Samunnati, India & microfinance
Gratitude Farms is an Indian, agri-tech startup, working to spread organic farming methods.
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SEB contributes to socioeconomic development.
SEB contributesto socioeconomic development.
Microfinancing is a way of making capital available for people in developing countries, when starting or growing their business. At the same time it offers investors an attractive financial return.
SEB was a pioneer among Swedish banks when launching its first microfinance fund in 2013, and today the funds have contributed to supporting almost 3 000 000 jobs worldwide.
Meet some of the people that our funds and partners help through microfinancing.
Gratitude Farms is an Indian, agri-tech startup, working to spread organic farming methods.
Tamia is a hairdresser from the Ivory Coast who was able to take her business to the next level, with the help of a microloan.
Keneilwe Modisane is the CEO of Sizzling Catering in South Africa. Through a microloan, she was able to save her business when the pandemic struck.
Kenya Women Microfinance Bank (KWFT) has a particular focus on improving living conditions and strengthening women's economic status. Meet Jacinta, Magdalene and Felistus, three women that KWFT has helped through one of the first micro finance funds that SEB issued.
In short, this is how microfinance funds work:
Microfinance is the provision of access to capital and financial services for unemployed or low-income individuals and businesses, with the goal of improving social and economic development, generally in lower-income economies. Microfinance is offered in the form of credit, savings, remittances, payment services, insurance, and other basic financial products. Microfinance extends the reach of financial markets where they would otherwise not go. It provides low-to-middle income entrepreneurs with services they need to start or grow a business, it also increases their capacity to absorb financial shocks, access goods of first necessity, accumulate assets, and invest in human capital such as health and education.
Symbiotics provides investment advisory services to SEB Investment Management for their investments in the microfinance sector. Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier markets, offering market research, investment advisory and asset management services to professional investors. Symbiotics currently employs over 160 people (>35 nationalities) and is headquartered in Geneva, with offices in Zurich, London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Singapore, and Cape Town. Since 2004, Symbiotics has structured nearly 5,000 investment transactions, in over 450 financial institutions, across 90 emerging and frontier markets.
Important information
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