Hivos Impact Investments

Hivos Impact Investments is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup and early stage investments. The firm primarily invests in companies in the creative industry, such as ICT start-ups, (digital) media, (digital) creative services, technologies and innovation to increase access to essential foodstuffs, innovation in core art; and companies in the food and food lifestyle industry, such as local traditional food products, urban farming, biopesticides and organic fertilizers, farming related geodata, solutions for food handling and food transport, track and trace solutions within the food chain, food waste reduction, retail of organic food and beverages, nature-based cosmetics, food media and food marketing that promote healthy and sustainable diets. The firm typically invests in in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), especially in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon; and in Southern Africa, especially South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Hivos Impact Investments was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, with an additional office in Joahnnesburg, South Africa.