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...
Washington, DC – June 23rd – SEAF has joined the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, a global nonprofit organization that joins moral and market imperatives to build a more inclusive, sustainable, and trusted economic system to...
Washington, DC – June 3rd – SEAF is pleased to announce that Kingo, one of the portfolio companies in our Colombia Agribusiness Fund, was distinguished as one of 12 exceptional finalists of the 2021 Growth...
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...
Washington, DC – March 10th – The SEAF Global Gender Lens Emergency Loan Finance Facility (“C19F”), an investment vehicle focused on addressing the devastating effects of COVID-19 on SMEs supporting women through the pandemic, has...
Washington, DC – March 8 – The SEAF Global Gender Lens Emergency Loan Finance Facility (the “C19F”) has closed an investment in Financial Access Commerce and Trade Services (“FACTS”), a company that specializes in providing...
Washington, DC – March 2, 2021 – SEAF is pleased to announce it has been recognized as “Emeritus Impact Manager” by Impact Assets for the ImpactAssets 50 2021 (IA 50). The new Emeritus category recognizes impact fund...
Washington, DC – March 1, 2021 – SEAF is pleased to announce that IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, has provided an equity investment in the SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Fund (the “Fund”)....
Washington, DC – February 23, 2021 – SEAF is proud to announce that Christine Phillpotts has joined the firm’s Board of Directors. Christine is a Senior Vice President and Senior Equity Research Analyst investing in Africa and...
