Accelerating global growth for fair development

We invest and partner with agri-SMEs in emerging markets to build fair, inclusive value chains.

Our impact

Truvalu’s results in 2024 speak for themselves

Smallholder
farmers reached
12859
Jobs
6366
Women in SME
board positions
29.4 %
Women workers
in value chains
59.7 %

Creating True Value in emerging markets

Truvalu is a co-entrepreneurial impact investor supporting scalable agri-SMEs with patient capital, business support, and partnerships for inclusive, systemic change. We are a family of local investment companies with highly skilled and committed professionals located in Bangladesh, Colombia, Kenya and The Netherlands

We have invested in 50+ SMEs, creating decent jobs and fair value chains with support from impact-driven and blended finance partners.

Co-entrepreneurship

We sustainably invest in SMEs in emerging economies through co-entrepreneurship, offering capital, TA, connections, and impact monitoring.

 

Ecosystem building

We grow scalable SMEs and build fair value chains by uniting ecosystem partners to drive long-term, systemic impact.

 

Capacity development

We train SMEs and stakeholders in impact investing, offering practical tools, templates, and programs for sustainable business growth.

 

TruStories

Publications

"The entrepreneurs of our portfolio companies are the true heroes of impact. Together we build value chains based on a fair distribution of profit, power and value and together we shape business models for the future."

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Jaap-Jan Verboom

CEO/ Founder Truvalu