Blended Finance

  • Ravi Menon: MDBs are 'crowding out' private sector for blended finance

    23 June 2025

    Private sector investors are being 'crowded out' from blended finance investment opportunities, the former managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has claimed.

  • 'Pool together small and fragmented deal opportunities in EM to mitigate risk', says HSBC

    23 June 2025

    Investors need to find ways to 'pool together' smaller investment opportunities in the emerging markets to improve risk profiles and make them more attractive, according to HSBC.

  • BII backs Egypt renewable projects alongside DFI consortium

    20 June 2025
  • Finance Earth targeting £120m fundraise in UK Nature Impact Fund relaunch

    12 June 2025

    Finance Earth is looking to raise £120 million ($163 million) for its newly relaunched UK Nature Impact Fund.

  • Lack of investable projects tops CDPQ's list of obstacles to investing in SDGs

    03 June 2025

    From Peter Cripps in Hamburg

  • Allianz, Zurich and CDPQ sign up to ambitious blended finance investment project

    02 June 2025

    From Peter Cripps in Hamburg

  • Mirova slows down fundraising for blended finance vehicle Gigaton

    27 May 2025

    Mirova has stopped actively fundraising for its blended finance vehicle, the Mirova Gigaton Fund, after securing just over half of its $500 million target, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Incofin blended water fund beats target, secures FX risk cover

    23 May 2025

    Incofin Investment Management has secured 20% more capital than its target size for its first clean drinking water-focused private equity fund, closing at €61 million.

  • Standard Chartered, BII provide $100m for Kenya and Tanzania

    22 May 2025
  • Mirova Gigaton Fund backs EDF Renewables with $10m loan

    22 May 2025
  • Invesco: MDBs proved the big challenge for our blended finance fund

    13 May 2025

    Invesco said multilateral development banks (MDBs) have proved the major "challenge" when it comes to raising its emerging market blended finance fund for climate adaptation.

  • BluePeak bags $80m from DFIs for first close

    13 May 2025
  • Incofin closes water private equity fund at €61m

    13 May 2025
  • EcoEnterprises raises $50m for $150m nature-based solutions fund

    09 May 2025
  • Mirova strikes partnership with FSC to boost sustainable land fund pipeline

    29 April 2025

    Mirova has formed a partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that should help its sustainable land-use fund to identify investment opportunities

  • BII publishes blended finance scorecard to inform investors

    28 April 2025

    British International Investment (BII) has published a guide to help investors navigate the rise of blended finance structures.

  • LeapFrog bags EIB, IFC funding for $500m blended finance impact strategy

    23 April 2025
  • Blended finance helps fuel confidence in Africa's private markets, report finds

    17 April 2025
  • Natural Capital Investment Americas: early bird ends tomorrow

    17 April 2025

    The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual Natural Capital Investment Americas conference ends tomorrow, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.