The Oasis Fund invests in commercially viable companies that deliver essential goods and services which directly benefit low income communities by providing access to affordable housing, healthcare, education, energy, livelihood opportunities, water, sanitation and the like. Oasis is global in its scope and uses both debt and equity instruments to support the growth of ventures in its diversified portfolio.

Bamboo Finance is proud to be associated with the “Oasis Fund” since its inception in 2007. To date, the Bamboo Finance team has already helped the Fund to close what we consider to be landmark transactions in the field of social entrepreneurship. These investments are not only expected to yield impressive financial returns, but are also impacting the lives of thousands of low-income families in Pakistan, India, Vietnam, Laos, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Central America.

The following companies are examples of Oasis investment partners:

CareCross
CareCross is a network of companies which provides access to affordable healthcare in South Africa with a focus on primary care services, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, and provision of low-cost generic medicines. CareCross is developing a new low-cost product that allows low-income workers to have unlimited primary care medical coverage, dentistry, chronic and acute drugs including HIV treatment, optometry and laboratory tests. This will be the first of its kind in South Africa.

Vaatsalya Healthcare
Vaatsalya is a network of hospitals which provides affordable primary and secondary care in rural and semi-urban areas in India. Their goal in the next 3-5 years is to increase their network to 50 hospitals across 4 Indian states and to serve over a 1 million patients. Vaatsalya currently has the largest network of hospitals in the Indian state of Karnataka. 

Vortex
Vortex is a technology company which designs, develops and distributes low-cost ATM for semi-urban and rural markets in India. The ATM functionality includes biometric authentication, soiled notes disbursement, low-power consumption and the ability to operate on solar power. These features together with the lower transaction cost make this ATM feasible in less populated rural areas.  Their clients include the State Bank of India, the largest bank in India. 

FINAE
FINAE is a Mexican financial institution that provides loans to university students from low- and middle-income families who have shown academic excellence but lack the funds to pay the costs of education. The company has contracts with high quality universities with relatively higher tuition fees, and grants loans to students who cannot afford to continue their studies.

VidaGas
Vidagas is a company providing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to healthcare clinics, businesses and low-income households in remote areas of northern Mozambique that currently use charcoal and wood for cooking fuel. LPG is a more energy-efficient source for cooking and a wide range of other purposes, which reduces health risks, particularly for women and children typically exposed to harmful fumes from the use of charcoal and wood.

Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund
Aavishkaar is a micro venture fund in India focused on investing in early stage commercially-sustainable social enterprises. The fund is focused on supporting social enterprises operating in rural India in the following sectors: handicrafts, technology for development, renewable energy and waste management, agro-business, rural innovations, healthcare and education.

Immersion
Immersion is a Pakistan housing company which develops land and provides fully serviced affordable housing units for both low income and middle income families in Lahore. Their goal is to support 2,300 previous slum dwellers in obtaining land titles in a community where they will have access to clean water, electricity, sanitation and high quality education for their children.

Joma
Joma is a chain of bakeries and cafés in South East Asia which provides employment for severely disadvantaged men and women who are at-risk or victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, or trafficking. They are currently operating bakeries and cafés in Lao and Vietnam.

Husk Power Systems
Husk is a company providing electricity to rural households and businesses in India which are not linked to the national electricity grid.  Husk installs and operates locally-based biogas plants that are powered from rice husk to produce clean, safe and efficient electricity at affordable rates.

Coast Coconut Farms
Coast Coconut Farms is a producer of extra virgin organic coconut oil in Kenya. The company is currently creating micro-franchises of home-based coconut oil extraction businesses for rural East African women and linking them to the international and domestic market.

SICSA
SICSA is a debt fund in Central America with the objective to provide financing for a network of microfinance institutions (MFIs). The fund focuses on supporting second- and third-tier MFIs which are typically serving low-income markets and have a strong focus on innovating to create social value for these customers.