Gray Matters Capital (GMC), is an impact investing foundation, which provides risk capital to entrepreneurs and social ventures. Funds are deployed through seed-stage investment vehicles with investments ranging from USD 50,000 to USD250,000 and venture capital stage investments ranging from USD 250,000 to USD 2 million. It a sister concern of Gray Ghost Ventures.

GroFin is a development financier supporting small and growing businesses across Africa and the Middle East with investments ranging from USD 100,000 to USD 1.5 million. GroFin manages ten funds and programmes on behalf of international development finance institutions, development organisations, foundations, large companies and private funders.

Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is an impact investing group providing financing ranging from EUR 30,000 to EUR 1.5 million to start-ups and small and medium enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. I&P also provides strategic and managerial mentoring as well as technical assistance, including capacity building and training on management information systems, marketing & sales and human resources.

Karandaaz Pakistan runs an innovation challenge fund and an investment fund. The challenge fund focuses on the challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises, women and youth in accessing financial services. Karandaaz Capital is the SME investment platform of Karandaaz Pakistan. Eligible companies have to earn between USD 1 and 15 million; ticket sizes range between USD 500,000 and USD 2.5 million (without co-investors).

SourceTrace is a SaaS (Software-As-A-Service) company that focuses on sustainable agriculture and empowerment of smallholder farmers.

The company has a footprint in 26 countries impacting more than 1 million farmers and 2.4 million acres.

As the world population is estimated to grow to 9 billion by 2050, fifty percent more food will be required to feed the world. SourceTrace is helping farmers rise to the challenge through data-driven digital innovations that improve productivity and predictability in a sustainable manner.

SourceTrace’s digital solutions improve farmers’ livelihoods by:

- Providing greater access to global markets and customers.
- Improving productivity through efficient use of inputs and reliable procurement processes.
- Minimizing risk by access to timely knowledge and Information.

SourceTrace’s customers build stronger trust and engagement with stakeholders by providing them full visibility of the produce from farm to fork. For example:

- Ethical fashion brands can demonstrate the origin of organic cotton and win the trust and confidence of the end consumers.<
- QR-code based traceability solutions help retail stores provide full traceability including the origin information of the fresh produce.
- Aquaculture farmers can demonstrate the source of the seed and offer full visibility of the value chain to the end consumers.

SourceTrace enables organizations to implement data-driven agriculture practices that improve sustainability and reputation results. For example:

- Organic cotton farmers in India gained sustainable market access to global brands with premium pricing.
- Organizations were able to monitor and eliminate deforestation and child labor in cocoa value chains.
- Agribusiness were able to improve operational excellence by providing solutions for remote and low/no bandwidth areas.
- Firms can minimize risk through real-time solutions and insights from built-in risks.

SourceTrace solutions benefit stakeholders across the agriculture value chain

- For Agribusinesses: Increased business productivity
- For Farmers: Improved livelihoods
- For Government Agencies: Confidence in policy making
- For Financial Institutions: Reduced risk
- For Development Agencies: Better transparency