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Requirements for the project initiator
We expect the project initiator to demonstrate the following:
- Successful business experience
- Strong business reputation
- Competitive advantages
- Availability of a competent management team
- Availability and willingness to invest own capital (“skin in the game”)
Requirements for the project
Our pipeline projects are featured with the following:
- Value-added industries
- Alignment with the Fund’s investment philosophy
- IRR of 15% or higher
- Employment opportunities for the local workforce
- Integrating new technologies
- Export orientation and/or import substitution
Why invest with UzDIF?
Investing with UzDIF can bring the following advantages:
DEAL STRUCTURING
- Up to 49% of the total project cost in the form of equity, debt or hybrid financing.
- UzDIF can act as a lead investor with a consortium of investors if their combined share is larger than UzDIF’s.
- UzDIF can structure financing through SPVs and other vehicles in foreign jurisdictions for investors' comfort.
- Ability to syndicate and leverage own investment with top names and IFIs.
- UzDIF’s due-diligence findings will be available for investors to facilitate decision-making.
LOCAL PRESENCE
- Your eyes, ears, hands, and feet on the ground
- Expertise from professionals with educational background from Western institutions and communication without any language barriers.
- Enlist UzDIF’s market knowledge, professional network and resources to your competitive advantage
There are two options for financing an investment with UzDIF
- Financing with UzDIF. UzDIF acts as a first-class borrower for debt investors, on-lending funds to selected projects while complementing the structure with additional equity.
- Direct co-financing. Investors provide the funds in the form of equity or debt directly to the project company and share the project risks with UzDIF.
- In both scenarios, UzDIF can contribute a maximum of 49% equity with a cap of USD 20 million per investment project. The remaining financing requirements will be fulfilled by investors and the company itself, using bank financing if necessary.
