Procurement Summary
Country : Germany
Summary : Feasibility Study for Start-up Financing
Deadline : 20 Aug 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 24803457
Document Ref. No. : 502210
Competition : ICB
Financier : KFW Bankengruppe (German Development Bank)
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Postfach 12 03 22
53045 Bonn
Germany
Tender Details
Tenders are invited for Feasibility Study for Start-up Financing.
Requested services:
- carry out a two-step analysis on the facts, constraints and needs of the Albanian Start-up sector;
- do a research on Venture Capital, Seed and Start-Up financing in Albania, also looking into activities in neighbouring countries, especially Serbia (where e.g. KfW has established a Start-up scheme) and Kosovo;
- share experiences made by KfW in Germany in regard of Seed, Start-up financing to MSMEs;
- check relevant institutions and project stakeholders in Albania (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Finance and Economy, RCGF, Innovation Hub and other Incubators, Chambers, Banks, MFIs, Donors etc.);
- special emphasis shall be on appropriate potential financial instruments such as equity, guarantee, mezzanine loan, grant, convertible loan, regular loans, loans with special repayment conditions depending on financial capacity (how will the financial capacity be determined?) etc.
- For equity investments the exit mechanism of a successful Start-up support shall be addressed.
- The legal Framework for starting a business in Albania shall get analysed and possibilities for improvements identified.
- The legal Framework for supporting with different instruments shall be analysed. Especially the Requirements, restrictions and responsibility for Venture Capital companies when supporting with equity or mezzanine loans.
- The consultant shall propose potential structures for successful Start-up Financing based on the findings;
- propose potential contributions to the structuring and implementation of Start-up financing to MSMEs in Albania by KfW
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