WHO WE ARE
DARA VENTURE PARTNERS Deploys capital to improve lives and food production in Communities and address the large gap that remains between supply and demand for investment in smallholder agriculture, agribusiness, and rural finance.
We are a private equity fund manager established to invest in Africa’s food and agribusiness value chain. The firm manages the Feed Africa Agriculture Fund (FAA Fund), a blended capital impact investment vehicle dedicated to investing in smallholder farmers and small-to-medium sized rural agribusinesses/SMEs in Africa, starting with Ghana.
FUND'S OFFERINGS
Direct Investments
Direct investments in strategically positioned and unique agricultural and agribusiness value chain SMEs, with scaling potential. Direct investments into farmer organizations, aggregators, and cooperatives.
INDIRECT INVESTMENTS
Indirect Investments into traditional financial institutions such as Rural and Community Banks, Savings & Loans Companies, and Micro Finance Institutions/MFIs for onlending to smallholders, cooperatives, and farmer organizations, as well as agribusiness SMEs.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FACILITY
Technical assistance facility providing advisory services to cooperatives and farmer organisations, SMEs, and financial intermediaries, enabling them to access new business development opportunities.
INVESTMENT
Funds:
Dara Venture Partners currently has 1 investment fund; The Feed Africa Agriculture Fund (FAA Fund). The FAA Fund offers a set of financial products, including loans, equity, and quasi-equity, specifically tailored to the needs of smallholder farmers and agri-SMEs.