Start Up #4: Cropital - Farmer Lending and Investment

Ruel Amparo is the founder of Cropital, a crowdfunding platform enabling investors to provide financial support to smallholder farmers in the Philippines.Ruel is a graduate of BS Industrial Engineering in UP Diliman and a Forbes 30 Under 30 (Finance Asia) honoree. Cropital was part of the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Center's (MaGIC) ASEAN Accelerator Program and awarded Philippine Social Enterprise of the Year at the Philippine Rice Bowl Startup Awards 2016.We talk about the state of agriculture in the Philippines, the plight of our smallholder farmers, how financing can impact food security and farmers' quality of life, and especially Cropital's story, achievements, and challenges.Learn more about Cropital at: https://www.cropital.com and https://www.facebook.com/Cropital.Support and shop online from local Filipino farmers through: https://store.cropital.com and https://www.facebook.com/cropital.store.