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...
The SuperReturn Emerging Markets Conference is an annual forum uniting private equity investors in emerging economies. The three-day long event serves as a platform where leading GPs in emerging and growth markets connect with international commercial LPs and DFIs looking to invest. Two of SEAF's...
June 24th, 2019 Morocco – The SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF), an investment fund targeting innovative Morocco-based companies with high growth potential, is pleased to announce it has finalized its third investment, investing in SOS Credit, an online financial services broker providing its clients with access...
June 21st, 2019 Morocco – Wise Venture Capital, the independent Moroccan investment management company established and fully owned subsidiary of Small Assistance Enterprise Fund (SEAF) as part of the Middle East and North Africa Investment Initiative (MENA II) funded by USAID, is pleased to announce...
In 2016, I worked in Jordan for an NGO supporting Syrian refugees, where I saw firsthand the limbo in which many refugees live--unable to work, often unable to study, and knowing full well that they are seen as a burden on their host communities. Despite...
At last week’s Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Gender-Smart Investing hosted an event titled “The Power of Finance” which SEAF Managing Director Bob Webster was fortunate enough to attend. The event began with Suzanne Biegel, co-producer of Gender-Smart Investing and founder of Catalyst at Large, discussing...
SEAF employs both debt and equity investments, but as CEO Bert van der Vaart explains, there is an excess amount of debt available in the global markets, and there are perils for entrepreneurs in developing countries borrowing in USD. Equity, which can be hard to...
Bob Webster, Managing Director for SEAF, recently spoke on a panel at Women Deliver, entitled “Finding Tools Fit for Purpose: Measuring the Impact of Gender Equality on Investments, Workplaces, and Value-Chains.” The Women Deliver Conference is consistently the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the...
