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Gender Lens Investing - Root Capital (Indonesia)
Indonesia
2017
2027
Keywords
Access to finance
Project description
Investing in Women has committed AUD 2 million to Root Capital for the initial, year-long phase of a planned ten-year program. The project focuses on lending to women-led small- and medium-sized agricultural businesses in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The initial investment supports Root Capital�s market research, exploration in three countries and will also fund lending to a small number of women-led agricultural enterprises in Indonesia.
Primary thematic area
Secondary thematic areas
Financial services
Project details
Umbrella programme
Investing in Women (an Aus Gov initiative)
Accountable Org(s)
Root Capital; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Funding Org(s)
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Implementing/
Partner Org(s)
Root Capital; Bain Consulting
Project contact
Kristin Williams, Root Capital (kwilliams@rootcapital.org)
Funding (USD)
Committed
Spent
$
2000000
$
N/A
Project website
https://investinginwomen.asia/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IW-Case-Study_Root-Capital_OCT-2019_Final.pdf
https://investinginwomen.asia/partner/root-capital/#:~:text=Root%20Capital%20is%20a%20pioneer,investing%20and%20agricultural%20finance%20sectors.
https://rootcapital.org/about-us/press-room/press/root-capital-partners-australian-government-invest-women-led-enterprises-south-east-asia/
https://investinginwomen.asia/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MEL-IW-eoph1-factsheet.pdf
D-Portal link
Project evaluation
Evaluation source
Ernst & Young were commissioned by the Australian Government ('Investing in Women') to prepare a case study-based evaluation of the the Root Capital partnership. This was published in October 2019.
Evaluation methodology
Qualitative
Programme targets
Root Capital seeks to leverage IW's investment by 2 - 5x.
Invest in at least 2 women's SMEs in the initial market exploration phase (1 year), and 10 WSMEs during the IW grant tenor (10 years)
Results achieved
Investments in two WSMEs. To date, Root has been successful in utilising its large network to secure private sector co-investment.
In line with its IW partnership funded activities, Root Capital has successfully completed a high-level, cross regional scoping and lending feasibility study and specific market exploration and expansion studies to assess the general demand for, and relevance of, Root Capital's lending services in Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines (with the pro-bono support of Bain Consulting). The findings suggest that there is a strong global market demand for coconut and palm oil in Indonesia, and coffee in Vietnam and Philippines, indicating a significant potential for agricultural lending and go to market services in these sectors. However, most SMEs researched by Root Capital either fail to fulfil IW�s women-led criteria and/or meet the minimum enterprise revenue level of AUD250k p.a.
Targets met?
Root Capital seeks to leverage IW's investment by 2 - 5x.
Invest in at least 2 women's SMEs in the initial market exploration phase (1 year), and 10 WSMEs during the IW grant tenor (10 years)
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