<article><a href="http://www.arjuni.com/" target="_blank">Arjuni </a>International Ltd, a Phnom Penh-based social enterprise, has secured investment capital from <a href="http://icco-investments.org/" target="_blank">ICCO Investment </a>in a bid to expand its business to meet consumer demand and deepen the impact it has on its beneficiaries across Cambodia.</article>

<a href="http://www.arjuni.com/" target="_blank">Arjuni </a>International Ltd, a Phnom Penh-based social enterprise, has secured investment capital from <a href="http://icco-investments.org/" target="_blank">ICCO Investment </a>in a bid to expand its business to meet consumer demand and deepen the impact it has on its beneficiaries across Cambodia.
The fund raising is supported by<a href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/?s=Impact+investment+exchange" target="_blank"> Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX)</a>, which provided business advisory through <a href="http://acts.shujog.org/" target="_blank">Shujog Assistance for Capacity-building and Technical Services (ACTS).</a> 
“I appreciate IIX’s assistance with understanding valuation. I’m new to this arena and it was very helpful to understand the ways in which an investor might value our efforts to date.”said Janice Wilson, founder and CEO of Arjuni International.
Arjuni International manufactures human hair extensions from the hair that has been collected from women in Cambodian villages. The company processes it in a factory in Phnom Penh and sells products online, where the main market is the United States.
Despite the rapidly-growing market and emergence of other hair-extension manufacturers and retailers, Arjuni has differentiated itself through its commitment to create the social impact for all related parties.
Through its operations, the company provides employment to women-at-risk and improves the livelihood of its hair suppliers by increasing their income. The lack of middle buyers makes it possible for , Arjuni to achieve both high quality and offer reasonable priced products.
“We are thrilled that IIX’s business advisory services have contributed to Arjuni’s successful capital raising. Arjuni’s mission of providing livelihoods for women-at-risk in Cambodia is one that we wholeheartedly support. We look forward to assisting more of such high impact social enterprises (like Arjuni), as they grow and scale their impact,” said IIX’s managing director Robert Kraybill.
IIX began working with Arjuni in early March 2014 under the Shujog ACTS program. The scope of business advisory services IIX provided included, assisting Arjuni in finalising its investment documents, its business plan, financial model, and investor presentation; thus enabling Arjuni to achieve its capital raising goals.

Cambodia’s Arjuni secures fund from ICCO

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