blended finance

The seven equity and credit funds selected by BNDES are expected to mobilise more than $3bn in private investments for energy transition and reforestation.

The humanitarian aid NGO unveils Airbel Ventures with the aim of raising $50m in catalytic capital.

The firm has raised over $300m across two vehicles.

If the firm reaches its target, it will have raised one of the largest blended finance funds to date.

The ACP OeEB Climate Impact Fund has committed capital from German and Austrian institutions and is about to write its first cheque.

The US investment firm has hired the former head of energy and infrastructure equity at a German development bank and selected an Africa-focused asset manager.

BII has provided an anchor commitment to BlueOrchard Climate Action Mobilisation Fund.

Leslie Zambelli, SEEAA impact investment director at the corporate, will be on stage at Impact Investor Summit Asia later this month.

Climate finance in the Global South needs to be simplified, according to research from the $30bn climate investor.

Jean Rogers, who founded the sustainability disclosure regime Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and was head of ESG at Blackstone, says that blended finance is 'the only way to do long-term impactful sustainable development projects'.