responsAbility

A leading impact asset manager with a 17-year track record, responsAbility manages USD 3.5 bn of assets invested in 450 ESG-managed high-impact companies across 90 emerging economies. Since the company's inception in 2003, responsAbility-managed funds have invested over USD 10 bn in private debt and private equity to companies in the sectors of climate finance, sustainable food and financial inclusion whose business models directly support the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). responsAbility is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and has local offices in Bangkok, Geneva, Hong Kong, Lima, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oslo, Paris and Tbilisi. Owned by various reputable Swiss and international financial institutions, private investors and its own employees, responsAbility is registered with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA.
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Anand Chandani

Global Head of Agriculture Debt and Regional Director

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Akshay Dua

HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRIVATE EQUITY APAC

Michael Fiebig

COO

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Patrik Huber

Regional Director of Africa

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Simon Hummel

Investment Professional

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Enrique Hurtado

HEAD OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS DEBT LATAM and COUNTRY DIRECTOR, PERU

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Cécile Koller

Regional Director of Latin America

Rochus Mommartz

CEO

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Joseph Nganga

Regional Director Africa and Co Head Africa Energy Equity

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Stefan Petter

CFO

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Roland Pfeuti

CIO

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Marco Rosini

Director of Sustainable Agri-Business

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Maud Savary-Mornet

Regional Director, Asia Pacific

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Rik Vyverman

HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRIVATE EQUITY

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Investree

Debt Financing in 2021
Investree is Indonesia’s leading B2B marketplace lending platform for SMEs that is fully licensed by Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (OJK) for both conventional and Shariah businesses. Investree is based in Indonesia but has grown its regional footprint in Thailand and soon to be in the Philippines. Investree's mission as marketplace is to use technology and data to provide small businesses with access to working capital solutions from retail and institutional lenders. Established in October 2015, Investree focuses on a B2B acquisition model to drive origination of SME borrowers. These include strong partnerships with ecosystems to drive origination, enhance verification and reduce cost of acquisition. These include strategic partnerships such as e-procurement platforms, payment gateway providers to source potential SME while accessing its digital footprint through the ecosystem to enhance the business process and customer experience. Led by a solid team of seasoned professionals from the financial industry with a team of 175 employees across the region Investree, by August 2019 has facilitated over USD 230 mio since inception, providing access to more than 1000 SMEs , while maintaining a robust and healthy asset quality.

Koa

Venture Round in 2023
Koa Switzerland GmbH produces cocoa fruit juice. The company offers cocoa juice under Koa Pure name. Koa Switzerland GmbH was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland with an additional office in Achimota, Ghana.
Fawry is a pioneering Electronic Payment Network, offering financial services to consumers and businesses through more than 65 thousand locations and a variety of channels. It offers a convenient and reliable way to pay bills and other services in multiple channels (online, using ATMs , mobile wallets and retail points) The company's network of retailers includes small groceries, pharmacies and stationaries, and post-offices, all equipped with point-of-sale machines – the same ones used for credit card payments.
Equity Bank Kenya is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank by the central bank of Kenya, the central bank, and national banking regulator. Equity Bank Kenya Limited was incorporated in 2014 as a result of the corporate restructure of Equity Group Holdings Limited.

Exten

Series A in 2017
Exten provides invoice financing solutions to small and medium businesses.

Fourth Partner Energy

Debt Financing in 2020
Fourth Partner Energy provides turnkey rooftop solar energy solutions for customers in India. The company specializes in manufacturing solar energy based applications and its current product portfolio includes solar lanterns, home lighting systems, solar street lights, and photovoltaic panels. Fourth Partner Energy aims to build, develop, and manage a large operating portfolio of de-centralized solar power assets in India and is positioned as a leading renewable energy services company. It strives to be a partner for sustainable change and endeavors to do so by providing products and services that improve the renewable resources available on the planet, and provide its customers with better quality at lower costs. Fourth Partner Energy is an MNRE empanelled Channel Partner and an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. It is also registered as a partner with state bodies such as RREC, TNREDC, and NREDCAP. The company was founded in 2010 by [Vikas saluguti](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/vikas-saluguti), [Saif Dhorajiwala](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/saif-dhorajiwala), and [Vivek Subramanian](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/vivek-subramanian-3). It is based in Hyderabad, India.

Aye Finance Private Limited

Debt Financing in 2019
Aye Finance is a finance company that provides business loans to micro and small businesses in Northern India.The company's mission is to provide innovative and customer-centered financial services to micro and small business through effective technology and robust processes. It works with a relevant technology to facilitate better financial inclusion and to consequently serve micro-enterprises. Aye Finance was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

Satya MicroCapital

Debt Financing in 2022
Satya MicroCapital Limited, a non-banking financial company, offers micro financing services. The company provides small value unsecured loans to low income customers in urban, semi-urban, and rural areas. As of June 30, 2020, it operated through a network of 152 branches. The company was formerly known as TFC Finvest Limited and changed its name to Satya MicroCapital Limited in September, 2016. Satya MicroCapital Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

Venture Round in 2021
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank provides a range of banking services.

