Phitrust Asia is an investment company dedicated to financing and supporting projects with high social impact in South East Asia. Phitrust Asia supports the development of social entrepreneurship in the region by targeting two growing and high-impact sectors, agribusiness and access to energy.
First investment: November 2019
THE COMPANY
ATEC* Biodigesters is a social enterprise that produces, sells and distributes a custom-manufactured biodigester produced in Cambodia.
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
– By developing in Cambodia and Bangladesh the commercialization of this biodigester system, farming households utilize gas as a source of free energy. The system also produces an organic fertilizer that can be used as a substitute of chemical fertilizer.
– Integrating a PAYGO system with biodigesters, allowing much more rural families to have access to a biodigester
– Allowing rural families to save more than US$520 per year, combining these benefits.
SOCIAL / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN 2019
– 1 500 units sold within Cambodia,
– 20 tons of fertilizer produced per year
– The rural family can make an average saving US$ 13 000 over the product lifetime.
Leading team : Ben Jeffreys
Website : https://atecbio.com/
