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...
Washington, DC – May 12th – SEAF is proud to announce that SOWIT, one of the portfolio companies in our SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF), is one of the 17 Innovation Winners of the Call for Innovations by the Water and Energy for Food Grand...
Casablanca, Morocco - October 16th, 2020 - SEAF is pleased to announce that the SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF) has just finalized its sixth investment with the acquisition of a stake in Deepsense, a biometrics security company providing an instant identity verification solution that detects...
July 14th, 2020, Casablanca, Morocco - SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF) welcomes ASMA Invest as a new investor. ASMA Invest joins fund shareholders La Caisse Centrale de Garantie, La Caisse Marocaine des Retraites, Bank of Africa (BMCE Bank), USAID (Wise Venture Capital) and the SEAF...
Morocco – December 16, 2019 – SEAF is pleased to announce that the SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF) has completed its fourth investment with its acquisition of a stake in SOWIT, a company utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to implement precision agriculture in Africa. SOWIT (www.sowit.fr)...
November 15th, 2019 – Casablanca, Morocco - Following its launch in September 2018, the SEAF Morocco Growth Fund (SMGF) welcomes the Caisse Marocaine des Retraites (CMR) as a new institutional investor in its capital. The Caisse Marocaine des Retraites joins the fund shareholders group made...
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...
