36 Martijn Blom, investing 15m into regen food/agri companies in Sub Saharan Africa

Entrepreneur turned impact investor with a new found passion for SOIL! Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture. Where I interview key players in the field of regenerative agriculture, people who are scaling up the sector by bringing in new money or scaling up the practises on the ground. This time I’m talking to Martijn Blom, senior manager investor relationships at Hivos Impact Investments. the impact investment arm of a large dutch NGO. Their Hivos Food & Lifestyle Fund is focussed at making investments into food companies in southern Africa. We discussed his impact investing journey, the fight agains the maize monocultures in Malawi and Zimbabwe, fancy sustainable Rooibos tea companies and his new found passion for soil! http://www.hivosimpactinvestments.com/hivos-food-lifestyle-fund/ http://greenfingersmobile.com/ https://ladyboninstea.com/ If you want to receive an email when I upload a new episode, subscribe here eepurl.com/cxU33P The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.