About This Fund
The Fondo de Co-inversión (FOCO), or Co-investment Fund FOCO, is a €2 billion public co-investment vehicle created by the Spanish government and managed by COFIDES (Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo). The fund was established under Royal Decree Law approved on December 27, 2023 and officially launched in April 2024, mobilizing capital from the European Union's Next Generation EU instrument to catalyze private foreign investment into Spain's strategic sectors.
FOCO's investment mandate focuses on equity and quasi-equity co-investments alongside foreign strategic partners, targeting transactions between €10 million and €150 million per operation. The fund operates exclusively as a minority investor, with total public capital capped at 49% of any given operation, and always co-invests with a foreign partner. COFIDES can deploy capital directly into companies or through financial vehicles and funds. Target sectors include renewable energy and energy efficiency, decarbonization, electric mobility, digitalization, sustainable infrastructure, biotechnology, and sustainable agriculture.
FOCO is structured as a permanent revolving fund — all investment returns are reinvested to extend the fund's investment capacity over time. Among its initial approved investments, the fund committed capital to SWEN Capital Partners for a biomethane fund (€50 million) and Proeduca for education (€90 million), with a total initial portfolio of €220 million across three transactions approved in its first operational months.