5. A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE : Genius Coffee
• Family invested, Community Powered, Social Networks supported.
• established in late 2012.
• 20 staffs employed and over 100 farmers organized.
• Being exercise for Fair Trade Certification and Direct Trade to Farmers.
• [Seed to Cup] Coffee Supplier. (Nursery/Processing/Roasting/Café)
• Member of Specialty Coffee Association of America / World Coffee
Research / Cup of Excellence / Myanmar Coffee Association
6. Our Vision
• Export healthy quality product of Myanmar.
• Drinking more Coffee, Growing more Trees/Forest.
• We want to strike Farmer poverty with quality product.
8. Products
• Fresh Ground Coffee with reusable Bag
• Fresh Roasted whole Bean
• On-Demand-Roasting Coffee for Café
• Coffee subscription to your Door-step
• Coffee Brewer and Accessories
• Coffee Processing Machines (McKinnon Brand from India)
• Our target customers are local consumer and export specialty coffee to oversea.
12. Financing is the key issue
• We need Running Capital in Harvesting time.
• We are giving some advanced cash to farmers to reserve
best quality coffee
• Farmers may not accepted give partial cash payment
when buying coffee cherries.
• Buyer or Trader may not give any of advanced cash
before getting crops.
• Banks do not accept any of crops as collateral.
13. Crowdfunding or Farm Partner
• We accept short term investment for business extension.
• Target : some one who has small money to invest in short term
• Target : 200,000 USD / 45000 USD (received from the crowd)
• Benefits : Interest + discount from related businesses.
14. When we can start? How?
• Partners may participate starting from USD 100 between November 2015
until February 2016.
• At the end of six months, investors may receive interest according to their
investment and special offers from Genius and our related businesses.
• Partners may withdraw their investment at any time with one-week advance
notice. Genius Coffee will furnish a contract for investor review of terms.