FUNDS FINANCING AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-BUSINESS
PROJECTS IN AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA

It is all too common to witness the funding gap for small and medium enterprises in the agriculture sector, whether it be early stage companies or companies having initially benefitted from subsidies. The database below aims to facilitate this by providing a list of funds for companies active in the agriculture sector. This list builds on the Critical Capital for African Agri-Food SMEs study authored by Bert van Manen, published in 2018 by AgriProFocus, ICCO Cooperation and Rabobank Foundation, and supported by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform. This study reviewed demand and supply of risk capital for agri-food SMEs in Sub-Sahara Africa.

At the request of the Netherlands Space Office executing the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW), NpM expanded the list to include funds for all of Africa and for countries in Asia. Users can navigate through this list by selecting fund size, geographical scope, size of investments, financial instruments, and sector focus. Additionally, it is possible to select whether the fund is a good for companies in the G4AW programme, whether the fund provides Business Development Services (BDS), and whether it considers itself an ‘impact investor’.

We hope this will assist companies in the agriculture sector to identify potential funding and carry on their important work towards food security.