R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund Supports Series 6 of the Social Impact Pulse Podcast.
Episode 35 of The Social Impact Pulse is an in-depth conversation with Sonica Sarna, founder of Sonica Sarna Design, who creates impact driven, sustainable supply chains for brands. Over the past two decades, she’s worked with over 40 artisan partners in India.
Why We Invested: BIDUK
Sprout Enterprise®, through its R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund, has invested in BIDUK, a prototype debt fund supplying capital to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Indonesia. BIDUK (Berinvestasti Dalam Usaha untuk Kemajuan, or Investing in Business for Progress) delivers lending products that are custom-tailored to meet the specific capital requirements of SGBs, using cash-flow based lending.