{"id":586135,"date":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/07\/proparco-commits-usd-5-mn-to-disruptech-plus-cairo-hosts-counterterror-forum\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T00:00:00","slug":"proparco-commits-usd-5-mn-to-disruptech-plus-cairo-hosts-counterterror-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/07\/proparco-commits-usd-5-mn-to-disruptech-plus-cairo-hosts-counterterror-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Proparco commits USD 5 mn to Disruptech. PLUS: Cairo hosts counterterror forum."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">INVESTMENT-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Proparco invests in Disruptech:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Proparco, the private-sector <\/span><span style=\"\">investment<\/span><span style=\"\"> arm of the <\/span><span>French Development Agency (AFD), has committed USD 5 mn to Disruptech Ventures\u2019 early-stage fintech fund, it said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proparco.fr\/en\/actualites\/proparco-supports-egypts-startups-investment-disruptech-ventures\" style=\"\">a statement<\/a><\/span><span> yesterday. The fund has so far secured USD 36 mn in investments from various DFIs and investment funds, including <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/98f42f43-89ba-43ca-9922-69b36041ee5c\" style=\"\">USD 5 mn from the International Finance Corporation<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Disruptech has so far deployed 40% of its capital<\/span><span style=\"\"> in tech startups, including Brimor<\/span><span style=\"\">e, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Cassbana, Fatura, Gahez, Khazna, MNT Halan and Mozare3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">DIPLOMACY-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">US congressional delegation in Cairo:<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Egy.Pres.Spokesman\/posts\/pfbid02Z9MyNG4fBGXfCzxYFXJ5WfiB3WPMvdMrfMDsB981GfdTkckKRMhxp4q5QoEyktcrl\" style=\"\">President Abdel Fattah El Sisi<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0JhimrYsELXRpyuToopgztJsTB6u63Ug8T8hAJSAHh8KzBYtW1YYMkVcWKYtRbVb4l\" style=\"\">Shoukry<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> met in Cairo talks with a bipartisan <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eg.usembassy.gov\/u-s-congressional-delegation-visits-egypt\/\" style=\"\">US congressional delegation<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> last week. The delegation was led by Rep. Michael McCaul (Republican of Texas), who was in town for the Global Counterterrorism Forum, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/egypt\/global-counterterrorism-forum-gctf-co-chairs%E2%80%99-statement_en\" style=\"\">co-hosted by Egypt and the European Union<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. McCaul is chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disruptech has so far invested 40% of its capital in tech startups<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":586136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7209],"tags":[111,101,1345,72,183,2588,125,4218,95,200],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-586135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-development-finance","tag-disruptech","tag-enterpriseam","tag-fintech","tag-french-development-agency","tag-investment-watch","tag-proparco","tag-startup-watch","tag-venture-capital","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"bdcf9733-5493-4c5a-8992-0bf43540932a","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/292.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"Proparco commits USD 5 mn to Disruptech","full_issue_title":"Proparco commits USD 5 mn to Disruptech. 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