We participate in private equity funds, acting as trustee for the Austrian Ministry of Finance or financed from our own funds with a capital preservation guarantee provided by the Ministry of Finance. Especially in developing countries, equity capital is an important instrument for growth and development.

All projects must make developmental and economic sense and are subject to a comprehensive environmental and social review.

Conditions for participations in funds

  • Focus on climate-focused funds, particularly in the areas of renewable energy and other climate-related themes
  • Investments from the Early Stage phase onwards only (no seed-stage or start-up funds)
  • Exclusively with established fund managers (no first-time funds)
  • Minimum fund size of EUR 150 million
  • OeEB investment volume ranging from EUR 5 million to approximately EUR 10 million per fund

We can finance projects in all developing countries and emerging markets pursuant to the OECD Development Assistance Committee List (DAC list).

According to The European Development Finance Institution (EDFI) "Principles for Responsible Financing", we do not finance projects in any sector listed on the following Harmonized EDFI Exclusion List

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