# Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme

> Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme is a VC fund in Oxford backing AgTech and Retail. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://edp.oxfam.org.uk/

Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is an innovative model that provides support to entrepreneurs in some of the world’s poorest countries to help them create and build viable, sustainable businesses. The resulting jobs and associated opportunities provide benefits for both the employees and the wider communities around them, liftingsome of the world’s poorest families out of poverty.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uganda | 1 | 33% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 33% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| River Poultry | River Poultry is addressing a critical gap in Uganda's poultry industry. Consumers struggle to differentiate between fresh, high-quality eggs and those that are potentially spoilt. Simultaneously, farmers grapple with low profitability due to inefficient production and limited market information.To tackle these challenges, we'vedeveloped Kuevos-AI, an advanced egg-scanning technology that accurately detects defects and determines egg freshness. This ensures consumers receive only the highest quality products while empowering farmers to make data-driven decisions. Additionally, our AI-powered systems predict market demand, enabling us to optimize production and reduce waste. By combining these innovative solutions, River Poultry is enhancing food safety, increasing farmer incomes, and building a sustainable poultry value chain. | $5.6K | Seed | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| Farm Trust | Farm Trust is an E-commerce platform for fruits and vegetables that provide traceability through blockchain. | $14.1K | Grant | Jan 02, 2021 |  |
| GreenPath Food | GreenPath supports and improves the production of food on Partner Farms, growing greater amounts of fruit and vegetables by using organic, bio-diverse, and environmentally sustainable farming practices. Increased fruit and vegetable yields lead to higher incomes, and incentivize farmers to move away from growing less nutritious crops that requireincreasingly expensive synthetic chemicals and pesticides, that leave harmful side effects on land and human health. With more nutritious foods on their farms, our farmers also eat more healthily at home. | $1M | Series A | Apr 01, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DEG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Novastar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/novastar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Yunus Social Business](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yunus-social-business) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme invest in?

Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme invests primarily in AgTech, Retail and Software startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Uganda. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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