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Friday, September 11, 2009

OPIC Selects Vertical Optimization, LLC as Loan Originator in Enterprise Development Network

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has selected Vertical Optimization, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based business development firm dedicated to helping micro-, small and medium enterprises (MSME’s) in their quest for growth and profitability, to serve as a loan originator for a new alliance with the private sector designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expanding into emerging markets overseas. 

The alliance, the Enterprise Development Network (EDN), will greatly expand the ability of OPIC to provide financing to SMEs doing business in developing countries. Through the support of financial institutions, business consultants, associations, law firms and regional investment promotion agencies, EDN is designed to enhance SME access to OPIC products and services. By empowering such private sector service providers, the network will result in more efficient, cost-effective delivery of services to American businesses.

Vertical Optimization, LLC is a product and trade development firm. It is the managing partner in Export Path[TM], a hands-on, multinational trade development program that provides practical assistance to small African entrepreneurs seeking access to the U.S. market and vice versa. The Export Path[TM] partnership provides product development support, export financing and market access to businesses seeking to enter the U.S. market. Export Path[TM] also assists US businesses seeking access to the African market, from basic opportunity screening to enterprise development, market research and operations management in-country.

Vertical Optimization, LLC works with national investment agencies, embassies in Washington, D.C., commercial banks, export-import banks, export development agencies and trade associations in several countries to achieve this objective. Export Path[TM] is rapidly expanding and is currently operational in the U.S., Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Ethiopia. For more information on Export Path[TM], send an e-mail to support@export-path.com
 


OPIC is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution.  It mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy.  Because OPIC works with the U.S. private sector, it helps U.S. businesses gain footholds in emerging markets catalyzing revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad.  OPIC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing, guarantees, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds.

 

Established as an agency of the U.S. Government in 1971, OPIC operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to American taxpayers. OPIC services are available for new and expanding business enterprises in more than 150 countries worldwide. To date, OPIC has supported nearly $200 billion of investment in over 4,000 projects, generated $74 billion in U.S. exports and supported more than 275,000 American jobs.