Truvalu.enterprises is a Netherlands-based impact investment company that actively participates in the development of agri-SMEs in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We partner with high-growth potential agri-SMEs to provide them with Growth Capital, Business Development Support, and Market Access, allowing them to substantially increase their value. Our aim is to build competitive, inclusive agri-businesses and fair value chains for social impact and economic returns. We also ensure that the business provides consumers with fair products.

The investment size varies between € 250,000 and € 500,000 per company. The business development support provided by Truvalu.enterprises is concentrated on improving key areas of the business, such as operational processes, marketing, and sales, financial administration, corporate governance, human resource management, procurement, ICT, and communications. Other than these, the company’s business operations are expanded by introducing its products and services to local and international networks of clients, business partners (distributors, retail companies), and export partners.
In Bangladesh, Truvalu.enterprises started its operations in 2017. The investment amount ranges between €250,000 and €500,000. We have managed to invest in diversified SMEs that produce agro products such as dairy, poultry, jute products, coir, and coco pith producers, pulse processing business, crab fattening, and many others. As agriculture is the largest employment sector in Bangladesh, providing employment to 40.15% of the working population, this industry has the most impact on the macroeconomic objectives. Yet, many SMEs do not have the required capital to remain competitive in the market. In such an environment, Truvalu.enterprises has created the opportunity to improve the economic condition of many agricultural entrepreneurs.
Truvalu's advisory services focus on areas such as financial management, business planning, operational efficiency, corporate governance, marketing and sales, technological advancement and impact management. Other than these, Truvalu expands the company’s business operations by introducing its products and services to local and international networks of clients, business partners (distributors, retail companies), and export partners. Truvalu is very committed to creating opportunities for gender lens investing in Bangladesh. In 2023 Truvalu organized an informative seminar on “Opportunities and Prospects for Gender Lens Investing in Bangladesh” in collaboration with Biniyog Briddhi and with support from the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh. Follow-up activities will take place later this year.