As the African population is growing at a rate of 2% per year, with 80% of the population employed by SMEs, our Founder and Co-CEO Bert van der Vaart shared SEAF's perspective on access to finance for African SMEs that will not only enable their own...
Washington, DC – June 23rd – SEAF has joined the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, a global nonprofit organization that joins moral and market imperatives to build a more inclusive, sustainable, and trusted economic system to address the needs of our people and the planet. In...
Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz and Managing Director Meriem Zairi participated in the Sorenson Impact Summit highlighting SEAF's proactive business model to support and build resilience in SMEs throughout the pandemic to set them up for post-COVID success and sustainability....
Washington, DC – June 3rd – SEAF is pleased to announce that Kingo, one of the portfolio companies in our Colombia Agribusiness Fund, was distinguished as one of 12 exceptional finalists of the 2021 Growth Stage Impact Ventures (GSIV) initiative, centered on three main topics:...
Washington, DC – May 12th – SEAF is proud to announce that SOWIT, one of the portfolio companies in our SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF), is one of the 17 Innovation Winners of the Call for Innovations by the Water and Energy for Food Grand...
Washington, DC – March 10th – The SEAF Global Gender Lens Emergency Loan Finance Facility (“C19F”), an investment vehicle focused on addressing the devastating effects of COVID-19 on SMEs supporting women through the pandemic, has closed an investment in Georgian Basket, a restaurant and retail...
Washington, DC – March 8 – The SEAF Global Gender Lens Emergency Loan Finance Facility (the “C19F”) has closed an investment in Financial Access Commerce and Trade Services (“FACTS”), a company that specializes in providing short-term working capital to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), agribusinesses...
Washington, DC – March 2, 2021 – SEAF is pleased to announce it has been recognized as “Emeritus Impact Manager” by Impact Assets for the ImpactAssets 50 2021 (IA 50). The new Emeritus category recognizes impact fund managers who have been on the IA 50 for a...
Washington, DC – March 1, 2021 – SEAF is pleased to announce that IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, has provided an equity investment in the SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Fund (the “Fund”). The investment from IDB Invest is for up to the...
