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Robust International specializes in international trading services for agricultural commodities. The company focuses on handling contractual agreements, processing, exporting, and managing orders from origin to destination for products such as cashew nuts, sesame seeds, rice, maize, and lentils. Their aim is to ensure efficient supply chain management and deliver high-quality products at competitive prices.

Salad Money is a for-profit social enterprise that specializes in offering short-term, affordable loans to individuals facing financial challenges, particularly targeting borrowers and public sector workers. By focusing on responsible lending practices, Salad Money positions itself as a pioneer in the field of ethical financial services, aiming to provide effective solutions to loan-related issues. The company's primary mission is to alleviate financial difficulties for its customers while maintaining a commitment to social responsibility.

PasarMikro is a B2B digital marketplace focused on modernizing Indonesia's agricultural, fisheries, and livestock sectors. It offers features like order management, stock tracking, digital payments, and trade credit to facilitate efficient transactions, improve operational management, and enhance market reach for farmers, fishermen, and micro traders.

iProcure Ltd is a Nairobi-based company that operates a supply chain platform focused on optimizing agricultural input distribution in rural Africa, particularly in Kenya. Founded in 2012, iProcure provides a comprehensive solution that integrates business intelligence and data-driven stock management to enhance the operations of agricultural retailers. The platform enables retailers to manage inventory, point-of-sale activities, and customer profiles while leveraging geo-located purchasing patterns and real-time transaction analysis. Additionally, iProcure facilitates mobile payments, allowing retailers to better predict demand and improve overall inventory management. By offering an alternative distribution channel, the company ensures that agricultural products reach end consumers effectively, thereby streamlining distribution and enhancing customer service. iProcure also provides warehousing and storage facilities to support its logistics operations.

Farmerline is an AgriTech startup focused on enhancing the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by providing access to vital information, record-keeping services, and communication tools. The company connects farmers with agricultural businesses, government extensions, and education programs through SMS and voice-based systems, thereby enabling them to become empowered entrepreneurs. Farmerline offers a range of services, including input financing through organized groups, climate-smart farming education, logistics support, and access to high-quality fertilizers and seeds. Farmers can subscribe to information packages and services that enhance their farming practices and productivity. Additionally, the company facilitates communication channels for input dealers and traders, improving market access and trade opportunities for farmers, ultimately helping to increase crop yields and expand their reach in international markets.

Apollo Agriculture is an agtech company that provides smallholder farmers with access to high-quality inputs, credit, and advisory services. Using agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile technology, it assesses farmer credit risk and tailors each package to a farm’s location by integrating satellite data, soil information, farmer behavior, and crop yield models. The company delivers a bundled offer that includes financing for inputs such as fertilizer and seed, crop insurance, and ongoing consulting to improve farming decisions. Originating in Kenya with operations anchored in Nairobi, Apollo aims to expand to emerging markets and help farmers boost yields and profitability through customized credit, inputs, and advice. The approach combines modern data analytics with practical agronomy to enable farmers to adopt advanced farming methods.

Based in Hyderabad and founded in 2015, Kheyti develops modular greenhouse systems and delivers full-stack agronomy services, including installation, training, and ongoing advisory, to smallholder and marginal farmers in India. It also offers farming consultation, financial support, and farmer training to help growers increase yields, conserve water, reduce pesticide and fertilizer use, and achieve more stable incomes.

Komaza is a tech-driven sustainable forestry company in Africa that operates a micro-forestry platform linking smallholder farmers to wood production. Through technology, training, and service, it enables farmers to plant and manage woodlots on their land, creating virtual plantations across rural areas and delivering a scalable, lower-cost wood supply. The approach addresses wood shortages by partnering with farmers to grow timber, reducing reliance on traditional plantations and expanding sustainable forestry across the region.

Jaza Energy, established in 2015 and headquartered in Halifax, Canada, specializes in designing and developing integrated energy solutions for off-grid communities. The company's core business involves constructing solar energy charging stations in remote areas, providing a reliable and affordable electricity source for hundreds of households. These energy hubs power portable battery packs, which residents can use to illuminate homes, charge devices, and even support essential community infrastructure like water systems and schools, thereby eliminating the need for kerosene and long-distance travel for charging.

One Acre Fund is a non-profit organization established in 2006 and headquartered in Bungoma, Kenya, focused on supporting smallholder farmers in East Africa. The organization provides essential resources such as tools, seeds, and fertilizers, along with agricultural training and market access. Additionally, it offers weather-related risk insurance to protect farmers against potential harvest losses. By equipping subsistence farmers with these resources and knowledge, One Acre Fund aims to enhance food production and improve their income, fostering sustainable agricultural practices and economic stability in the region.

4G Capital is a Nairobi-based company founded in 2013, dedicated to providing unsecured credit to small business owners in Africa's informal markets. Focused on supporting micro-enterprises, particularly in low-income sectors, the company offers working capital loans alongside bespoke financial literacy training. Utilizing proprietary machine learning technology, 4G Capital delivers tailored credit products and services to clients, enabling them to leverage micro-loans effectively for sustainable business growth. Loans can be accessed rapidly through mobile money, ensuring a streamlined experience for entrepreneurs who often lack traditional forms of credit due to high collateral demands. With a significant emphasis on supporting female traders, rural businesses, and micro-entrepreneurs in various sectors—including agriculture and trade—4G Capital aims to close the substantial finance gap across Africa. The company has achieved impressive collection rates and has expanded its impact to over one million individuals through ongoing operations in Kenya and Uganda, while continuing to scale its services across the continent.

60 Decibels is an impact measurement company that develops a customer-driven methodology to assess social performance. It helps investors, foundations, and nonprofits understand how their initiatives affect people by turning customer feedback into actionable insights about behavior and outcomes. The company uses its Lean Data approach to collect voice data and other information through proprietary survey tools, enabling remote data gathering and benchmarking of impact. This allows clients to compare performance relative to peers, set targets, and drive improvements by focusing on the perspectives of the people served.

Based in Hyderabad and founded in 2015, Kheyti develops modular greenhouse systems and delivers full-stack agronomy services, including installation, training, and ongoing advisory, to smallholder and marginal farmers in India. It also offers farming consultation, financial support, and farmer training to help growers increase yields, conserve water, reduce pesticide and fertilizer use, and achieve more stable incomes.

Komaza is a tech-driven sustainable forestry company in Africa that operates a micro-forestry platform linking smallholder farmers to wood production. Through technology, training, and service, it enables farmers to plant and manage woodlots on their land, creating virtual plantations across rural areas and delivering a scalable, lower-cost wood supply. The approach addresses wood shortages by partnering with farmers to grow timber, reducing reliance on traditional plantations and expanding sustainable forestry across the region.

ZOLA Electric specializes in providing off-grid solar solutions, primarily serving African markets. It offers solar home kits through leasing or sales, targeting individual households and businesses in rural communities across Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2012, ZOLA Electric operates from Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.