SEAF Exits Serbian Supermarket Company Gomex
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....
April 20, 2022
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SEAF Selected as Emeritus Impact Manager for ImpactAssets 50 2022
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...
March 21, 2022
Financial Sector Relevance and Resilience in Trinidad and Tobago
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....
January 25, 2022
Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs
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...
January 06, 2022
Agents of Resilience: Entrepreneurs Creating Sustainable Climate Solutions, Part II
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...
December 01, 2021
From Colombia to the World: SEAF Invests in Biotech Company Ecoflora, Developer of a Natural and Safe Blue Colorant and Creator of Climate Sustainability
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....
November 05, 2021
Agents of Resilience: Entrepreneurs Creating Sustainable Climate Solutions, Part I
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...
August 19, 2021
2021 Agribusiness Dealroom Launch: Investing in Resilience and Sustainable Food in Africa
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. ...
July 02, 2021
De-risking the establishment of SMEs through Credit & Finance
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...
July 01, 2021
Building Resilient SMEs in a Post-COVID World with Agnes Dasewicz and Meriem Zairi
Co-CEO Agnes Dasewicz and Managing Director Meriem Zairi participated in the Sorenson Impact Summit highlighting SEAF's proactive business model to support and build resilience in SMEs throughout the pandemic to set them up for post-COVID success and sustainability....
June 14, 2021