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SEAF Announces New Strategic Partnerships and Launch of New Fund to Strengthen Polish and Ukrainian Small Businesses

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March 30, 2026

City of Lviv and SEAF Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Reconstruction and SME Development in Ukraine

Washington DC. October 2025 - The Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Lviv, formalizing a strategic partnership to advance Ukraine’s reconstruction through the development and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises. The partnership builds upon SEAF’s announcement...

October 16, 2025

SEAF, Bechtel.org & Caterpillar Foundation Partner to Empower Polish & Ukrainian SMEs in Rebuilding Ukraine

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March 12, 2025

YYTZ Agro-Processing receives SIINC through Daraja Impact

YYTZ Agro-Processing (August 2024) – AlphaMundi Foundation, whose mission is to strengthen the long-term commercial viability of SMEs in Africa and Latin America to drive economic transformation, has selected YYTZ Agro-Processing Company Limited (YYTZ), a cashew processing company based in Zanzibar, Tanzania, as the first...

September 17, 2024

SEAF Announces Dawa Mkononi as Inaugural Recipient of Daraja Impact Funding, Pioneering Health-Tech Advancement in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam (April 2024) – SEAF, a global impact investing firm has today announced that it has selected Dawa Mkononi, a Dar es Salaam-based health-tech company, as the first recipient of its impact-linked funding, under Daraja Impact, to scale its business and improve the...

April 09, 2024

SEAF Forms Strategic Partnership with FMO Ventures to Drive Capacity Development and Scale Access to Finance for High-Impact Tanzanian SMEs

Washington, D.C. (January 2024) – SEAF and FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, today announced a multi-year strategic partnership to support the Daraja Impact project in Tanzania. Daraja Impact is a 5-year project that seeks to support enterprises through the provision of capital and technical...

January 31, 2024

SEAF Strengthens Support for Ukraine’s Reconstruction with Appointment of Oleg Osipenko as Chief Country Representative

Washington, D.C., January 25, 2024 – SEAF is delighted to share the exciting news of Mr. Oleg Osipenko’s appointment as Chief Country Representative for our activities in Ukraine. In this role, Oleg Osipenko will play a pivotal role in coordinating SEAF’s investment activities and technical...

January 25, 2024

Ecoflora’s Jagua Blue Receives FDA Approval, Marking a Milestone in Sustainable Innovation

Bogota, Columbia, December 2023 – SEAF is thrilled to announce a major milestone for Ecoflora, one of SEAF's portfolio companies, as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants approval for Jagua Blue, a natural blue colorant for several industries derived from the fruit of...

December 11, 2023

SEAF Portfolios Report No Exposure to First Solar Malaysian Solar Panels

Washington, D.C. (August 23, 2023) – As part of its mission to create development in underserved communities by investing in SMEs, the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) seeks to ensure that all portfolio companies and investees engage in responsible sourcing with a particular emphasis on...

August 23, 2023

SEAF invests in Food Innovation to boost export opportunities for Tunisian SMEs

Tunis, Tunisia; July 13, 2023 - SEAF, in partnership with Development Finance Corporation (DFC), The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and ABCapital, have announced the close of an investment in Orient Tea, a fast-growing innovative Tunisian food company. The investment was made through SEAF’s...

July 10, 2023

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