Sustainable & inclusive development is our passion.
Gender & climate investing and capacity building support are our expertise.
15
Countries with Projects
20,000+
Lives Impacted
14x
Funding Leveraged
Empowering communities through innovative financial solutions and bespoke support for women, youth, and climate resilience.
Our Programs
Our comprehensive initiatives are designed to create lasting impact through strategic investments in sustainable development, gender equality, and climate resilience.
Upcoming
GreenRoots Africa
In an upcoming initiative, we will support climate-smart agriculture SMEs across Africa to improve soil health and build climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers.
Africa
Impact Focus
Agriculture
Gender Equality
Active
P4G -
Safi Organics
We partnered with Safi Organics to scale a carbon-negative fertilizer model that improves soil health, boosts smallholder yields, creates rural jobs, and advances climate-smart agriculture.
Kenya
Impact Focus
Agriculture
Ongoing
Active
TBD
Climate Resilience
Innovative Finance
Climate Resilience
Shared Pathways Fund
We empower refugee-led and refugee-serving businesses across Kenya, unlocking much-needed capital for high-potential enterprises, in partnership with IRC Kenya.
Kenya
Financial Inclusion
Ongoing
Refugees
Innovative Finance
Gender Equality
Active
Daraja Impact
We provide impact-linked financing and technical assistance to SMEs in Tanzania to advance economic inclusion and empowerment for women and youth.
Tanzania
Impact Focus
Gender Equality
Innovative Finance
Ongoing
Youth
Active
Green Growth Alliance
We connect Kenyan climate-focused SMEs with mentors from the U.S. and Japan to scale sustainable solutions, advance gender-lens entrepreneurship, and strengthen cross-border collaboration.
Kenya
Impact Focus
Ongoing
Climate Resilience
Mentorship
Gender Equality
Partnerships
Past
Programs
Our successful track record demostrates mesurable impact across communities, providing foundation for future initiatives and showcasing our commitment to results.
Completed
Water and Energy for Food Program
We scaled water-energy-food innovations in emerging markets to advance gender equity, food security, and poverty reduction in sustainable ways, with funding from GIZ.
Completed
Powering Agriculture
Through the Powering Agriculture Investment Alliance, we strengthened SME investment capacity. We catalyzed over USD 15M in private capital for clean energy solutions driving agricultural productivity in emerging economies.
Completed
Gender-Smart Technical Assistance
We supported East African SMEs to adopt gender-smart strategies that improved workplace equity, strengthened value chains, and expanded women’s access to finance.
East Africa
Latin America & East Africa
Gender Equality
Impact Focus
Gender Equality
Impact Focus
Completed
2021 – 2023
INVEST
Gender Smart
Technical Assistance
We helped portfolio SMEs in Latin America and East Africa design and implement business-first, gender-smart strategies that improved workplace equity, strengthened supply and customer markets for women, and built investment readiness to drive both social and commercial results.
2020 – 2021
Completed
Organic Fertilizer Results-Based Finance Program
We scaled organic-fertilizer solutions across East and West Africa by providing results-based financing and tailored technical assistance to eight SMEs, training smallholder farmers, and building strong M&E systems and partnerships.
East & West Africa
Impact Focus
Agriculture
Innovative Finance
Africa, Latin America, Asia
Impact Focus
Gender Equality
2023 – 2024
Climate Resilience
Completed
Gender Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition
G-SEARCh unites six leading impact investors to test and demonstrate the business case for gender-smart technical assistance in early-growth SMEs across emerging markets. Our research documented how integrating gender strategies can strengthen workplace culture, boost sales and brand loyalty, attract investment, and improve social outcomes for employees, suppliers, and customers.
2020–2022
East Africa
Impact Focus
Agriculture
Gender Equality
2021 – 2023
Clean Energy
Impact Focus
Clean Energy
Africa & Latin America
2018 – 2023
Agriculture
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IMPACT REPORT
Our Cumulative Impact
Over the years, our programs have creating lasting change across communities, demostrating the power of strategic investment in sustainable development.
50%
% women farmers and client base
40
SMEs Supported
91%
SME Revenue Growth
US$7M
Donor Funding Raised
