SEAF

SEAF is an investment firm that focuses on providing growth capital and operational support to businesses in emerging markets, particularly those underserved by traditional financing sources. Founded in 1989 in Washington, District of Columbia, as a private equity subsidiary of the development organization CARE, SEAF aims to foster economic development by investing risk capital in locally owned enterprises with high growth potential. The firm operates in 18 countries, with a notable presence in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America. SEAF makes structured debt and equity investments and emphasizes creating measurable development impacts in local communities. Its investment strategy includes targeting diverse sectors such as tourism, healthcare, IT, and agriculture, while also focusing on themes like energy, diversity and inclusion, and employment. SEAF seeks to partner actively with entrepreneurs, leveraging its extensive network to enhance business success and deliver attractive returns to its investors.

Jamal Abisourour

VP

Zia Uddin Ahmed

Investment Professional

Jennifer Buckley

Senior Managing Director

Ingrid Chou

Associate

Agnes Dasewicz

CEO

Gary Dodge

Managing Director

Mara James

Associate

Piotr Kalaman

Managing Director of Emerging Europe Capital Partner

Mustafa Kazem

Managing Director

Donald Lubreski

Chief Financial Officer

Asif Mahmood

MD

Donald Nicholson

Managing Director of Central Asia Small Enterprise

Arthur D. Pasternak

Director

Pham Mai Phuong

VP

Hubertus van der Vaart

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Bert van der Vaart

Co-founder and CEO

Robert Vodicka

Vice President

Nikolas Yarmov

Country Director of Trans-Balkan Bulgaria Fund

George Zhang

MD

Dieu, Huynh Thi Ngoc

Associate

5 past transactions

Rozzana

Venture Round in 2016
Provider of food catering and facility management services intended to offer on-site kitchens and service management in hospitals, corporates, and other organizations. The company's service offers on-site & off-site food and property management services in multiple sectors and organizations to cater to their various food and commercial requirements, enabling clients to perceive their various unique needs to ensure a high degree of customer satisfaction.

EGeen

Series A in 2002
EGeen business is to advance the drug development of biotech and pharmaceutical companies by offering fast, high quality and cost-effective clinical trial management services.