Fund for SME foreign investment operations (FONPYME)

The fund can be used for minority, temporary holdings in the share capital of small and medium-sized companies located outside Spain

The most relevant characteristics of the financial support provided by this fund are as follows:

• Eligible projects: viable SME projects undertaken abroad and involving some manner of Spanish interest.
• Types of financial support provided:
  • Capital holdings.
  • Quasi-capital like instruments.
• Ceiling: 5 million euros.
• Minimum: 250,000 euros per operation.
• Present capital endowment (2012): 45 million euros.
• Co-financing: operations are co-financed by COFIDES in countries where the company is allowed to operate.
• Access: applications must be submitted to COFIDES, the designated fund manager.
  
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