# Agence Française de Développement

> Agence Française de Développement is a VC fund backing Banking and Finance. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 74%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agence-francaise-de-developpement/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AFD_en
- Website: https://www.afd.fr/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFDOfficiel/

Agence Française de Développement is a VC fund in Paris focused on Banking and Finance. AFD is France’s inclusive public development bank. We commit financing and technical assistance to projects that genuinely improve everyday life, both in developing and emerging countries and in the French overseas provinces.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $12k–$1M |
| Post-IPO Debt | $80M–$286M |
| Debt Financing | $54M–$351M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 5 | 22% |
| Finance | 5 | 22% |
| Waste Management | 4 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 17% |
| Logistics | 2 | 9% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 10 | 43% |
| Debt Financing | 6 | 26% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 3 | 13% |
| Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 10 | 43% |
| Brazil | 2 | 9% |
| Mali | 1 | 4% |
| Egypt | 1 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rémy Rioux | Chief Executive Officer & Director General | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r%C3%A9my-rioux |
| Fabien Akunda | Full Stack Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabien-akunda |
| Gabrielle Leroux | Task team leader | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabrielle-leroux |
| Jean-Pierre Barral | Head of Energy and Digital Transition | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-pierre-barral |
| Jeremie Pellet | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremie-pellet |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caixa Econômica Federal | A Caixa é uma instituição financeira, sob a forma de empresa pública do governo federal brasileiro. | $227.6M | Debt Financing | Jul 24, 2026 |  |
| National Bank of Egypt | National Bank of Egypt is a commercial bank that provides financial products and services. National Bank of Egypt provides high-quality, cutting-edge banking services and products to its valued customers in order to retain their trust and maintain its leadership in the local banking market. | $56.8M | Debt Financing | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | DRC is an investment management company that provides portfolio advisory, asset allocation, and wealth management services. | $500M | Grant | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Transnet SOC Ltd | As the custodian of ports, rail and pipelines, Transnet’s objective is to ensure a globally competitive freight system that enables sustained growth and diversification of the country’s economy.Transnet is currently transitioning from its Market Demand Strategy, characterised by accelerated capital investment, towards the Transnet 4.0 Strategy,which is focused on repositioning Transnet, and the country’s freight system, for competitiveness within the fast changing, technology- driven context of the 4th industrial revolution. The strategy’s main growth thrusts includes; geographic expansion, product and service innovation and diversification and expansion of the scope of Transnet’s manufacturing business. The key objectives of Transnet’s effort is directed towards increasing the connectivity, density and capacity of the integrated port, rail and pipeline network.Transnet 4.0 Strategy aims to grow Transnet to a R100 billion business by 2020. Organic growth of the current freight transport and handling divisions will account for the bulk of this growth and Transnet will continue to focus on improving operational efficiency and reliability in order to grow its market share. Consequently, capital investment to modernize and expand the port, rail and pipeline network and operations will continue to be a key priority, as will continued development of our people.Significant growth is being targeted from new markets, particularly in integrated logistics, the development of logistics hubs and clusters, natural gas midstream infrastructure, manufactured products and new digital businesses. Transnet will increasingly make use of strategic partnerships to drive these new ventures.Transnet has a critical role to play in furthering South Africa’s strategic and economic objectives and is actively refreshing its brand as it moves into new markets, expands and diversifies its service offering, and redefines its market position.Transnet operates as an integrated freight transport company, formed around a core of six operating divisions that complement each other. These are supported by a number of company-wide specialist units - Transnet Group Capital and Transnet Foundation- which underpin our company. | $350.6M | Debt Financing | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Transnet SOC Ltd | As the custodian of ports, rail and pipelines, Transnet’s objective is to ensure a globally competitive freight system that enables sustained growth and diversification of the country’s economy.Transnet is currently transitioning from its Market Demand Strategy, characterised by accelerated capital investment, towards the Transnet 4.0 Strategy,which is focused on repositioning Transnet, and the country’s freight system, for competitiveness within the fast changing, technology- driven context of the 4th industrial revolution. The strategy’s main growth thrusts includes; geographic expansion, product and service innovation and diversification and expansion of the scope of Transnet’s manufacturing business. The key objectives of Transnet’s effort is directed towards increasing the connectivity, density and capacity of the integrated port, rail and pipeline network.Transnet 4.0 Strategy aims to grow Transnet to a R100 billion business by 2020. Organic growth of the current freight transport and handling divisions will account for the bulk of this growth and Transnet will continue to focus on improving operational efficiency and reliability in order to grow its market share. Consequently, capital investment to modernize and expand the port, rail and pipeline network and operations will continue to be a key priority, as will continued development of our people.Significant growth is being targeted from new markets, particularly in integrated logistics, the development of logistics hubs and clusters, natural gas midstream infrastructure, manufactured products and new digital businesses. Transnet will increasingly make use of strategic partnerships to drive these new ventures.Transnet has a critical role to play in furthering South Africa’s strategic and economic objectives and is actively refreshing its brand as it moves into new markets, expands and diversifies its service offering, and redefines its market position.Transnet operates as an integrated freight transport company, formed around a core of six operating divisions that complement each other. These are supported by a number of company-wide specialist units - Transnet Group Capital and Transnet Foundation- which underpin our company. | $346.9M | Debt Financing | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| State Bank of India | The State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company. It is a government-owned corporation headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company is ranked 216th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2017. It is the largest bank in India with a 23% marketshare in assets, besides a share of one-fourth of the total loan and deposits market. | $116.9M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 30, 2025 |  |
| Banco do Brasil | Brazil's federally controlled Banco do Brasil (BB), Latin America's largest bank in terms of assets, provides a wide range of retail (individual customers and SMEs), wholesale (medium and large businesses and corporations), and government banking services and products.Its financial products and services include deposits, savingaccounts, credit cards, asset management, loans (consumer, commercial and agribusiness loans), foreign exchange, and e-banking services. Apart from offering traditional retail banking services, BB and its 17 subsidiaries sell health, life and property insurance, underwrite and sell bonds, conduct asset trading, offer investors portfolio management services, conduct financial securities advising, and provide markets analysis and research. | $286.3M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| CGES | CGES offers electricity transmission services to Montenegrin customers. | $1M | Grant | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| The Bank of Punjab | The Bank of Punjab offers a range of personal and business banking products with home remittance services. | $741.2K | Grant | Oct 04, 2024 |  |
| The Bank of Punjab | The Bank of Punjab offers a range of personal and business banking products with home remittance services. | $54.2M | Debt Financing | Oct 04, 2024 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Agence Française de Développement invest in?

Agence Française de Développement invests primarily in Banking, Finance and Waste Management startups, most often at Grant and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Agence Française de Développement's check size?

Agence Française de Développement typically joins rounds of $12k–$1M at Grant, $80M–$286M at Post-IPO Debt and $54M–$351M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Agence Française de Développement participates in.

### How do I contact Agence Française de Développement?

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### Who are the partners at Agence Française de Développement?

The team at Agence Française de Développement includes Rémy Rioux (Chief Executive Officer & Director General), Fabien Akunda (Full Stack Developer) and Gabrielle Leroux (Task team leader). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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