Wave

Debt Financing in 2022
Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.

ePaylater

Venture Round in 2021
ePaylater was founded in December 2015 by Aurko Bhattacharya, Prasannaa Murlidharan, Uday Somayajula, Shanmunathan Thiagaraja and Saxena. The company gives customers the option to ‘buy now and pay later’ on online portals with just one click. The customers get 14 days to make the payment and within that period they can make many more transactions via single-click checkouts and can bunch them all together to make a single payment at the end of the period.

U Gro Capital

Debt Financing in 2022
U GRO Capital limited is a BSE listed, technology-focused, small business lending platform. The company is focused on addressing the capital needs of small businesses operating in select eight sectors by providing customized loan solutions.

d.light design

Debt Financing in 2018
d.light design inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells solar light and power products for households and small businesses worldwide. The company solar lanterns, home systems, and appliances. It serves customers through a network of importers, distributors, and retailers, as well as online. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Shenzhen, China; Gurgaon, India; Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; and Lagos, Nigeria.

Electronica Finance

Venture Round in 2019
Electronica Finance Limited (EFL) is one of the leading Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC) with 33 branches across India. Incepted in the year 1990, EFL was amongst the first few NBFC’s to provide loans for Machinery purchase. Over the years, EFL has diversified into various segments catering to a large product portfolio that includes Business loans, Working Capital loans & Industrial Property loans in addition to our flagship product of Machinery loans.

Satya MicroCapital

Debt Financing in 2021
Satya MicroCapital Limited, a non-banking financial company, offers micro financing services. The company provides small value unsecured loans to low income customers in urban, semi-urban, and rural areas. As of June 30, 2020, it operated through a network of 152 branches. The company was formerly known as TFC Finvest Limited and changed its name to Satya MicroCapital Limited in September, 2016. Satya MicroCapital Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is based in New Delhi, India.

PEG Africa

Debt Financing in 2019
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.

Kinara Capital

Debt Financing in 2018
Kinara Capital provides flexible loans without property collateral to small business entrepreneurs. The company is focused on lending to growing businesses that require funding for working capital, capital assets, and start-up needs. Kinara Capital focuses on industries such as agri-products, handicraft production, water, food, and energy. Kinara Capital provides personalized customer service with a fast turnaround time by blending data-driven insights with a human touch. Led by a women-majority management team, Kinara Capital has impacted over half a million lives in India. Kinara Capital was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Origo Finance

Venture Round in 2019
Origo Finance Private Limited provides financial services to rural and agricultural areas. It offers financing solutions to farmers, traders, processors, retailers, MSMEs; warehouse receipt finance which includes financial assistance to small and marginal farmers, large farmers, traders and aggregators and professional warehousing companies and working capital finance against agricultural produce; MSME loans; and dairy loans. It offers agricultural marketing services. Origo Finance Private Limited was founded in 2016 and is based in Hyderabad, India.
Satin Creditcare Network provides financial assistance to households, excluded from the ambit of mainstream financial service providers. The company offers financial products in the Non-MFI segment, a housing finance subsidiary, and business correspondent services, and similar services to other financial Institutions through Taraashna Services Limited, a business correspondent company and a subsidiary of Satin Creditcare Network. The company also incorporated a housing finance subsidiary which is Satin Housing Finance Limited or SHFL for providing loans to the affordable housing segment. This extension is to provide financial products that cater to the undeserved segments of the market. The company's operations is based on the Joint Liability Group model, which enables people to deliver collateral-free, microcredit facilities to economically active women in rural and semi-urban areas, who have limited access to mainstream financial service providers. It also offers loans to individual businesses and MSMEs, product financing for the purchase of solar lamps, as well as loans for the development of water connections, and sanitation facilities. Satin Creditcare Network focuses on rural and semi-urban areas, securing that its services reach those regions that usually face low or at best, moderate rates of penetration by other microfinance institutions. Satin Creditcare Network was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, India.

ZOLA Electric

Debt Financing in 2016
ZOLA Electric provides off-grid solar solutions for African markets. The company engages in leasing or selling solar home kits to individual households in Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. It offers solar systems to homes and businesses in rural communities through solar as a service model. ZOLA Electric was formerly known as Off-Grid Electric Tanzania Limited and changed its name to ZOLA Electric in July 2018. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

GIBSS

Series A in 2015
GIBSS, a WWF ClimateSolver Partner and a pioneer in high performance building systems, helps businesses reduce operating costs in their buildings by up to 60% through a suite of ultra energy efficient products in the area of air conditioning, hot water generation and lighting. GIBSS Geothermal air conditioning, hot water cogeneration systems and LED technologies are offering compelling triple bottom line benefits to over 250 commercial and industrial buildings across India. With its zero initial investment or Pay from Savings model and performance bank guarantees, GIBSS has made state of the art technologies commercially viable to its clients. GIBSS has been recognized for its contribution to innovation and economic impact by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India through the India Innovation Award.

