What Stichting Fairchain does

Stichting FairChain is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting) established in 2014 in Amsterdam with ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) status. It builds Impact Consortia — Cross Sector Partnerships that bring together businesses, NGOs, and governments to redistribute value along global commodity supply chains so that production, processing, and profit remain in origin countries. Its mission is to substitute development aid with sustainable consumption by addressing the fact that only an estimated 10% of coffee value currently stays in producing countries. The concept was originated by Guido van Staveren van Dijk, founder of partner brand Moyee Coffee.

The foundation operates three interconnected service pillars — Impact Services (Theory of Change design, storyproving, quantified and verified impact goals), Technology Services (farm management software, blockchain infrastructure, custom traceability applications), and Business Services (go-to-market support for Cross Sector Partnerships) — alongside sub-brands Impactioneers and Posterior Tech. Its technology core is a blockchain traceability platform built in collaboration with KrypC, featuring patent-pending commodity tokenization that creates cryptotokens at the point of collection and tracks them immutably through the supply chain to consumer delivery; a LiveFeed circular reporting layer (circularreport.fairchain.org) exposes this data publicly. Operating programs run in Ethiopia (Limu, 350 farming families, up to 375,000 kg cherry annually), Rwanda (Musasa Dukundekawa Cooperative via Angelique's Finest and Kaffee Kooperative), Kenya, and Madagascar (Madécasse), with partner brand distribution in the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, and the United States.

FairChain is funded as a non-profit — primarily through grants and development funding enabled by its ANBI status, supplemented by professional services around the FairChain certification/partnership model and platform licensing — and does not publish commercial pricing. Named certified partner brands include Moyee Coffee (flagship, roasts 100% in Addis Ababa), The Other Bar (chocolate, with Hoja Verde and the United Nations, debuted at Davos), Kaffee Kooperative (Germany), Angelique's Finest (Rwandan women-produced), and Madécasse. The team is small (~10 core members) and the foundation's annual Impact Reports (2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) provide the primary documented record of operational continuity.

Name

Stichting Fairchain

Legal name

Stichting FairChain

Website

https://www.fairchain.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stichting FairChain is a Dutch ANBI-status non-profit foundation that builds blockchain-enabled Cross Sector Partnerships across coffee, chocolate, and vanilla supply chains, helping smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya, and Madagascar retain production and profit at origin.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supply Chain Transparency & Impact Consulting Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

Fair Trade & Ethical Supply Chains (Certification, Traceability, Producer Support) (BPAGALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory Reporting, Tax & Audit Trails (reconciliation, provenance) (FSAPAJAI), Royalties, Rights & Revenue Management (on-chain royalties, splits, licensing, enforcement) (FSAPAFAC)

Keywords

• Supply chain transparency
• Blockchain traceability
• Fair trade certification
• Impact measurement
• Value chain auditing

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cross Sector Partnership Services: FairChain provides services to businesses, NGOs, and governments wanting to build impact consortia — including impact design, technology integration, and go-to-market strategy. Revenue is derived from consulting and service fees related to the FairChain certification and partnership model.
2. Technology Platform Licensing: The blockchain platform built with KrypC is offered to brands to deliver on brand promise of transparency and fair sourcing. FairChain Tech (fairchain.tech) provides platform access to enterprise clients seeking end-to-end traceability.
3. Grants and Development Funding: As a non-profit foundation with ANBI status in the Netherlands, FairChain receives grants and development funding to support its mission of substituting development aid with sustainable trade. Governance reports and annual plans indicate grant-making and donor support.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

FairChain Foundation operates a methodology and technology platform that helps brands, NGOs, and governments build Cross Sector Partnerships (Impact Consortia) to create transparent, fair global value chains. Its core offerings combine Impact Services (quantified and verified impact measurement, Theory of Change design), Technology Services (blockchain traceability platform built with KrypC, farm management software, custom traceability apps), and Business Services (go-to-market support for inclusive business models). The foundation does not sell consumer products directly; instead it certifies partner brands such as Moyee Coffee and The Other Bar and licenses its blockchain platform for supply chain transparency from smallholder farmers to end consumers.

Product overview

FairChain Foundation operates as an impact organization offering three interconnected service pillars: Impact Services (quantified and verified impact goals, storyproving, Theory of Change), Technology Services (Farm Management software, blockchain infrastructure with KrypC, custom traceability applications), and Business Services (go-to-market support for Cross Sector Partnerships). Key technology products include the FairChain Blockchain Application and Posterior Tech platform featuring LiveFeed and Supply Chain Circle tools. The portfolio includes partner brands Moyee Coffee (roasted in Ethiopia), The Other Bar chocolate (UN partnership), Angeliques Finest Rwandan coffee, and Madecasse chocolate from Madagascar. All products use blockchain-based traceability enabling consumers to verify origin and farmer payments. The offering is designed to help transform conventional value chains into social enterprises through radical transparency and equal partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Impactioneers: Service offering related to impact-focused professionals and programs.
• Posterior Tech

Products and services

• Impact Services Professional services helping brands and NGOs quantify and verify impact goals through storyproving, Theory of Change development, and radical transparency of products and profits. Aimed at impact-driven brands, B-Corps, and NGOs that need verifiable proof of social and environmental outcomes.
• Technology Services Delivery and integration of the FairChain tech toolkit, including Farm Management software, blockchain infrastructure embedding trust in supply chain networks, and custom applications for end-to-end traceability. Targeted at brands and enterprises needing blockchain-based supply chain transparency and digital farmer payments.
• Business Services Go-to-market and business model support services for building inclusive business models based on Cross Sector Partnerships. Helps enterprises design, launch, and scale impact consortia that link corporate triple-bottom-line reporting with verifiable on-the-ground outcomes.
• FairChain Blockchain Application Blockchain platform developed in partnership with KrypC that enables end-to-end supply chain traceability, tokenization of commodities at point of collection, and transparent digital payments to smallholder farmers. Licensed to enterprises seeking immutable proof of fair sourcing and value distribution.
• Posterior Tech Platform Technology platform featuring blockchain traceability, LiveFeed circular reporting, and Supply Chain Circle tools that allow stakeholders and consumers to follow products from origin through to the point of consumption. Provides interactive digital tools for radical supply chain transparency.
• Impactioneers A program and community of professionals and organizations committed to creating positive impact through the FairChain methodology. Functions as a service offering that connects impact-focused practitioners with the foundation's framework, partnerships, and training resources.

