Root Capital
Root Capital, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1999. It focuses on supporting poor and environmentally vulnerable communities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia by providing capital, financial training, and market connections to small and growing agricultural businesses. The organization aims to enhance rural prosperity by investing in agricultural enterprises that purchase crops such as coffee, cocoa, and grains from smallholder farmers. Through its initiatives, Root Capital helps these businesses thrive, thereby transforming rural communities and addressing their financial and market challenges. The organization has additional offices in Costa Rica, Kenya, Nicaragua, Senegal, and Mexico.
3 past transactions
Oyster Agribusiness
Venture Round in 2024
Oyster Agribusiness is a producer and processor of agricultural products, focusing on the African market. The company operates by integrating the entire agricultural supply chain, from production to retail, ensuring that products reach consumers efficiently and effectively. It specializes in a variety of goods, including sorghum, maize, rice, beef, chicken, pork, milk, dairy products, and eggs. Through its comprehensive retail and distribution network, Oyster Agribusiness supports agricultural providers by facilitating the delivery of these products from the farm to the consumer's table, thereby enhancing food accessibility in both domestic and international markets.
Oyster Agribusiness
Debt Financing in 2023
Oyster Agribusiness is a producer and processor of agricultural products, focusing on the African market. The company operates by integrating the entire agricultural supply chain, from production to retail, ensuring that products reach consumers efficiently and effectively. It specializes in a variety of goods, including sorghum, maize, rice, beef, chicken, pork, milk, dairy products, and eggs. Through its comprehensive retail and distribution network, Oyster Agribusiness supports agricultural providers by facilitating the delivery of these products from the farm to the consumer's table, thereby enhancing food accessibility in both domestic and international markets.
Gulu Agricultural Development Company
Venture Round in 2010
Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC) is a cotton ginning company based in Northern Uganda that supports over 55,000 smallholder farmers by providing them with access to the international agricultural market. The company aims to revitalize the region's cotton industry, which was severely impacted by decades of war and political instability. GADC offers essential support to former refugees, helping them regain their livelihoods. It provides farmers with inputs to enhance yields, purchases cotton and sesame for cash, and processes these crops for export to national and international buyers. This enables smallholder farmers to improve production efficiency and gain market access.
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