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.