Our first post focuses on Jan Cherim, SEAF’s European Hub Managing Director for Business Development, based in Amsterdam. Jan has been involved in emerging and frontier markets finance for decades, frequently involving agribusinesses. Jan has been working in recent months with various organizations dedicated to...
We are pleased to announce our new series on the business of agriculture, from production to retail and everything in between...
CEO Bert van der Vaart explains why SEAF focuses its work on what he refers to as “The Missing Middle” - small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). In 1989, the founders of SEAF noticed that while development financial institutions were supporting large-scale projects, but no one...
Serbia, August 19, 2019 - The SEAF Serbia Impact Fund B.V. (SIF), has closed an investment in AVB Team, one of the leading facility management service providers in Serbia. AVB Team provides an array of services to its more than 200 clients, including cleaning services, investment...
It is with great sadness that SEAF notes the death of former Director, Executive Committee Member, and Board Chairman, Robert Stillman, who passed on August 4th. After a legendary career as one of the USA’s first private equity investors at Payson & Trask and AEA Associates, Bob...
“The business of business should not be about money,” writes Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop. “It should be about responsibility.” This was how a report in Financial Times began this past week. The article, which discussed the increase in the number of ESG exchange-traded...
July 24, 2019 SEAF is proud to announce Patrick Longmire has joined SEAF as a Managing Director. He will co-lead the firm’s clean energy initiatives with a focus on bringing efficient and renewable energy and clean transport alternatives to the Caribbean. Patrick’s appointment showcases SEAF’s commitment...
The Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Limited (AVPN) recently held its annual conference in Singapore. Now in its seventh year, the AVPN Conference 2019 brings together a diverse group of investors and resource providers from around the globe to take part in the largest gathering of...
The RIIA Hoffman Finance Forum was held last week at Chatham House in London, the UK’s oldest and most well-established think tank, and SEAF Managing Director Jan Cherim participated in the roundtable on Moving from Niche to Mainstream: Finance for Social and Environmental Enterprises. The...
This week, the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Limited (AVPN) held its annual conference in Singapore. Now in its seventh year, the 2019 AVPN Conference brings together a diverse group of investors and resource providers from around the globe to take part in the largest gathering...
