The Kampani Difference

A social impact investment fund working to unlock the potential of entrepreneurial farming in the South.

Kampani is a pioneering way to fight poverty and promote development.  It invests in producer organisations and agri SMEs in the Global South.   The social impact is a crucial part of the investment decision-making. Kampani gives equal weight to the social impact on smallholder farmers and to the financial return on investment.

Our offering

  • Use of proceeds: CAPEX- income-generating assets (warehouse, machines, …)
  • Ticket size: 100k to 500k EUR with follow-on investment capped at 1 Mn EUR
  • Instrument: unsecured debt (no collateral) in order to strengthen the balance sheet
  • Tenors: 5 to 10 years
  • Grace period: up to 2 years on principal, depending on investees’ financials & use ofproceeds
  • Interest rate: aligned with impactdevelopment sector

Investment Criteria

  • Track record: > 3years
  • Annual sales: > USD 350.000 per year
  • Profitability: net result positive
  • Use of funds: CAPEX dedicated to increase the production or transformation activity
  • High impact: Project mostly dedicated to increase the income of the smallholder farmers, with > 100 smallholder farmers
  • Min. level of formalization: including formalized financial accounts

Our unique approach

Kampani stands out from other social investors thanks to an audacious combination of strategic choices:

  • Investing directly and strengthening the balance sheet of the investee
  • A long investment horizon of up to 10 years
  • Only in the agro-food value chain
  • Active involvement in the governance of the investee
  • Small investment amounts (100k to 500k euros)
  • Partnership with an ecosystem of like-minded NGOs and development partners, which are also shareholders of the fund

30+

Deals

15+

Countries in Africa & Latin America

100.000

Farmers reached

€13+

million deployed