CDC Group

AUM: $6.3 billion

Description: CDC Group plc (formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation, and previous to that, the Colonial Development Corporation) is a development finance institution owned by the UK government founded in 1948, making us the world’s oldest DFI. The Department for International Development is responsible for CDC, with shareholder duties managed by the Shareholder Executive.

CDC Group’s strategy, set in conjunction with DFID, means it only makes investments in Africa and South Asia. The CDC invests directly by providing equity, debt, mezzanine finance and guarantees to businesses; and also indirectly through supporting fund managers

who are aligned with the CDCs’ aims and who invest our capital on our behalf.

Areas of expertise:

Early stage Venture, late stage venture capital