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British International Investment

462 employees

British International Investment is a development finance institution and impact investor backed by the UK Government.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Financial Services13
Finance8
FinTech6
Banking5
Payments3
Lending3
Information Technology2
Consumer2
Software2
Energy2
Artificial Intelligence2
Wellness2
Health Care2
Automotive2
Healthcare2
off-grid solar2
pay-as-you-go2
smartphones2
Packaging2
Retail2

Funding rounds participated in

$33M sweet spot round size

Most of their 32 investments are in rounds between $18M and $52M

Investor type

Government Office

Basic info

Industry

financial services

Sectors

Financial Services
Government
Africa
Climate finance
Impact Investing
Asia
Microfinance
Emerging markets investment
Private Equity fund investing
Impact investing
Development finance
Equity finance
Gender lens investing
Debt finance

Date founded

1948

Investments made

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Bizongo raised $50M on October 4, 2023

Investors: B Capital Group, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Chiratae Ventures and British International Investment

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Battery Smart raised $33M on July 6, 2023

Investors: Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Blume Ventures and British International Investment

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Indifi raised $35M on June 13, 2023

Investors: CX Partners, Omidyar Network India, ICICI Venture, Flourish Ventures and British International Investment

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- raised $130M on May 30, 2023

Investors: Standard Chartered Bank India, PTA Bank, Norfund, Absa Bank Kenya PLC and British International Investment

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TymeBank raised $78M on May 23, 2023

Investors: JG Summit Group of Companies, Apis Partners, Tencent, Norrsken22, Blue Earth Capital AG and British International Investment

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M-KOPA Solar raised $200M on May 15, 2023

Investors: Nithio, Mirova Natural Capital and British International Investment

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Kazyon raised $165M on April 27, 2023

Investors: South Suez Capital Limited, Development Partners International (DPI) and British International Investment

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Dozee raised undisclosed on January 10, 2023

Investors: British International Investment

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DBL Group raised $52M on January 8, 2023

Investors: British International Investment

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Undisclosed raised $41M on December 20, 2022

Investors: 3one4 Capital, CX Partners, Jungle Ventures, Capria, Unitus Seed Fund, SITE Capital Partners and British International Investment

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