Strategies Program Related Investments

Ceniarth is responsible for stewarding the capital of the Isenberg Family Charitable Foundation.  As such, we make use of philanthropic capital to deploy Program Related Investments (PRIs).  This portfolio focuses on investments with deep impact alignment serving marginalized and vulnerable communities.  These interventions tend to have significant, high risks of capital impairment or negligible returns.  The rationale for these investments is often focused on funding proof of concepts, early-stage pilots, entry into high risk markets, or providing first loss positions to catalyze additional investment into funds or enterprises.


Examples From Our Portfolio

One Acre Fund

One Acre Fund provides support to smallholder farmers in East Africa. The OAF service bundle includes financing and distribution of inputs, as well as training on agricultural techniques.

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Apollo Agriculture

Apollo uses use agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile technology to help farmers in emerging markets access credit, high-quality farm inputs, and customized advice.

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iProcure

iProcure is an agricultural supply chain platform providing procurement, last mile distribution services, as well we data-driven stock management to farmers in rural Africa.

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myAgro

myAgro’s mission is to move smallholder farmers out of poverty. myAgro’s mobile layaway platform allows farmers to save money for seed and fertilizer using their mobile phones.

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Sarura Commodities

Sarura directly links smallholders to premium offtakers by collecting & storing inventory, providing upfront payment, and trading commodities with profits shared with farmers.

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Traidcraft

For over 30 years, Traidcraft has been fighting poverty through trade, practising and promoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives.

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ColaLife

ColaLife mimics the techniques and networks that Coca-Cola and other commodity producers use, to open up private sector supply chains for their anti-diarrhoea kit (Kit Yamoyo) designed with carers to meet their needs.

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AgriProtein

A leader in nutrient recycling, AgriProtein develops natural, sustainable proteins for use in the animal feed market through the use of fly larvae fed on abundant waste nutrient sources.

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Village Capital

Through unique peer driven programs, Village Capital brings together entrepreneurs for collaborative development on social challenge areas including financial inclusion, energy access, and agriculture.

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Komaza

Komaza is developing an innovative “micro-forestry” model, unlocking the potential for small-scale farmers to serve industrial wood markets, with the goal of becoming Africa’s largest forestry company.

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Mountain Hazelnuts

Mountain Hazelnuts has grown from a small business to one of Bhutan’s largest companies employing 6,000 people as it strives to be a global player in the hazelnut market while generating income for rural communities.

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Good Nature Agro

Good Nature is a Zambia-based, for-profit social enterprise that works with Africa’s most rural small-scale farmers to supply the region with high-quality legume seed and commodities. 

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Comaco

COMACO is a social enterprise that supports wildlife conservation and small-scale farmers in Eastern Zambia by training and sourcing from former poachers engaged in sustainable agriculture.

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All Across Africa

All Across Africa, a benefit corporation, works with rural producer groups and business partners in East Africa to supply hand-woven baskets and other fair trade products to international markets.

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Farmerline

Farmerline is a Ghanaian social enterprise that builds information and communication technologies to connect rural customers across West Africa to market data, financial tools, and supply chains. 

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Community Outcomes Fund

The COF provides outcomes financing (also known as pay-for-success) that matches private capital with local priorities to deliver evidence-based solutions to social challenges.

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WARC

Warc serves over 10,000 smallholder farmers across West Africa, with established agricultural production and consulting operations in Sierra Leone and Ghana.

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Get It Rwanda

Get It is a leading distributor of food safe fruits, vegetables, and dry goods and excels at building supply chains for international brands – hotels, restaurants, and offices – in frontier markets.

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East Africa Fruits

East Africa Fruits is a social enterprise sourcing organically grown produce of the highest quality from smallholder farmers in Tanzania and delivering to customers through a B2B model. 

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Capria Accelerator Fund

The first global business accelerator for impact fund managers, Capria supports new fund managers backing early-stage startups primarily in markets including Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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