What Fairventures Social Forestry does

Fairventures Social Forestry (operating under the brand Fairventures Agroforestry) is a for-profit social enterprise that partners with smallholder farmer cooperatives and forest farmer groups (KTH) in Indonesia to redesign agricultural value chains through climate-resilient agroforestry. The company purchases commodities — primarily natural rubber, plus coffee, cocoa, banana, and timber — directly from cooperatives at fair prices with immediate cash and bank-transfer payments, aggregating product and selling to global offtakers under an EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)-compliant framework. The operating legal entity is NBSV Worldwide Pte Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated private limited company (UEN 202329268R) headquartered at 160 Robinson Road, Singapore, with Indonesian operations housed under PT Fairventures Social Forestry.

The platform combines on-the-ground agronomic services with proprietary digital infrastructure: dedicated farmer-facing and cooperative-facing mobile traceability applications, a real-time rubber offtake data dashboard, and an investor-facing project portal covering Central Kalimantan, Java-Bali, Southern Sumatra, and Western Sumatra. Fairventures also operates institutional capacity-building programs, provides interest-free working capital to cooperatives, and manages the development of a $100 million Dual Blended Finance Structure (DBFS) vehicle through sister entity NBSV Worldwide, which is intended to scale regenerative agroforestry to 100,000 hectares of forest land while generating verified carbon credits.

The business model is primarily transaction-based: Fairventures earns margin on the spread between prices paid to farmer cooperatives and prices received from global buyers (rubber traders, tyre manufacturers, coffee roasters, cocoa traders). A secondary revenue stream is the generation and sale of carbon credits under voluntary and regulatory standards, channeled through the DBFS vehicle. Distribution is field-led through field agronomists, dedicated local collectors (predominantly women), and cooperative partnerships, supplemented by partner referrals and impact-investor networks (Temasek Foundation, Good Energies Foundation, Convergence). Enterprise offtaker relationships include KRAIBURG Austria (100 tonnes/month EUDR-compliant rubber) and Weber & Schaer (European rubber importer). Headcount is in the 11–50 range.

Name

Fairventures Social Forestry

Legal name

NBSV Worldwide Pte Ltd

Website

https://fairventures.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fairventures Social Forestry (DBA Fairventures Agroforestry) is a for-profit social enterprise that builds EUDR-compliant agroforestry value chains in Indonesia, sourcing rubber, coffee, cocoa, banana, and timber directly from smallholder cooperatives and selling to global offtakers through proprietary traceability technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Product Sales (Rubber, Coffee, Cocoa, Banana, Timber): Fairventures purchases agricultural products (rubber, coffee, cocoa, bananas, timber) directly from farmer cooperatives at fair prices and sells to global offtakers (rubber traders, coffee roasters, cocoa traders). Revenue is generated through margin on product sales, with prices structured to reward quality improvements and deliver immediate payment to farmers. The company facilitates the full value chain from planting inputs through market access.
2. Carbon Credit Generation: Through the DBFS blended finance vehicle, Fairventures generates carbon credits via conservation of existing forests and reforestation through agroforestry systems. Carbon credits are sold to offtakers aligned with voluntary and regulatory carbon standards, providing an additional revenue stream linked to verified environmental impact.
3. Working Capital & Institutional Capacity Services: Fairventures provides interest-free working capital facilities to cooperatives to enable them to purchase products from smallholder farmers, along with institutional capacity building. Revenue is generated through the overall value chain margin as Fairventures aggregates and sells the products.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fairventures Social Forestry operates a socially-driven agroforestry platform that empowers smallholder farmers across Southeast Asia (primarily Indonesia) by redesigning agricultural value chains, providing interest-free working capital, climate-resilient inputs and training to cooperatives, and connecting them directly to global commodity buyers for sustainably produced rubber, coffee, cocoa, bananas, and timber. The company also generates verified carbon credits through conservation of existing forests and agroforestry reforestation via a $100M Dual Blended Finance Structure (DBFS) vehicle managed by sister entity NBSV Worldwide Pte Ltd.

