Cinch

Our total investment:
$250K restricted grants; $580K SAFE
Funded since 2020
For profit

Why We Invest: 

A lot of land sits idle in Africa because farmers lack the resources and incentives to invest in their land. Land gets increasingly subdivided leading to tiny acreages that are near impossible to make a decent living from. This creates a vicious cycle of underutilized potential and poverty.

Cinch breaks this cycle with mosaic agriculture: they lease fragmented plots from smallholders and aggregate the land into larger, productive operations. They handle everything from mechanization and irrigation to crop selection and management on these mosaic farms, ensuring optimal yields. They then broker deals with buyers to guarantee markets for the crops, while also providing lease payments and labor opportunities that significantly boost farmers’ incomes.

Early data shows farmers’ incomes get a big boost. With strong early traction, Cinch is well-positioned to prove that mosaic agriculture can provide big income gains for smallholder farmers.

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