UsPlus

Johannesburg, South Africawww.usplus.world/
Invested through
  • Triodos Microfinance Fund
  • Triodos Fair Share Fund
  • Triodos Multi Impact Fund
  • Triodos Impact Strategy Fund - Defensive
  • Triodos Impact Strategy Fund - Balanced
  • Triodos Impact Strategy Fund - Offensive
  • Triodos Impact Strategy Fund - Dynamic
Asset ClassesPrivate debt
Impact strategyFinancial Inclusion
Aligned with SDGs
  • No poverty

UsPlus in South Africa is a high-impact tech company that provides flexible working capital solutions to the SME sector. Like the new generations of fintech in South Africa, UsPlus aims to tap into the advantages provided by technology to target financially excluded businesses and entrepreneurs in a profitable manner.

Founded in 2015, the company provides alternative funding solutions, in the form of discounting products to the SME sector. Discounting is a method of financing that allows SMEs to sell their invoices to a third party at a discounted rate in exchange for immediate cash. The innovation presented by this product lies in the advantages it provides for SMEs including easy and fast access to working capital that would otherwise be tied up in unpaid invoice and improved cash flow for paying suppliers or investing in the growth of the company. To date, UsPlus has disbursed approximately USD 133 million in funding to SMEs through the debtor discounting product