Highland PE Mezz

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The proposed project consists of an equity investment of up to US$5 million in the Highland Private Equity and Mezzanine Fund L.P. (the “Fund”), one of the first institutional investment funds in the Kyrgyz Republic seeking to raise US$30 million to provide risk capital to 10-15 local Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in the form of equity and quasi-equity financing in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Fund is a generalist with a focus on the consumer sector, agro-processing, healthcare, education and telecommunications. The project will be supported by the Blended Finance Facility of the IDA18 IFC-MIGA Private Sector Window (“IDA PSW BFF”), created by the Word Bank Group to catalyze private sector investment in IDA countries, with a focus on fragile and conflict-affected states. The Blended Finance Facility is intended to help the Fund attract more private sector investors and reach more SMEs.