CROWDFARMING (IEU G) (EIB-20220630)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Spain
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Investment Bank (EIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jul 19, 2023
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
CROWDFARMING SL
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Communications
  • Industry and Trade
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 16.81 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 15
Converted using 2023-07-19 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 16.81 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 15 million
Converted using 2023-07-19 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 42.58 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 38 million
Converted using 2023-07-19 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Media Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EIB website

Updated in EWS Dec 2, 2023

Disclosed by Bank Oct 27, 2023

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

As stated by the EIB, the investment programme addresses, among other activities, the further developments and enhancements of the digital marketplace, the integration of a broad and diversified range of payment methods to make user experience as frictionless as possible, the development of tools that foster order recurrence and promote transparency and sustainable agricultural practices, and the development of additional automation capabilities in logistics.

The project will finance mostly investments in research, development and innovation activities, as well as the commercial growth of the company.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
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As stated by the EIB, CrowdFarming is Europe's leading platform for the direct sale of organic food. Founded in 2017 by Juliette Simonin, Moisés Calviño, and brothers Gabriel and Gonzalo Úrculo, they currently have over 300 farmers selling organic food from their farms to more than 500,000 families in Europe. The company provides all the necessary tools farmers need to create their own direct sales channel, whilst enabling consumers to buy quality organic and regenerative products directly from farmers. CrowdFarming pioneered the adoption model in agriculture, which allows consumers to reserve their share of the harvest of a farmer on exchange for a fair price. The company is hence scaling direct sales in Europe through a win-win-winner approach: CrowdFarming benefits farmers, consumers, and creates a positive impact in society and the environment.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Crowdfarming SL Client Agriculture and Forestry

Contact Information
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Client - Crowdfarming SL:

Phone: +44 20 3318 4317
Email: https://www.crowdfarming.com/en

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