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Projects

Burkina Faso –
Processing and Distribution of Dried Fruits

Since 2006 the company exports certified organic and fair trade agricultural goods.

Projects

Georgia –
Hazelnut Production

The project sponsors are building the organic and fair trade production of Hazelnuts in Western Georgia.

The SECO Start-up Fund (SSF)

provides loans

To investors with domicile in Switzerland
for start-up business projects and for financing the first expansion phase of companies in emerging economies (see country list)
the financed projects must be commercially viable (SSF does not finance feasibility studies, pilots or prototype development) and meet recognized environmental and social standards
maximum amount of the loan: up to two thirds of the investment costs in the target country; maximally two times the amount contributed by the borrowers/investors, maximally CHF 500'000 (all three criteria must be fulfilled)
for repayment within 7 years

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The SSF is a facility for development loans established by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. SSF offers loans for start-up business projects of Switzerland domiciled entrepreneurs/enterprises in emerging economies (economies under development or in transition). Since 1.1.25 the management of the SSF is delegated to iGravity/seedstars.

Investments in emerging economies involve business risks beyond those generally encountered in Western countries. This is particularly true for young enterprises. With its loans SSF aims to share the financial burden of such ventures with the investors.

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