Our approach

Voxtra invests in NGOs and social enterprises that have identified an effective way of fighting poverty. These investments can be in the form of grants, equity or debt. Regardless of the type of investment, Voxtra expects its investments to generate high and measurable social returns. Voxtra focuses primarily on India and East Africa.
 

Grant investments in NGOs
Voxtra provides grants to NGOs that have collected solid evidence on the effectiveness of their approach, reached a certain scale (typically within a range of 3-10 MUSD in annual expenditures), built high-quality systems for financial management and impact monitoring, attracted highly skilled managers and built a track-record of good cooperation with all relevant stakeholders. Enabling such high-impact organizations to grow is what we see as one of the most effective ways of putting our philanthropic capital to work. Voxtra’s primary focus for its grant investments is on solutions for increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers.
 

Equity and debt investments in social enterprises (“impact investing”)
Voxtra is a firm believer that business solutions have a crucial role to play in eradicating poverty. Therefore, Voxtra invests in for-profit social enterprises that offer solutions to the challenges faced by the less privileged in the developing world. Such social enterprises should have at least two years of track record. Voxtra prefers to co-invest with a lead investor on the ground. As Voxtra is an “impact-first” investor, the social returns should be comparable to those of the most effective grant-funded programs.