Who decides: I&P vs. Aceli

Forest Flavors, CRS Innovative Finance

Early evidence: CRS and Aceli already overlap

No active coordination between CRS and Aceli to date

What active matching could look like

If CRS invests in the Aceli wholesale facility

• Refer SMEs CRS already works with to Aceli's lending partners — either for pre-investment technical assistance or directly for loan financing.
• Ask Aceli's bank partners for referrals of SMEs that may need CRS's technical assistance, so lender-identified enterprises feed CRS's pipeline in both directions.

Participating in the fund also raises CRS's profile as a catalytic impact investor, making CRS more competitive in future grant applications.