Symbiotics

Symbiotics is a leading investment platform between investment funds and micro-, small & medium enterprises and institutions.

Symbiotics’ mission is to reach out through investments to the bottom of the pyramid. The company aims to support micro-, small and medium enterprises, as well as low income households, in particular in areas related to food, homes, jobs and energy. Symbiotics has developed three complementary and independent value propositions: Symbiotics Research & Advisory, Symbiotics Brokerage & Structuring and Symbiotics Asset Management, covering the full investment intermediation value chain. To date Symbiotics has:

• visited and analyzed over 560 financial institutions, of which it financed 114, in 31 emerging economies. 
• funded over 380,000 micro-, small and medium enterprises and low income households, thereby indirectly supporting the access to capital and financial services to over 2 million people at the bottom of the pyramid.
• provided investment services to 18 MIVs and investment funds.
• disbursed over USD 723 million in fixed income investment, with more than USD 451 million outstanding.
• developed www.syminvest.com: a unique research and investment platform for the microfinance industry.