Quantifiable outcome

• 350 farming families enrolled in FairChain training and premium programs in Limu, Ethiopia
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship / core, core / critical, flagship / major and minor.

• The Other Bar (Hoja Verde)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019A FairChain chocolate initiative together with Hoja Verde and the United Nations. The Other Bar project brings blockchain transparency to the world of chocolate, using blockchain for supply chain transparency and fair value distribution. Featured at Davos with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and Queen Maxima.
• Moyee Coffeeflagship / coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017The primary and flagship FairChain partner. Moyee Coffee is a Dutch specialty coffee company that roasts 100% of its coffee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The partnership pays farmers a fair price, drives toward a living income, connects last-mile production to first-mile consumer. Moyee is also the first European coffee company to introduce fully blockchain-traceable coffee via the FairChain platform. Guido van Staveren van Dijk is the founder of Moyee Coffee and the originator of the FairChain concept.
• KrypCcore / criticalTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2017KrypC is a pioneering developer of blockchain technologies that streamline critical supply chains in emerging economies. Their blockchain platform enables complete transparency and immutability across the supply chain, creates cryptotokens at point of collection, and allows digital payment directly to farmers. The partnership makes Moyee Coffee the first European coffee company with fully blockchain-traceable supply chain.
• United Nations (UNDP)flagship / majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFairChain collaborates with the United Nations on blockchain transparency projects including The Other Bar chocolate initiative. UNDP and the UN are referenced as key partners providing credibility and institutional backing for the blockchain-for-good agenda.
• Kaffee Kooperative (Germany)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerman FairChain partner that imports and sells Rwandan specialty coffee. Partners with Musasa Dukundekawa Cooperative in Rwanda (2,000 farmers at altitude) and completes all value-adding steps (roasting, packaging) in Rwanda before export. Represents the FairChain model in the German-speaking market.
• Proudly Made in Africa (Conall O'Caoimh)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Dublin-based non-profit that opens trading channels for African companies to bring their products into Western markets. Founded by Conall O'Caoimh after his Peace Corps experience. FairChain recognizes Proudly Made in Africa as a hero organization that creates channels for African-processed products to reach European retail. Shares the same value-adding at origin philosophy.
• Wageningen University & ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner contributing expertise in coffee quality assessment, agricultural research, and farmer training curriculum. A researcher (Jan) from WUR participated in cherry-to-cup quality testing in Ethiopia alongside FairChain team members.
• FairfoodminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA partner organization in the food traceability space. Marten from Fairfood joined the FairChain team in Ethiopia for the 2017 harvest to participate in cherry-to-cup activities and quality assessment.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• TechnoServe: International non-profit working with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. Comparable on the smallholder farmer development mission across coffee and other commodities, though using a consulting/program model rather than blockchain.
• Root Capital: Non-profit impact investor in agricultural smallholder enterprises. Comparable mission — building fair, transparent value chains for coffee/cocoa producers in Africa and Latin America — though expressed through financing rather than blockchain traceability.

Broad incumbents

• Rainforest Alliance: Major sustainability certification covering coffee, cocoa, and other tropical commodities. Comparable because it sells trust/verification to enterprise brands and consumers in the same product categories where FairChain operates (Ethiopian coffee, Madagascar cocoa).
• Fairtrade International: The dominant global fair-trade certification body. Direct comparator because FairChain explicitly positions beyond traditional FairTrade by adding origin value-addition and blockchain verification; same brands and supply chains, but Fairtrade is the entrenched incumbent.
• IBM Food Trust: Enterprise blockchain platform for food supply chain traceability operated by IBM. Broad incumbent that competes for the same enterprise brand customers seeking blockchain-verified provenance at scale, with significantly larger engineering and sales resources.

Direct peers

• OpenSC: Supply chain transparency platform using blockchain and other technologies to verify claims about food and fiber products. Direct peer in the blockchain supply-chain traceability category, serving enterprise brands with similar ESG-motivated use cases.
• bext360: Supply chain technology company that partnered with FairChain to launch the first blockchain-traceable coffee in Europe (2017). Directly comparable as a tech vendor focused on commodity tokenization and on-the-ground supply chain digitization in emerging markets.
• Fairfood: Dutch-based food traceability organization that partners with FairChain in field operations. Comparable because it operates at the intersection of smallholder farmer inclusion and supply-chain technology for European food brands — overlapping technology stack and geography.
• Provenance: Blockchain-based supply chain traceability platform for consumer goods. Directly comparable on technology (blockchain provenance), target customers (brands needing proof-of-claim), and value proposition (radical transparency for ESG).

Others

• KrypC: Blockchain technology vendor that built FairChain's underlying platform for commodity tokenization. Directly related as the technology infrastructure provider — enables FairChain's value proposition and is a potential alternative platform for similar traceability applications globally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/fairchainorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/FairChainFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fairchainfoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/fairchainfoundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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