Accelerating the transition to organic fertilizer for smallholders

Regen Organics collects, treats, and converts organics waste into different regenerative agriculture products, such as organic fertilizer and insect protein for animal feed. The company has three circular economy products designed for smallholders in the region: EverGrow (their organic fertilizer), KuzaPro (an insect protein for animal feed), and Biochar (briquettes used as an addition to fertilizer). Regen hopes to provide climate-smart products to more than 250,000 farmers within the next five years.

Why Rippleworks Invested:

Regen has an ability to rapidly scale its EverGrow fertilizer product throughout Kenya and the broader region through a new sales channel of global fertilizer companies. In order to do so, Regen needs to invest heavily in two things: 1) a more robust sales team to source, maintain, and ensure successful relationships with these fertilizer companies, and 2) ramping up production capabilities to meet the larger offtake volumes these suppliers want. A flexible loan to Regen helps them continue the work of increasing incomes for farmers while realizing thousands of tons of carbon offsets every year.