Discuss Anchor or Co-Investment Participation – NCDF Group

Explore a structured participation pathway with the NCDF Agric-SME Investment Fund.

NCDF Investment Management Plc is engaging eligible institutional investors, development finance institutions, impact investors, strategic corporates, family offices and other qualified capital partners regarding potential anchor-investor and co-investment participation in the proposed NCDF Agric-SME Investment Fund.

This page enables prospective partners to outline their investment mandate, participation preferences, indicative capital range and strategic requirements before entering a formal institutional-engagement process.

All discussions are preliminary and non-binding. No investment allocation, preferential right, governance entitlement or co-investment opportunity is created by submitting this form.

Fund

NCDF Agric-SME Investment Fund

Status

Under Development

Proposed Initial Target

US$10 million

Potential Subsequent Scale

Up to US$20 million

Proposed Fund Manager

NCDF Investment Management Plc

Investment Geography

Nigeria

Investment Focus

Eligible agricultural SMEs, cooperatives, processors, aggregators and food-value-chain enterprises

Anchor-Investor Participation

Anchor participation may be appropriate for institutional investors considering an early or strategically significant commitment to the Fund.

Subject to the final Fund structure and definitive agreements, an anchor-investor discussion may cover:

Indicative Fund commitment
Investment mandate alignment
Proposed closing timetable
Institutional due-diligence requirements
Reporting and transparency requirements
ESG and impact expectations
Strategic sector or value-chain interests
Catalytic or blended-finance participation
Potential co-investment interest
Other negotiated institutional requirements permitted under the final Fund structure.

Anchor participation does not automatically provide:

Control of the Fund
Investment-selection authority
Guaranteed returns
Guaranteed portfolio allocation
Preferential access to every investment
Automatic board or Investment Committee membership
Rights outside the final approved Fund documents.

Any rights, economic terms, reporting arrangements or governance provisions must be formally approved and documented.

Co-Investment Participation

Co-investment may provide eligible investors with an opportunity to consider separately structured participation in selected portfolio investments alongside or in coordination with the Fund.

Potential co-investment opportunities may involve:

Agricultural production and outgrower platforms
Commodity aggregation and working-capital transactions
Processing and value-addition enterprises
Storage and cold-chain facilities
Agricultural logistics and distribution
Agricultural technology platforms
Export-oriented agricultural businesses
Approved enterprise-level assets or project SPVs.

Every co-investment opportunity will be separately evaluated and may have its own:

Legal structure
Investment terms
Due-diligence process
Risk profile
minimum participation level
governance arrangements
reporting requirements
capital-deployment schedule
repayment, income or exit pathway.

Participation in the Fund does not guarantee access to co-investment opportunities. Expressing co-investment interest does not create an allocation or commitment.

Catalytic and Strategic Participation

Eligible partners may also explore participation through:

First-loss or subordinated capital
Credit-enhancement arrangements
Guarantees or risk-sharing mechanisms
Blended-finance structures
Technical-assistance facilities
Agricultural offtake or market-access partnerships
Technology and operating partnerships
Development-finance programmes
Other approved strategic-capital structures.

Any such arrangement will require separate assessment, governance approval and definitive documentation.

Who Should Use This Page?

This engagement pathway is intended for:

Development finance institutions
Impact and catalytic investors
Institutional asset managers
Banks and financial institutions
Insurance companies
Sovereign and public-sector development institutions
Foundations and endowments
Family offices and private investment companies
Strategic agricultural corporates
Institutional buyers and offtakers
Qualified diaspora investment institutions
Qualified high-net-worth investors
Blended-finance providers
Guarantee and risk-sharing institutions
Development and technical-assistance partners
Other eligible institutional co-investors.

The Fund is not currently available for unrestricted public retail subscription.