Vital Capital, a high-performing impact investor focused on addressing critical needs in growth markets, has made a strategic investment in Vastpoint to help scale its efforts in transforming land use, ownership and management in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.

Vastpoint is a pioneering land management and geospatial solutions company that helps governments and communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America to create more transparent, inclusive and effective land systems, while increasing property tax collection.

Vastpoint’s innovative methodologies and proprietary geographical information system (GIS) technologies are designed to improve land administration and secure equitable land and property rights for communities and individuals.

By reducing conflicts, promoting land-based economic development and advancing women’s rights in land-related matters, the company addresses a significant, but often overlooked issue facing emerging economies, with the potential to bring lasting positive change to governments and citizens around the world.

According to the 2024 Prindex Report, 23% of adults across 108 countries feel insecure about their property or land rights; an increase of 239 million adults over the past four years.

To date, Vastpoint has impacted over three million people, issuing more than 820,000 land titles and training over 20,000 individuals. With more than 70% of women in developing countries lacking land ownership, according to World Bank data[2], Vastpoint’s focus on gender equity is especially significant – over 50% of its land titles benefit women as owners or co-owners.

“From advancing food security and poverty reduction to enabling sustainable urbanization and climate resilience, secure land tenure underpins a wide range of global development goals,” said Tamar Pashtan, Vital’s Head of Impact.

“With most of the world’s population lacking secure land and property rights, Vastpoint is tackling one of the most fundamental – and overlooked – development challenges of our time.”

Vital Capital’s investment aligns with its mission to meet essential human needs through its “build and re-build” strategy which focuses on transforming greenfield projects into large-scale, sustainable businesses. The partnership will support Vastpoint’s growth into key markets where unclear land tenure continues to hinder economic development, environmental resilience and social inclusion.

“Vastpoint is a perfect example of how technology, innovation, and strategic investment can come together to address systemic development challenges,” said Nimrod Gerber, Managing Partner at Vital Capital. “By improving land security, we’re not only empowering communities, we’re laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity and resilience.”