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Established in 2009, AgDevCo is a social impact investor and project developer operating exclusively in the agriculture sector in Africa. Our mission is to build successful African agribusiness through long-term investment and support to deliver positive impact at scale.
We invest debt and equity in African agribusinesses to create jobs, improve food security, and boost prosperity. We have made over 65 investments to date, and committed $135 million. Our investments offer a way of leveraging large amounts of private capital into socially-responsible farming and agri-processing businesses in Africa, with major benefits for smallholder farmers and local communities. We now have more than $170m of capital to invest in a portfolio of investments in Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
We invest debt and equity in African agribusinesses to create jobs, improve food security, and boost prosperity. We have made over 65 investments to date, and committed $135 million. Our investments offer a way of leveraging large amounts of private capital into socially-responsible farming and agri-processing businesses in Africa, with major benefits for smallholder farmers and local communities. We now have more than $170m of capital to invest in a portfolio of investments in Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2009
Investment Stage
Debt
Mentions in press and media 7
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| May 27, 2022 | Kenya’s Victory Farms nets $5m as it edges towards precision fish farming | Kenyan aquaculture company Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, has raised $5 million in equity funding to expand its operations into Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The round was led by ... |
| Mar 17, 2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Licious nets $150m, Bear Robotics raises $81m | Licious, an India e-commerce marketplace for meat, scored $150 million in Series F-plus investment this week, while California’s Bear Robotics bagged $81 million for its robot restaurant servers. Over in agtech, Local Bounti snapped up a ri... |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Q&A: How AgDevCo will use $90m from CDC, others to boost Africa’s mid-size agribusinesses | Directing commercial funding to Africa’s fragmented agricultural sector is complex. For development finance institutions (DFIs), venture capitalists, and private equity firms alike, getting the right matrix has proven challenging. But AgDev... |
| Mar 1, 2018 | An Unconventional Ag Deal: Why AgDevCo Invested in a Tanzanian Hydropower Plant | AgDevCo has been investing in African agribusiness for the past nine years. The UK-based firm has poured about $100 million into everything from chilies and macadamia nuts in Malawi to livestock feed in Zambia to specialty meat in Ghana. So... |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Ag Industry Brief: AGCO Acquires Precision Planting, CropLogic Going Public, Plant-Based M&A, more | CropLogic to List on ASX After Acquiring Professional Ag Services New Zealand in-field IoT provider CropLogic is set to go public on the Australian Stock Exchange. The company plans to raise $8 million in exchange for approximately 30% of i... |
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FAQ about AgDevCo
When was AgDevCo founded?
AgDevCo was founded in 2009.
What has the press written about AgDevCo?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning AgDevCo, among them “Kenya’s Victory Farms nets $5m as it edges towards precision fish farming” (May 27, 2022) and “The Week in Agrifoodtech: Licious nets $150m, Bear Robotics raises $81m” (Mar 17, 2022).
Is AgDevCo still active?
Yes, AgDevCo is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 23, 2026.