DOB Equity

DOB Equity is an investment fund that supplies capital to entrepreneurs in Eastern Africa. It puts money into scalable businesses that aim to add social and environmental value while remaining profitable over the long term.

What DOB Equity offers

• Equity investment: funds companies in Eastern Africa that it judges to be scalable and impactful.
• Evergreen structure: proceeds from exits are reinvested rather than paid out, which makes the fund a long-term partner.
• Portfolio management: devotes substantial resources to supporting the companies it has backed.
• Risk management: works with entrepreneurs on environmental, social and governance risks while building value for the business and its communities.

Customers and markets

Entrepreneurs and companies across Eastern Africa. Examples on its site include a business making grain affordable in Rwanda and one linking farmers with vendors.

Key facts

• Offices: Kenya, Tanzania and the Netherlands
• Structure: evergreen fund
• Goals: aims to align its work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals