We combine industry leading research
with strategic and financial advisory services
to drive capital in support of sustainable food systems
ISF Advisors has worked exclusively on the fundamental question of food and agriculture system transformation in over 50 country contexts from a number of different angles.
Our combination of research with strategic and financial advisory expertise allows us to analyze problems with a systems lens and structure investment solutions that mobilize different forms of capital.
Our strategic advisory work includes market assessment, investment prioritization, enterprise growth strategy, grant-making strategy, partnership analysis, and complex stakeholder facilitation.
Our financial advisory work includes financial vehicle design, investment structuring, due diligence, valuation, capital raising, governance, and impact framework definition.
Financing for East African Agro-Processors
As part of a nutrition alliance with USAID, TechnoServe, and Partners in Food Solutions, ISF provides financial advisory support and facilitates investment for agro-processors that produce nutritious foods.
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Design of Nutritious Food Financing Facility (N3F)
ISF worked with GAIN to assess pipeline, develop a nutrition impact fund concept, design the governance structure, recruit a fund manager, and support fundraising and structuring.
Financial Advisory
Strategic Advisory
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Maximizing Opportunities for Coffee and Cacao in the Americas
As part of a 5-year USDA funded initiative with TechnoServe, ISF is responsible for identifying and mobilizing long-term financing solutions for coffee and cacao tree renovation and rehabilitation in the Central American and Andean region.
Financial Advisory
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Engagement with SMEs in Food Systems
The Argidius Foundation commissioned ISF to develop a framework to help the Foundation better understand the roles of SMEs within food systems, how they might be better supported to grow, and contribute to more impactful, resilient, and sustainable systems.
Research
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Scaling Up Farmer Financing Through AgTechs
ISF worked with the IFC to identify ways of scaling up farmer financing in Sub-Saharan Africa through investment in digital AgTech models, including a methodology to shortlist and select relevant models for investment consideration.
Research
Strategic Advisory
Agricultural MFI Re-organization and Equity Raise
ISF advised Proximity Designs (a Myanmar based provider of finance, farm advisory services, and irrigation solutions) on a strategic re-organization, and subsequently advised on an equity raise.
Financial Advisory
Strategic Advisory
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Landscape and Partner Convening on Micro-insurance
ISF partnered with the Microinsurance Network to support the Gates Foundation in a strategic review of the global state of agri-insurance for smallholder households, including a sector convening to catalyze action.
Research
Strategic Advisory
Tool for Assessing Food Systems Investment Funds
ISF partnered with an alliance of foundations to develop a tool for assessing investment funds that align with principles of sustainability and are well-positioned to transform the global food system.
Financial Advisory
Strategic Advisory
Corporate Investment Partnerships
USAID engaged ISF to evaluate models that demonstrate how companies have worked alongside donors to strengthen supply chains or value chains in a way that achieves both strategic and impact objectives.
Research
Strategic Advisory
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