Burlap & Barrel is a single origin spice company based in the US, sourcing a variety of spices across developing and developed markets around the world. The organization started by selling primarily to wholesale customers, and has increasingly focused on retail sales through its own ecommerce website.

Burlap & Barrel is focused on building long-term, mutually beneficial trade relationships with its partner farmers. Transparency and traceability are key aspects of Burlap’s approach, which seeks to bring farmers into greater positions of power within a value chain that was designed to exploit them.

Sunfunder is a solar financing business that unlocks capital for solar energy in emerging markets and improves the lives of those living without reliable access to electricity.