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Seed what matters.

Powering redemptive progress in frontier and emerging markets through investment and growth strategies.
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Powering redemptive progress

We seek the visible transformation of people, systems, and communities through business activity that restores dignity, advances justice, and aligns economic outcomes with God’s vision for wholeness, or shalom. It is progress that does not extract value but instead corrects what is broken, elevates the least, and extends mercy, truth, and flourishing across cultural and economic domains.
Our Approach

Standing out versus set it and forget it investing

We create professional pathways for capital to bridge the access to capital gap in frontier and emerging markets and then pair our network of industry experts with portfolio company leaders to grow their businesses and expand their impact.
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Professional pathways for capital that align economic outcomes with God's vision of shalom

​Through creative debt structuring, custom-tailored equity strategies, and generational capital markets innovation, our investment team pursues opportunities that elevate the least, correct what is broken, and extend mercy, truth, and flourishing to your nations in your words, not ours.
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We seed businesses that create generational wealth. Over 6,000 members of Pureflow's lease-to-own boda boda financing program enjoy sustainable income, opportunities to save, and financial independence.
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We seed businesses that revive industries in style. home_254 Apparel is an distinctly Kenyan fashion brand that captures and shares a message of belonging with the world--and looks good doing it.
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We seed businesses that love their neighbor. When the war in Ukraine broke out, our friends at Uniqa in Moldova closed their factory and met their neighbors at the border, providing food, clothing, and housing to refugees.​
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We seed businesses that reshape entire value chains. Kentegra works alongside local and foreign governments to share the value  produced across its global business with 30,000 farmer partners in nine counties across Kenya.
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We focus on essential sectors that have the potential to make a lasting difference

FOOD SYSTEMS
ENERGY
EDUCATION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
MANUFACTURING
HEALTH & WELLNESS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
MARKETING
TEXTILES & APPAREL
MEDIA

We are in it with you

Big or small, whether you're building something new or fixing something broken, our team has the experience to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you to bring your growth and impact goals to reality.
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Post-Merger Integration

Provided essential support to integrate teams and customers following a strategic acquisition by a $5B+ food distributor. ​Fine-tuned connections between people, tools, and processes supporting financial operations, including accounts receivable and accounts payable. Rebuilt standard operating procedures, and documented processes, tasks, milestones, and accountabilities.
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Media Strategy​

Advised a $50M global media company on a $6M investment into new, transformational media capabilities. Developed the case for change for the 120-year old company and provided executive guidance for the proposed transformation process. Designed new organizational structures, ways of working, and related cultural behaviors to support new capabilities.
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Change Management

Supported a Fortune 500 insurance company in the selection of a new policy administration system. Documented system requirements, including both technical features and user experience requests. Validated requirements against vendor capabilities and assembled key risks for systems integration and change management.
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OUR GROWTH CAPABILITIES

Unlock your potential

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GROWTH STRATEGY
Create long-term value by developing new products or markets
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ORGANIZATION DESIGN
Structure teams to take you where you want to go
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Develop and integrate new capabilities and efficiencies
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MERGERS + ACQUISITIONS
Simplify integration and unlock new pockets of value
OWNERSHIP TRANSITION
Sell with confidence and leave your legacy in capable hands
CAPITAL MARKETS
Back a generation of changemakers and grow healthy markets.
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Your most ambitious ​goals are possible

The inventors and innovators of past and present swim against a current that says, “That can’t be done.” Even the iconic inventor Leonardo da Vinci saw resistance to his work throughout his lifetime, yet he had a hand in the creation of helicopters, cars, and diving equipment. Every single day, entrepreneurs dare to pursue ambitious goals and seemingly unrealizable dreams. We wake up everyday asking how we might amplify their ambitions. We dare to dream that your loftiest goals are truly possible, because we’ve done it before.
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We work on the things that matter to you most. We want a shot to help you pursue your biggest opportunity.
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