M-KOPA

Debt Financing in 2017
M-KOPA Kenya Limited develops and markets solar home systems. It offers solar systems with three lights, phone charging, and a solar powered radio. The company sells its products through dealers and retail shops in Kenya. It offers M-KOPA 5, KOPA 6, KOPA 600, and KOPA 6000. M-KOPA Kenya Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. M-KOPA Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of M-Kopa, LLC.

Samunnati

Series D in 2019
Samunnati is a provider of financial intermediation, market linkages, and advisory services that are used to enhance the value of all players across the agriculture value chain. The company aims to provide underserved households access to markets through financial intermediation and advisory services by focusing on the key economic drivers of a district. The objective is to aid the enterprises and value chains to operate at a higher level of productivity thereby creating value for all the stakeholders engaged in it. Samunnati was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

SolarNow B.V.

Debt Financing in 2017
SolarNow Services (U) LTD designs, develops, and sells solar systems. It offers household solutions, which include radio torches, flat iron, clippers, lightpacks, floodlight packs, decoders, fridges, solar laptop chargers, and TVs and DVDs: and farming solutions that include solar water pumps; small business solutions, and corporate solutions. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kampal, Uganda. It has branch locations in Uganda and Kenya. SolarNow Services (U) LTD operates as a subsidiary of SolarNow B.V.

Sohan Lal Commodity Management

Secondary Market in 2017
SLCM group is a one stop comprehensive agri-logistics company, having its Corporate Office in Delhi providing comprehensive agri-commodity Warehouse Management, Procurement, Logistics and Financial solutions to farmers, processors, traders, agri exchanges and government across India and now in Myanmar.

Punjab Renewable Energy Systems

Venture Round in 2013
Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited engages in plantation, procuring, storing, preserving, processing, and supplying biomass. Its products and services include generation of bio-energy, briquetting and pelleting, steam supply contracts, build own operate and transfer, assessment and validation studies, operation and maintenance, project management consultancy, energy audit, and energy plantation. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Navi Mumbai, India.

PEG Africa

Series C in 2019
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.

Greenlight Planet Inc

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.
DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a business support services company, provides business process outsourcing services to clients. The company offers data entry, digitization, data conversion, data validation and cleansing, data enhancement, and extract transform loads; content support, social media support, E-commerce support, digital asset management, machine learning, testing, and catalog management; and lead generation and customer interaction management. It serves mass media corporations, online donation platforms, multinational technology companies, FMCG, telecom service providers, Bollywood portal, and restaurant directory. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Chennai, India with a location in Bengaluru, India.

Satya MicroCapital

Venture Round in 2018
Satya MicroCapital Limited, a non-banking financial company, offers micro financing services. The company provides small value unsecured loans to low income customers in urban, semi-urban, and rural areas. As of June 30, 2020, it operated through a network of 152 branches. The company was formerly known as TFC Finvest Limited and changed its name to Satya MicroCapital Limited in September, 2016. Satya MicroCapital Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Origo Commodities India Pvt. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2019
Origo Commodities India Pvt. Ltd. provides post harvest management services for agricultural commodities. Its solutions include commodity handling and collateral management services for producers, processors, corporate houses, and financial institutions. The company provides procurement, professional warehousing, quality certification and gradation, preservation of stock, delivery points for commodity exchanges, audit and surveillance, and trading and other value-added services. Origo Commodities India Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Gurugram, India.

Ess Kay Fincorp

Debt Financing in 2020
Ess Kay Fincorp Limited operates as a non-banking finance company. The company offers vehicle loans for entrepreneurs from semi-urban and rural areas; loans for farmers to purchase new or pre-owned tractors; pre-owned vehicle loans for self-employed experts and salaried individuals; loans for micro, small, and medium enterprises in various categories, such as general commodities, life style products, health products, fashion products, surgical and medical products along with the laboratory equipment, construction related products, and home furnishing items; and two wheeler loans for individuals. It operates through a network of 325 branches in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Jaipur, India.

Samunnati

Series C in 2018
Samunnati is a provider of financial intermediation, market linkages, and advisory services that are used to enhance the value of all players across the agriculture value chain. The company aims to provide underserved households access to markets through financial intermediation and advisory services by focusing on the key economic drivers of a district. The objective is to aid the enterprises and value chains to operate at a higher level of productivity thereby creating value for all the stakeholders engaged in it. Samunnati was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.