• Investor
Hivos Food & Lifestyle Fund is an investment fund focused in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. The fund makes equity investments in early stage but post revenue companies operating in the food sector as broadly possible.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Investment Instruments

    • Equity
  • Intervention Type

    • Invest Directly
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Land conservation
  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Gender inclusion
    • Ethical sourcing
  • Impact objectives

    • Agricultural productivity
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Health improvement
    • Natural resources conservation
    • Sustainable land use
  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • Software as a service (SaaS)
    • Biotech