Product overview

Fairventures Agroforestry operates as a unified platform combining farmer empowerment programs, traceability applications, and an investor portal. The core platform provides market-driven agroforestry solutions to smallholder farmers across Southeast Asia, while the Investor Portal enables impact investors to monitor project sites in Central Kalimantan, Southern Sumatra, Java-Bali, and Western Sumatra. Specialized Traceability Apps (Farmer App and Cooperative App) support the value chain by enabling data collection and transaction tracking. The platform supports high-value crops including coffee, cocoa, bananas, and rubber alongside timber species, with over 1,500 farmers currently benefiting from cooperative-based resource management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sustainable Agricultural Commodity Offtake (Rubber, Coffee, Cocoa, Banana, Timber)
• Verified Carbon Credits
• Cooperative Capacity Building and Working Capital Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% increase in average monthly income for rubber farmers (EUR 40 to EUR 80) in Central Kalimantan through improved offtake practices.
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• KRAIBURG AustriacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 July 2024KRAIBURG Austria, a retreading specialist and part of the KRAIBURG Group, signed a contract at the German Rubber Conference (DKT) in Nuremberg (July 2024) to purchase 100 tonnes/month of EUDR-compliant natural rubber from Indonesian smallholder farmers. Rubber is sourced directly through Weber & Schaer and Fairventures Social Forestry, with the price subsidy supporting the project's economic viability. KRAIBURG Austria is the first private company partner in this sustainable supply chain, emphasizing fair treatment of suppliers and credible environmental awareness.
• Weber & SchaercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 July 2024The Hamburg-based trading company (founded 1844), Europe's leading importer of natural rubber and latex, serves as the primary intermediary between Fairventures' farmer supply chain and KRAIBURG Austria. Weber & Schaer has partnered with Fairventures since the project's inception, facilitating direct sourcing from smallholders and ensuring EUDR compliance. Managing Director René Marc Weber has praised the collaboration as combining quality, sustainability, and entrepreneurial vision.
• PT Rocky Lintas UtamasecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023PT Rocky Lintas Utama operates a banana farm in Yogyakarta and partnered with Fairventures to host banana harvesting training (December 9-10, 2023) for agronomists and farmer representatives. The partnership includes banana expert Mr. Wahyudi providing 30 years of cavendish banana plantation experience. PT Rocky also granted permission for Fairventures to observe post-harvest handling at their production facility, supporting quality standardization for Fairventures' banana supply chain.
• XChain EnergysecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023XChain Energy, led by CEO Mr. Joosten Rik, participated in the October 2023 investor site visit to Fairventures' Besole Village project in East Java. As an energy sector participant in the investor group, XChain Energy represents potential strategic alignment for sustainable energy integration in rural project operations.
• Indonesian Lightwood Association (ILWA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023ILWA, represented by Mr. Kartawirya, participated in the October 2023 investor site visit to Besole Village. As a domestic Indonesian association related to timber/lightwood, ILWA represents potential market access and industry alignment for Fairventures' timber products from agroforestry systems.
• East Java Forestry Service BranchsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023The East Java Forestry Service Branch participated in a dinner with Fairventures, JNBS partners, and the Agro Makmur Lestari Forest Farmer Group during the October 2023 investor site visit. This government engagement supports regulatory alignment, social forestry permit coordination, and policy support for Fairventures' project activities in East Java.
• NGO ARuPAsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023ARuPA, an Indonesian NGO, is a local partner collaborating with Fairventures in the Besole Village agroforestry project. Representatives participated in the October 2023 investor site visit alongside the Agro Makmur Lestari Forest Farmer Group and East Java Forestry Service Branch. ARuPA contributes local expertise, community engagement, and NGO-level coordination for social forestry implementation.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• KOMAZA: KOMAZA is a Kenya-based agroforestry social enterprise that partners with smallholder farmers to plant and manage commercially viable tree species, then buys back the harvest. Closely mirrors Fairventures' smallholder value chain redesign model, multi-crop agroforestry approach, and for-profit social enterprise structure, but in East Africa rather than Southeast Asia.
• Trees for the Future: Trees for the Future (TREES) is a US-based nonprofit operating the Forest Garden Approach with smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Directly comparable mission (training farmers in agroforestry, restoring degraded land, building long-term farmer income) and operational model (farmer training + tree planting + ongoing support), though TREES is nonprofit-funded while Fairventures is for-profit.
• reNature: reNature is a Netherlands-based regenerative agroforestry company that designs and implements agroforestry systems and supply chains for corporates and farmer cooperatives. Directly comparable in agroforestry model design, cooperative engagement, and supply chain development, with overlap in tropical geographies and corporate-offtake partnerships.

Emerging players

• Boomitra: Boomitra is a US-based carbon removal platform that uses satellite monitoring and AI to issue carbon credits for regenerative agriculture and agroforestry practiced by smallholder farmers in emerging markets (India, Kenya, Mexico, others). Comparable in smallholder engagement and agroforestry-based carbon credit generation, though more technology-led and less involved in cooperative value chain design.
• Kheyti: Kheyti is an India-based agritech social enterprise that designs and delivers low-cost farming solutions to smallholder farmers, including greenhouse kits, advisory services, and market access. Comparable in smallholder value chain redesign and for-profit social enterprise structure, though focused on protected cultivation rather than agroforestry per se.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole Group: South Pole is a Switzerland-headquartered climate solutions company that develops and sells carbon credits from nature-based and tech-based projects globally, including significant Southeast Asia forestry and agroforestry portfolios. Comparable in carbon project development, nature-based solutions focus, and corporate buyer relationships, but operates at much larger scale across multiple project types beyond agroforestry.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is a Netherlands-headquartered global commodity merchant trading cotton, coffee, cocoa, sugar, rice, rubber, and other agricultural commodities, with growing sustainability/traceability programs. Appears as a partner on Fairventures' website and represents the type of large-scale trader that Fairventures engages with for offtake. Broad incumbent with overlapping commodity interests but not specializing in smallholder cooperative-led agroforestry.
• Olam Agri: Olam Agri (now part of Olam Group / ofi spin-off) is a Singapore-headquartered global agribusiness operating across cocoa, coffee, cotton, nuts, rice, rubber, and other commodities with significant smallholder sourcing. Comparable as a major buyer of smallholder-traced commodities including rubber and coffee, with overlapping customer segments (global EUDR-bound buyers), but operates at vastly larger scale and across many geographies and product categories.
• Cargill: Cargill is a US-headquartered global agribusiness and commodity trader operating across cocoa, cotton, grain, oilseeds, palm, rubber, and other commodities with substantial sustainability and smallholder programs. Comparable as a major global commodity buyer with sustainability mandates potentially creating offtake opportunities, but operates at vastly larger scale and as a diversified incumbent rather than smallholder value chain specialist.

Others

• Root Capital: Root Capital is a US-based nonprofit impact investor that provides credit and capacity building to smallholder agricultural cooperatives in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Comparable in serving smallholder cooperatives and offering working capital alongside capacity building, though Root Capital is a financing intermediary rather than a project operator or direct offtaker.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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