Application process: Any request for BIO financing must be accompanied by a business plan that allows carrying out an initial evaluation of the project. Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries - BIO Avenue de Tervuren 188A b4 1150 Brussels - Belgium Tel : 32 2 778 99 99 Fax: 32 2 778 99 90 Email – indirect investment: fiif@bio-invest.be. Email – direct investment: enterprises@bio-invest.be.: Email – grants: capacitybuildingfund@bio-invest.be • Credit lines or guarantees to intermediary banks and non banking financial institutions, which on-lend the funds to finance small and medium-sized enterprises • Credit lines to microfinance institutions • Credit lines to small and medium-sized enterprises • Private equity (direct equity in unlisted companies, private equity funds and financial institutions) • Grants for feasibility studies • Technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of existing clients. Maximum amount of respectively € 1,000,000 for investments in SMEs and € 7,000,000 for financial institutions (banks, non banking financial institutions, microfinance institutions) and investment funds. Grants for feasibility studies of up to €100,000 to be matched by the Sponsor. Operations can be done in €, $ or local currency.