by the MicroCapital Team -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Beneficial Returns Invests in Grupo Murlota to Expand Training, Incubation Capacity for Women Raising Chickens, Selling Organic Eggs in Rural Mexico

Grupo Murlota, a woman-owned provider of chickens and related supplies, financing and training in Mexico, recently borrowed an undisclosed sum from Beneficial Returns, a US-based lender to social enterprises in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The loan will help fund a new building at which Murlota will

by Nathan Kiplagat -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Beneficial Returns Invests in Ananas Anam, Buyer of Agricultural Waste from Farmers in the Philippines for Faux-leather Textile Pinatex

Beneficial Returns, a US-based investor, recently lent UK-based textile manufacturer Ananas Anam an undisclosed amount of capital to install five decorticators for “extracting the cellulose fibers from leaves” that pineapple farmers would otherwise burn as waste. Once extracted, the farmers “with a little training… can process tons of these fibers [thus] generating substantial additional income” by selling them to Ananas Anam. The firm further processes the fiber