Financing Windows & Portfolio

KOF farms and consolidates from Buguias Benguet. The owner, Sarah Atting, manages a 2-ha vegetable farm in Benguet and consolidates vegetable products from five other smaller farmers with a total farm area of 3-has. Around 60% of her supplies come from her own farm and 40% from other five smaller farmers. Furthermore, 70% of her produce and those that come from smaller farmers go to LGl, and the remaining 30% to other buyers such as Monarch Hotel, Kadiwa-DA, and AgriPinoy Centers. The partnership with inBEST will expand her. vegetable production by improving her facilities to cover more land area for production and by adding three more farmers covering a total of 1.5 HAs in her supply chain.

Normalou Farms is owned by Norma Saltico, an upland vegetable farmer and consolidator from La Trinidad, Benguet. Norma manages a vegetable farm with a size of 2,600 sqm and consolidates for six other smaller farmers with a total production area of 5,000 sqm. Norma delivers various vegetables to LGI and around 30-40% of her supplies come from her own farm and the rest from the other six smaller farmers. Around 30% of her produce and those that come from smaller farmers go to LGI and the rest to other buyers. With the investment from inBEST, Norma aims to double her production capacity by expanding to another 3,000 sqm and improving her farm facilities.

Founded in 2013 by then young entrepreneur, Marly Dalagan Ocasla — who as a teenager got interested in learning fish trading, Dirk Fish Trading is a wholesale trader of fish in Mindanao. It bulk buys fish at the port level and then supplies it to fish markets across General Santos City. Launched with one rented truck, DFD now owns six trucks with the capacity to deliver 1600 boxes of fish every month and is planning to double its volume through the partnership with inBEST.

Just Go Low Carb is a manufacturing company engaged in the creation, development, and production of baked goods that use low carbohydrate ingredients that are preferably locally sourced. The company was officially registered with the DTI on 11 June 2020 but has been informally operating via bazaars and trade events since 2018. The partnership with inBEST will help scale up their production capacity through the acquisition of new machines and equipment, purchase of raw materials in bulk, and market expansion.

Operating in the upland north region of the Philippines, WVT aggregates fresh produce from farmers and supplies them to various retailers. A registered nurse turned vegetable dealer, Rachelle Pontino Patot has been running this business for the last 12 years. WVT supplies a range of fresh produce to mainly five vegetable retailers that are operating malls in Metro Manila and Batangas — including Livegreen, an inBEST Ventures investee company that referred WVT for the loan. It also supplies vegetables to wholesale suppliers in public markets.

Started in 1996, J&N is an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) trading company based in Sorsogon province of the Philippines. Along with its exclusive distribution contract with M-Gas, J&N expanded its operations by partnering with multiple LPG brands such as Shellane, Phoenix, Eco Savers, Island Gas, and Max Gas, among others. With around 1,200 gas tanks, J&N currently sells 300 tanks per day and aims to double its operations in the next 24 months.

Island Solar Trading was originally a trader of solar lanterns and has now evolved into a trading company that provides last-mile communities with useful technology and gadget, and other basic household appliances on credit and payment terms. IST has 4 branches in Palawan — Busuanga, Coron, and Cuilon and the partnership with inBEST will help open its 5th branch in Guimbal, lloilo.