TBL Mirror Fund

A big gap exists between micro-finance and institutional capital in Kenya, between 50.000 and 1.000.000 euro. Companies that have a need for capital in this range can hardly obtain this. These companies are typically small and medium sized companies (SME's), that are very instrumental for growth of the Kenyan Economy. To facilitate the SME sector TBL has set up the TBL Mirror Fund, an equity investment fund, and TBL Invest BV to manage the fund. With this initiative TBL will positively impact both the Kenyan SME sector as well as the Kenyan Capital market.

The TBL Mirror Fund is a EUR 4 million Venture Capital fund based in both Kenya and the Netherlands. The Fund provides long term equity, hands-on involvement and a global investor network towards fast growing East African businesses.

The TBL Mirror Fund facilitates and manages the combined investment of capital and know-how in promising companies. The 40 private investors of the TBL Mirror Fund are successful private individuals with a wide variety of industry backgrounds, from CEOs of large multinationals, to seasoned entrepreneurs and experienced venture capitalists. The Investors are actively involved in the management of the portfolio companies through annual visits, board membership and membership of the investor board of the Fund.

For more information check: http://www.tblmirrorfund.com/

ProFarm Pakistan

Pakistan has the 5th largest dairy sector in the world. The country inhabits 26,3 million buffaloes and 24,2 million cows. Artificial Insemination (AI) is an important tool for farmers to get a healthy, durable and productive herd. As a result of a structural increase of domestic demand for processed milk and dairy based products, demand for high quality genetic material and reliable insemination services is growing.

To serve this market The Blue Link and CRV International, a multinational supplier and producer of high quality proven bovine semen, established ProFarm Pakistan (private) limited.

Mission
ProFarm Pakistan aims to be:

"The reliable provider of quality cattle breeding services in Pakistan"

Business Model
ProFarm Pakistan will establish a sales and service network initially in the Punjab province to provide farmers with reliable AI service and high quality semen.

This network will comprise of 30 AI Centers with a network of 1200 well-trained Artificial Insemination Technicians.

Product & Services
To offer the right choice for each animal and breeding goal, the portfolio contains a variety of breeds and bulls. ProFarm therefore offers semen of exotic breeds (Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and crosses), local breeds (Cholistani and Sahiwal) and buffalo.

The imported product is the result of extensive breeding programs that are producing high quality semen with excellent breeding values and high reliability.

The local product is subject to frequent quality audits to ensure it meets ProFarm standards. To further improve the quality of the local product, a continuous quality improvement program has been initiated.

ProFarm service is delivered by trained AI technicians, who are constantly evaluated and stimulated to keep delivering a quality service..

The combination of product and service ensure that ProFarm provides quality and reliability.

Sustainable breeding
To ensure long term profitability of both the dairy farmer as well as the company, ProFarm conducted a thorough analysis of local circumstances such as environment and animal management practices to develop a Breeding Policy for Pakistan. As a result a careful selection of elite bulls was made, enabling farmers to breed for functional, durable and high producing animals.

As the farmers' success is closely linked to ProFarms' success, its service will be offered at a fair price to farmers throughout the Punjab, supported by free advice and education on breeding, AI and best farming practices.

For more information check www.profarm.com.pk