1. Description
| Name of the organisation | Fondation Diane |
| Typology | Venture Capital Fund |
| Description | Fondation Diane is dedicated to create the first green investment fund in Lebanon. Its vision is to sustain Lebanon’s environment by greening its economy. To achieve these ambitious goals, FD’s fund backs-up Lebanese green start-ups and SMEs through equity investing and constant business support |
| Location | Lebanon |
| Geographical scope | Lebanon |
| Experiences in financing eco innovative projects | Equity investment in Lebanese Start-ups : L’atelier de miel, Taqa,Cycling circle, MeGreen , Compost Baladi , Capolo. Loans in 2 waste sorting centers : Green Track (Jabal Mohsn) and Higher Chouf federation. |
| Instruments | Equity investment , loan and Convertible loan. |
| Average investment – amount | 20k$-1M$ |
2. Investor Criteria
| Scope of operations – Industry/tags | Waste, eco-tourism, transport, energy , food production |
| Phase of grow | Growth |
| Most important prerequisites for financing a project | Quantifiable environment impact and positive business model |
| Most important barriers that prevent financing | Lack of coherence in the team members |
| Minimum investment required | 20000$ |
| Currently available financial products | Equity investment , incubation |
3. Contact details
| Contact persons / emails | – |
| Address and telephone | contact@fondation-diane.org |
| Web site | https://www.fondation-diane.org/ |
