SEAF in conjunction with USAID and DFC have invested in Puntored, a pioneer Colombian fintech company reaching more than 9 million under-banked people each month in rural and hard to reach areas in Colombia, to whom it provides financial inclusion and opportunities for socio-economic...
SEAF has completed the exit of Gomex, a holding in the South Balkan Fund. Founded by Goran Kovacevic, Gomex is a supermarket company with stores across the country of Serbia....
SEAF is pleased to announce that it has been selected as an Emeritus Impact Manager by ImpactAssets for the ImpactAssets 50™ 2022 (IA 50). IA 50 Emeritus category recognizes impact fund managers who have been on the IA 50 for at least five years. Each...
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago took an important step in the modernization of Trinidad and Tobago’s financial sector by confirming that the SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Investments Ltd satisfies the requirements of a security in which pension plans could invest....
SMEs are often overlooked as part of the solution to climate change, despite having an enormous impact on their communities and local economies. Attention is primarily given to investing in climate mitigation (renewable energy) and resilient infrastructure for adaptation. What we are overlooking is that...
Creating sustainable climate solutions has never been more critical. Entrepreneurs in emerging markets are a powerful yet often under-leveraged tool and are daily addressing the climate and social challenges of our time. Our CEO Agnes Dasewicz shares how SEAF's investee company Kingo is playing...
The SEAF Colombia Agribusiness Fund (SCAF) has invested in the Colombian biotech company Ecoflora, which has created one of the world’s only natural blue colorants from the region’s native jagua fruit....
Creating sustainable climate solutions has never been more critical. Entrepreneurs in emerging markets are a powerful yet often under-leveraged tool and are daily addressing the climate and social challenges of our time. Our Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz shares how SEAF's investee companies are playing a...
Our Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz shared SEAF’s experience investing in and building the resilience of SMEs in Africa, setting the tone for engagement in this year’s Dealroom and modeling how investors should view and support their investees. ...
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...
