• Creating Opportunities

    Savannah Fruits Company provides women producers of shea nut butter with their own stable income. Traditionally, harvesting and processing the nuts is women’s work. Root Capital credit enables the company to purchase the butter from women’s cooperatives and sell it to international buyers who pay premium prices.

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  • Financial Advisory Services

    Triunfo Verde, a coffee cooperative in Mexico, is widely recognized for its solid business practices. Root Capital has helped grow this organization by providing customized financial training for the cooperative’s leadership and lending $2.8 million in loans over five years.

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  • Growing Rural Prosperity

    Since becoming a Root Capital client in 2010, AgroMantaro has been able to increase production by 50%. By maintaining long-term customer relationships, AgroMantaro provides steady incomes for hundreds of small-scale farmers and its 600 processing plant employees.

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Our Vision

  • Root Capital envisions a thriving financial market that serves small and growing rural businesses that generate long-term social, economic and environmental sustainability.

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Our Impact

Root Capital strives to have a positive social and environmental impact on rural businesses, families and communities – while maintaining a 100% repayment rate to our investors.

$368M
Loan Disbursements*		 $54M
Outstanding Balance*
1096
Loans*		 367Borrowers*
* Current as of December 31st, 2011
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Our Approach

Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training and strengthening market connections for agricultural small and growing businesses.

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