Vega Coffee

Date: 2018

Asset Class: Direct Private Debt Investment

Description:  Vega Coffee sells premium quality coffee direct to US consumers and through offices and schools. Using technology, transparency, and innovation Vega has moved the high value add parts of the supply chain (e.g., roasting) to where it is grown to increase coffee farmers’ incomes by 4x quite a bump over the 10-20% income increase for Fair Trade coffee.

Why We Invest: Of the 20 million coffee farmers worldwide 80% live at or below the poverty line. The 4x income increase in income transforms the lives of the coffee farmers and their communities. The loan was for a larger coffee roaster so Vega could expand operations from Nicaragua to Columbia.