size is USD $500K - $5M.
“We provide innovative, catalytic financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and financial institutions (FIs) with strong potential for growth and impact in Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America.”
— AV Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Asset manager
- Headquarters
- Washington, United States
- Invests in
- Africa, Central Asia, Latin America, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
- Sectors
- agribusiness, financial services, manufacturing, technology, climate finance, renewable energy, fintech, gender-lens investing
- Cheque size
- USD $500K - $5M
Team, as AV Ventures publishes it
- Geoffrey Chalmers President & Managing Director
- Valentina Echeverry Senior Director, Partnerships and Investments
- Aliza Sitrin Associate Manager, Finance & Investment
- Zubeiru Salifu Senior Investment Officer
- Winfred Kumi Investment Officer
- Sally Amoasah Global Operations Officer
- Bernard F. Cudjoe Investment Analyst
- Ronald Musundi Investment Manager
- Damaris Ochieng Investment Associate
- Dan Kigen Investment Specialist
- Grace Muli Global Senior Accountant for Finance and Accounting
- Taalaibek Djoumataev Co-founder and Managing Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on av-ventures.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page AV Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://av-ventures.com/name, is_investor, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, status, layer
- https://av-ventures.com/our_funds/layer, invests_in_geographies, cheque_size
- https://av-ventures.com/about_us/type, description
- https://av-ventures.com/our-team/hq_country, hq_city, people
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