Agri-Vie Fund II
BIO has granted EUR 200,000 to the technical assistance facility of the Agri-Vie Fund II, a specialized food & agribusiness investment fund active in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Amount
€ 200,000.00
Type of investment
Subsidy
Beneficiary locations
Investment field
Investment Companies & Funds
Activity
Agri-Vie Fund II is a successor fund to Agri-Vie I, a 2008 vintage, specialised food & agribusiness investment fund active in Sub-Sahara Africa. Agri-Vie Fund II will continue the same investment strategy as its predecessor fund, orienting itself to providing growth equity through influential minority positions in mid-size companies in selected subsectors in food and agribusiness.
The fund has a total size of USD 139.1 M and is managed by Exeo capital.
Technical assistance facility
The overall objective of the Technical Assistance Facility is to improve the performance and competitiveness of the Portfolio Companies and contribute to their sustainability.
This is the second contribution of BIO to a TAF of Agri Vie Fund II. Our contribution to the first TAF enabled 10 technical assistance projects which, amongst others, improved and strengthened operations, E&S risks management, diversity in the workplace and the availability of energy resources.
This second 3-year TAF, for which we partnered with Norfund, will extend our impact and demonstrates our willingness to support our indirect investee companies.
Expected impact
To leverage Agrivie’s impact by strengthening the capacities of the Portfolio Companies and supporting their activities from a technical, financial, administrative, social, environmental, management and governance perspective. The objective of technical assistance is the transfer of knowledge, expertise and experience to the Portfolio Companies, to improve their economic, social, environmental and developmental performance.
Made possible through this investment
Capital Fisheries
Zambia
Established in 1999, Capital Fisheries and its subsidiary, Capital Trucking Limited (Capital Trucking), together are the market-leading Zambian cold chain food distributor, specialising in the distribution of frozen animal proteins. Capital Fisheries is a widely recognised national consumer brand, serving across formal and informal markets as well as income classes.
Chemical Process Technologies
South Africa
Manufacturing of pesticides and other agrochemical products
Chemical synthesis company manufacturing parasitic formulations as well as advanced pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for the South African livestock markets.
FSDCo
Tanzania
Frostan is a food services distribution group formed through the consolidation of two existing companies in the fresh and temperature-controlled food sector in Tanzania. The consolidation involves Frostan Ltd, a Dar es Salaam-based poultry and ancillary foods business and Mtanga Foods Ltd, a red meat operation with activities in southern Tanzania and Dar es Salaam.
Glacier products
Kenya
Glacier Products Limited (GPL) is a Kenyan company that manufactures and sells a wide range of ice cream, yoghurt, and chocolate products across East Africa, under the brand name ‘Dairyland’.
Jumbo Brands
South Africa
Jumbo Brands is a South African beverage and snack manufacturer. The product basket includes coffee, cordials, fruit juice concentrates, squash, lemon juice, vinegar, and corn chips.
Marginpar Group (Kariki)
Ethiopia, Kenya
A cut flower production group, based in Kenya with operations in Kenya, Ethiopia and Holland.
Nurture Foods/Fairview Cheese Investments
South Africa
Fairview Cheese is a South African company specialized in cow and goat milk artisanal cheeses.
PPTL
Tanzania
PPTL is based in Tanga, Tanzania and is a major regional player in the production of woven polymer-based extruded products – bags, sacks and tarpaulins for the agriculture and cement industries.
TerraSan
South Africa
Terrasan is a South African fishing and aquaculture group that holds investments in aquaculture and pelagic fishing, as well as fish, fishmeal, and fish oil processing through its subsidiaries Saldanha Protein, Terrasan Pelagic, Aqunion, and Blue Ocean Mussels.
The Maia Group
South Africa
The Maia Group has been formed as a holding company to incorporate Wellness Warehouse (WW) and True Health Holdings (THH) into a new consumer health-focused platform that operates in the natural health, food, and beauty value chain as a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, and retailer.
Read impact and news about this project
Impact Story
Flowers of Hope
08-06-2020
BIO has invested USD 7 M in equity in Agri-Vie II, a specialized food & agribusiness investment fund active in Sub-Sahara Africa. They have invested in Marginpar Group. Mr Richard Fernandes is the CEO of Marginpar Group, formerly Kariki. This is his story.
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