Total Funding
55
51
Total FundingGrant raised
Growth Score
-3 pts
Heat Score
-5 pts
Company Performance Metrics
Score
Trend
AI Content may contain mistakes and is not legal, financial or investment advice.Learn more.
Growth Score - The measure of growth based on company activity, operational metrics, and investments
Growth Trend - The change in the growth score over the given time period
Heat Score - The measure of the market interest, media activity, and Crunchbase profile activity
Heat Trend - The change in the heat score over the given time period
See more interactive data and historical milestones on desktop for the best experience
Root Capital invests in small and growing agricultural businesses that build sustainable livelihoods.
- Katherine Borsecnik: Director and Vice Chair
Willy Foote: Founder & CEO
About the Company
Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training, and strengthening market connections for small and growing agricultural businesses. The organization also invests in the growth of agricultural
enterprises so they can transform rural communities. These businesses purchase crops such as coffee, cocoa, or grains from smallholder farmers.
It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
