Bamboo Capital Partners

Bamboo Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2007, with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and additional offices in Bogotá, Luxembourg City, Nairobi, and Singapore. The firm specializes in early to late-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as microfinance, financial inclusion, fintech, healthcare, education, energy, agriculture, and sanitation. Bamboo Capital Partners aims to make impactful investments in companies worldwide, typically targeting equity investments ranging from $0.25 million to $9 million. The firm combines geographical and sector expertise to deliver both financial returns and positive social outcomes.

Arun Asok

Senior Investment Manager

Juan Carvajal

Investment Associate

Jorge Farfán

Investment Director

Florian Kemmerich

Managing Partner

Jugnu Pati

Senior Investment Manager

Emanuele Santi

Fund Manager

Christian Schattenmann

Fund Manager

Arti Srivastava

Investment Manager

Idris Tayebi

Senior Investment Manager

Susan Tirop

Senior Investment Manager

Jose Alejandro Torres

Investment Manager

Carla Walker

Investment Manager

35 past transactions

Bboxx

Private Placement in 2019
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Accion

Private Equity Round in 2012
Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector. For more than 50 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through its work with more than 90 partners in 40 countries.

Shopopop

Venture Round in 2018
Shopopop is a collaborative delivery platform for Drive races and local commerce.

kubo.financiero

Series B in 2021
Kubo.financiero is the only 100% digital regulated finance company in Mexico. It offers savings accounts, personal loans and term deposits to its clients. Kubo’s lean model allows for lower interest rates for borrowers and higher return rates for depositors and investors. Its innovative model and strategic approach aim to encourage a “multiplier effect” to generate and strengthen Mexico’s emerging middle class through customer-centered financial services.

Simply Move

Venture Round in 2017
Simply Move helps you to move, organize your installation in your new home and allows you to save hundreds of dollars in savings.

Sun King

Series A in 2012
Greenlight Planet Inc develops and manufactures solar lighting and energy devices. It manufactures solar lighting devices, including solar lamps, solar lanterns with mobile charger, and home energy systems. The company offers its products through a network of distributors and it also offers its product online. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Mumbai, India; and Nairobi, Kenya.

PT. Amartha Mikro Fintek

Private Placement in 2019
PT. Amartha Mikro Fintek operates a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace for small and medium enterprises. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

Sun King

Private Equity Round in 2017
Greenlight Planet Inc develops and manufactures solar lighting and energy devices. It manufactures solar lighting devices, including solar lamps, solar lanterns with mobile charger, and home energy systems. The company offers its products through a network of distributors and it also offers its product online. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Mumbai, India; and Nairobi, Kenya.

Socak Katana

Private Placement in 2019
Socak Katana is an cocoa cooperative that procures, processes, stores, transports, and sells cocoa beans to local and international buyers. The company is based in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Bboxx

Venture Round in 2015
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Bboxx

Series B in 2015
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Vaatsalya Healthcare

Private Equity Round in 2014
Vaatsalya Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd. owns and operates a chain of hospitals in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The company offers pharmacy, laboratory, emergency, ambulance, causality, dialysis, radiology, and operation, as well as general medicine, pediatrics, and gynecology services. It also operates clinics. Vaatsalya Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is based in Bengaluru, India. It has hospitals in Gadag, Hassan, Shimoga, Hubli, Mysuru, Chickmagaluru, and Narasannapeta, India.

First Access

Series A in 2017
First Access is a financial technology company that offers a smart data platform for emerging market financial institutions. Micro and SME lenders have a clear path to a digital future. With an intuitive user experience for digitizing paper-based operations, institutions can collect rich data, monitor trends, and then automate processes while gaining more trust in the data. First Access has leveraged its credit scoring experience to allow incremental change without disrupting day-to-day operations. Financial institutions can grow more sophisticated with data, incorporating machine learning insights as it goes. The company's mission is to turn data into financial opportunity by helping lenders around the world digitize and automate access to credit with powerful, user-friendly technology. First Access was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York.

kubo.financiero

Series A in 2016
Kubo.financiero is the only 100% digital regulated finance company in Mexico. It offers savings accounts, personal loans and term deposits to its clients. Kubo’s lean model allows for lower interest rates for borrowers and higher return rates for depositors and investors. Its innovative model and strategic approach aim to encourage a “multiplier effect” to generate and strengthen Mexico’s emerging middle class through customer-centered financial services.

The Family Doctor

Series B in 2014
The family doctor is a one-stop solution for outpatient care that provides trustworthy and affordable healthcare for families. Through The family doctor, users can track the health history online through personalized access like prescriptions, lab tests, critical tests including glucose and cholesterol readings with timeline graphs, make appointments, and more. The company aims to bring primary healthcare closer to the patient communities with the adoption of practices and the latest technology. The family doctor was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Bboxx

Series D in 2019
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Vienova

Series C in 2012
Vienova is a rapidly growing education company. It currently has six operational schools around Delhi. The company goal is to provide scalable and affordable K-12 education directly to students in semi-urban areas. It operates in the affordable segment of the Indian education system. The company provides private state certified schooling for grades K -12 in semi urban areas in India. Most children are from families that are considered low income, with some from poor families that qualify for scholarships from the management company.

