About
Sulô Barakah Holdings is a Filipino holdings company (trading as Sulô Barakah Ventures or SBV). It tailors Shariah-compliant impact investments that will build a better future for communities and provide compelling risk-adjusted returns for investors.
Impact Investment is a new mode of deploying capital in businesses whose core product of service offers a financial return and concurrently generates positive social and/or environmental impact in the course of their activities. These investments target a range of returns from below market to market rate, depending on investors’ strategic goals. Using this new asset class can provide capital to address Bangsamoro’s most pressing challenges in sectors such as
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Renewable energy
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Sustainable agriculture and fisheries
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Affordable and accessible basic services
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Microfinance
Our Purpose
Sulô is an Austronesian word that means torch in both Tagalog and Bisaya, signifying a light that will lead the way. Not because we know better as individuals, but because by partnering with communities we see more clearly and can forge new paths for Bangsamoro.
Barakah is an Arabic word that directly translates to “blessing” but is more accurately defined as a continuous spiritual presence and revelation that originates with God and flows through those closest to Him. Many Muslims seek barakah in their lives, work, and resources. It is believed that those who possess barakah can transmit it to others, benefiting them both materially and spiritually.
SBV is thus a venture that seeks to share blessings and light the way for Muslim Filipinos. It seeks to embody the hope of Moros for equity and not revenge - to be equal in rights, dignity, and opportunity. It seeks to invest in Filipino Muslims to bring forth a true peace founded on cultural stewardship, social inclusion of all ethnolinguistic groups, and environmental sustainability.
Join us as we strive to be a blessing to others by becoming the cornerstone and catalyst of the rapid, sustainable, and inclusive growth of Bangsamoro.
Our Edge
Our dedicated team at SBV have developed fundamental, structurally predicated competitive advantages to maximize the benefit from the emergence of the Bangsamoro region.
Depth
Our relationships enable access to data that grants tremendous operating capability in Basilan, we are able to identify and execute investments before any others in the national or international markets know about them.
Speed
Based in Isabela de Basilan, we are able to evaluate and execute on investments without bureaucratic scrutiny from an international office. Our small size and detailed evidence based approach afford us tremendous agility and adaptability, allowing us to seize opportunities as they arise.
Focus
Our focus on Basilan and Bangsamoro as a whole allows us to dig deeper for more profitable investment opportunities. We intend to capture as many deeply undervalued cashgenerating assets while embedding social inclusion, environmental sustainability, cultural stewardship, and compliance with both Shari’ah and Philippine law. This feat would be impossible without careful, focused attention
Our Team
Our dedicated team at SBV have over 20 years of proven expertise and emerging market experience.
