It is with great sadness we reflect on the recent passing away of Michael Levett—our long-serving board member and friend these past 26 years. SEAF was only five years old when Michael joined us as a board member, and it is safe to say the...
March 9, 2020 - Skopje, North Macedonia - On February 27th, 2020, SEAF Vice President Viktor Meshkov participated in the first start-up conference organized by PWC “Pitch.Match.Grow”, discussing some of the most important issues around start-up investing in North Macedonia, providing feedback to the...
Using Gender Lens Investing to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development Invisible Barriers Women constitute half the population but have long been overlooked as entrepreneurs, employees, and consumers, particularly in developing countries such as those in Southeast Asia, the focus of SEAF’s Women’s Economic Empowerment work....
SEAF’s 30th anniversary as impact investors was truly a remarkable one, thanks to the hard work of all of those across our global network. In 2019, we deepened our commitment to improving lives and communities through entrepreneur-focused investment across emerging and frontier markets. During the course...
"How are impact investors thinking about addressing intentionality and accountability in their fund formation documents and what trends and challenges exist?" SEAF General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Kate Lahnstein recently had an opportunity to address those key questions in the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association's...
Last week, the Women Impact Investing Network (WIIN) and Georgetown’s Net Impact Chapter, with support from the Beeck Center, hosted a panel discussion to demystify impact measurement and management (IMM) and provide the latest insights and best practices from leading practitioners in the field. The speakers...
SEAF CEO Bert van der Vaart tells the story of Solaric, a solar company in Bangladesh, a country where approximately 40% of the population is still off the electricity grid. Solaric's off-grid, rural populations clean and affordable solar power to help raise their standard of...
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...