Lidya

Private Placement in 2018
Lidya is a financial services platform to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets starting with Nigeria. We use mobile-first technology with a strong customer experience and proprietary credit scoring algorithms to help small & medium businesses open an account online in 15 minutes, manage funds, and access credit needed to grow their businesses and plan their futures. In addition, we have created dashboards and tools to help businesses manage their receivables and cashflow to build credit scores that unlock higher credit limits and affordable rates. Welcome to Lidya. Welcome to the future.

Vitas Group

Private Equity Round in 2011
Vitas Group provide responsible micro, small and medium enterprise finance to under-served populations. Vitas Group strengthens the assets of global communities' locally-registered microfinance companies under one roof, which enable global communities greater access to commercial sources of funding including debt and equity investments, as well as technical assistance grants. These resources enable companies to enhance and expand existing operations and to research new areas where it can make a real and lasting difference. The company's mission is to provide financial products and services that respond to clients’ needs and foster the long-term development of businesses. Vitas Group was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Amartha

Series B in 2019
Amartha is a financial technology company that connects micro and SME business partners with investors.

Vortex Engineering

Venture Round in 2011
Vortex Engineering is an innovative and provider of Automated Teller Machines and associated services for banks. The company's mission is to help banks reach out and have a pioneering ATMs for deployment even in the most difficult and challenging environments, Vortex offers a suite of services for ATM management. The company has a steady focus on self-service banking products for emerging markets, Vortex is now changing the face of banking with its new rugged and reliable range of ATM's. Vortex ATM's are designed, developed, and manufactured in India. Operating out of its manufacturing facilities in Chennai, Vortex’s ISO-certified manufacturing facilities allow the company to bring out a range of top-notch products such as Ecoteller Mini, Front Load and Rear Load ATM. Vortex Engineering was founded on 2001 and is headquartered in Tamil Nadu, India.

Lidya

Series A in 2018
Lidya is a financial services platform to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets starting with Nigeria. We use mobile-first technology with a strong customer experience and proprietary credit scoring algorithms to help small & medium businesses open an account online in 15 minutes, manage funds, and access credit needed to grow their businesses and plan their futures. In addition, we have created dashboards and tools to help businesses manage their receivables and cashflow to build credit scores that unlock higher credit limits and affordable rates. Welcome to Lidya. Welcome to the future.

Moviired

Private Equity Round in 2016
Moviired is an agent network that provides commercial network offering the broadest portfolio of transactional services. Users both in Physical Points and with Allied MOViiRED App can find solutions like recharges to cell phone, payment of bills for public and private services or purchase of digital content such as Spotify, Xbox, Play Station, and more. The company's business models accompany allies to increase the income and make life much easier for Colombians. Moviired wa founded on 2002 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Lidya

Series B in 2021
Lidya is a financial services platform to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets starting with Nigeria. We use mobile-first technology with a strong customer experience and proprietary credit scoring algorithms to help small & medium businesses open an account online in 15 minutes, manage funds, and access credit needed to grow their businesses and plan their futures. In addition, we have created dashboards and tools to help businesses manage their receivables and cashflow to build credit scores that unlock higher credit limits and affordable rates. Welcome to Lidya. Welcome to the future.

Brazil Plus

Seed Round in 2014
Brazil Plus Investment Management Ltd. is a privately owned investment manager. It provides its services to small and medium-sized companies. The firm invests in fixed income markets of the emerging nations. It invests in receivables. The firm launches and manages Credit Receivables Investment Funds. Brazil Plus Investment Management Ltd. was founded in 2008 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil with an additional office in Stamford, Connecticut.

Shopopop

Venture Round in 2020
Shopopop is a collaborative delivery platform for Drive races and local commerce.

Husk Power Systems

Series A in 2012
Husk Power Systems Pvt. Ltd. engages in the generation and distribution of electricity to households, community services, small businesses, and factories in India. It develops electricity with biomass waste, such as rice husks, straws, and other crop straws etc. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Patna, India. Husk Power Systems Pvt. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Husk Power Systems, Inc.

ComparaOnline

Series C in 2017
ComparaOnline is a price comparison platform allowing customers to make an informed decision when purchasing complex financial products, while optimizing customer acquisition for financial companies. It is designed for insurance and financial products. ComparaOnline also has experience in sales execution, saving customer`s time, and improving the user experience. It partners with banks and insurance providers. ComparaOnline was launched in 2009 by Sebastian Valin and is based in Santiago.

Bboxx

Series C in 2016
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.