An industrial agency for the Global South. We incubate entrepreneurs to start export industries in low-income countries.

Export industries are the surest path to economic growth in low-income countries. But these industries don’t emerge by themselves, and need someone to absorb the challenges of going first. Exporters Without Borders finds promising gaps - sectors where a small, talented team can build a whole industry - and backs founders to close them. We provide startup funding and operational support, and access to buyers and capital as they scale. Our first venture is freeze-dried fruit in Madagascar.

An industrial agency for the Global South. We incubate entrepreneurs to start export industries in low-income countries.

Export industries are the surest path to growth in low-income countries, but someone has to go first. Exporters Without Borders backs founders to build new export sectors, with startup funding, operational support, and access to buyers and capital. Read about our first venture.

Dispatch

Interview • Article

Saarthak Gupta & Niklas Piringer

With $100,000 and a team of four, Thomas Kehler kickstarted Colombia's cut flower industry. Today it's worth billions a year and employs hundreds of thousands. A decade later, he did it again with Chilean smoked salmon. How did a small team succeed where well-funded government programs failed? In this paired essay and fireside chat, we trace Kehler's story and his lessons for founders building the next export industry.

Economists treat export booms as a miracle. A fishing guide sparked two of them.

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Technical Note

Sectoral Analysis

Costing Spreadsheets & Assumptions: Freeze Dried Fruit, Madagascar • June 2026

Our costing assumptions for the freeze dried fruit venture in Madagascar, with a focus on the cost of producing freeze dried lychee in Madagascar, vs China, the global market leader.

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Technical Note

Sectoral Analysis

Pilot Capex Costs: Freeze Dried Fruit, Madagascar • June 2026

Estimated pilot capex costs for a freeze dried fruit venture in Madagascar.

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