<aside> 💡 We are excited to share that Cauris is launching its second Portfolio on the TrueFi Protocol.
Cauris is a mission-driven investment firm that provides private credit to financial technology companies in emerging markets. Working across the Global South — with financings in Africa, Asia and Latin America — Cauris partners with fintechs that are making financial inclusion a reality for tens of millions of consumers and small businesses.
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Leveraging Decentralized Finance, we aim to facilitate efforts that extend financial services to 100M people because we believe access to credit is key to empowering individuals and small businesses. We believe that by enabling economic growth in emerging markets, we can accelerate the growth of the middle class and reduce global income inequality.
We plan to manage a pool of financing on TrueFi and to bring at least $100M in diversified lending opportunities on the TrueFi protocol over the next year.
| Name | Highlights |
|---|---|
| Est. APY | 18% (8% cash APR + 10% TRU rewards) |
| Portfolio launch size | $5,000,000 |
For our second portfolio, we aim to raise $5M in USDC stablecoin to support emerging markets fintech companies making loans to traditionally underbanked consumers and small businesses.
In our first portfolio, we financed ALMA, a fintech using innovative technology to provide creative debt financing to companies with a positive social impact. ALMA provides debt capital globally to high-performing companies in sectors including small business and consumer credit, climate finance, sustainable/regenerative agriculture and more. ALMA is also the first fintech borrower to commit to making its entire DeFi pool carbon neutral and “carbon transparent.”
For our second portfolio, we expect to make loans to fintechs similar to our existing portfolio companies: