Investing for Impact
Heifer Impact Capital is a global impact private investor focused on pro-poor wealth creation. Using a variety of investment vehicles to generate impact and positive financial returns, it provides affordable investment capital to farmers and cooperatives supported by Heifer International.
As of August 2020, Heifer has committed over $5M, leveraging those resources to generate over $1.5M from external investors, while raising an additional $35M from local financial institutions to invest in farmer-owned agribusinesses globally.
The Heifer Impact Capital Team
We provide targeted financial support that propels farmers toward self-reliance.
Terry Wyer
Senior Vice President of Investment Programs
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Marius Van der Veeken
Chief Financial Officer, Heifer Nederland
Babsi Snowden
Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Investment Programs
Latest News
The Role of Impact Investing in the Future of Financing Development
Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International, is joined by Morgan Simon, Founding Partner of Candide Group and author of Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change.
The Role of Impact Investing in the Future of Financing Development
Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International, is joined by Morgan Simon, Founding Partner of Candide Group and author of Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change.
How Long-Term Investment in Small-Scale Farmers Can Transform the Food System
Founder of impact investment fund Acumen, Jacqueline Novogratz and Heifer International President and CEO Pierre Ferrari discuss how patient capital can deliver dignified livelihoods for farmers.
How Long-Term Investment in Small-Scale Farmers Can Transform the Food System
Founder of impact investment fund Acumen, Jacqueline Novogratz and Heifer International President and CEO Pierre Ferrari discuss how patient capital can deliver dignified livelihoods for farmers.
COVID-19 and the Global Food and Farming System
Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International, and Ertharin Cousin, former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme and U.S. Ambassador to the UN, discuss why our food system is so vulnerable in a crisis like COVID-19 and what do we need to do to fix it.
COVID-19 and the Global Food and Farming System
Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International, and Ertharin Cousin, former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme and U.S. Ambassador to the UN, discuss why our food system is so vulnerable in a crisis like COVID-19 and what do we need to do to fix it.
Heifer International and SEAF Announce Agreement to Expand Impact Investing Globally
International development organization Heifer International and impact investment management group Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) today announced a partnership to increase investments in local food and farming businesses in the United States, Africa, Asia, Central and Latin America.
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