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Root Capital

Nonprofit or community organization

Last modified: April 26, 2012, 3:29 PM

Description

Root Capital's mission is to grow rural prosperity by investing in small and growing agricultural businesses that build sustainable livelihoods in Africa and Latin America.

Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training, and strengthening market connections for small and growing agricultural businesses.

Root Capital clients include associations and private businesses that help create sustainable livelihoods by aggregating the products of hundreds, and often, thousands of farmers. Root Capital had disbursed more than $368million in credit to 367 businesses. These loans have helped Root Capital clients improve incomes for more than 450,000 rural households. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Root Capital currently has associated offices in Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Kenya, and Senegal.

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  • Investor Relations Associate - Job

    Last updated:
    March 29, 2013
    Location:
    Cambridge, MA, US
    Description:
    The Investor Relations associate's main responsibilities will be to support relationship management and building new debt pipeline that will enable the team to ...

  • Senior Manager Institutional Relations - Job

    Last updated:
    March 29, 2013
    Location:
    Cambridge, MA, US
    Description:
    Summary In 2012 Root Capital launched a five-year strategic plan that calls for raising $70M in philanthropy to support our ambitious plans for growing our glo...

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Website:
http://www.rootcapital.org
http://www.youtube.com/rootcapital
Government ID number:
04-3478123
Phone:
617-661-5792
Fax:
617-661-5796
Address:
955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States

Keywords

Microfinance, International development, International cooperation, Africa, Social impact investing, Economic development, Rural Poor, Rural, Agriculture, Latin America

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