Phitrust Partenaires

Phitrust Partenaires is an investment company with a social purpose. It gives financial and technical support to small and mid-sized for-profit businesses that create a positive social and environmental effect.

What Phitrust Partenaires offers

• Mixed capital and debt funding — a blend of equity and lending intended to keep risk under control.
• Minority shareholdings — backing for profitable, growing firms without taking control.
• Close support — guidance from its team and from investors who are mostly experienced entrepreneurs.
• Impact measurement — measurement criteria are agreed with each entrepreneur at the start, and reviewed each year.
• Co-investment — investors can join directly in a portfolio company.

Who it works with

The firm invests worldwide across sectors, with a preference for socially minded companies in Europe and West Africa. Its portfolio has included a water treatment machine maker and a mobile banking software provider.

Key facts

• Status: European social entrepreneurship fund with the Entreprise Solidaire approval and the Finansol label
• Portfolio size: Between twenty and twenty-five investments