Funders active in Latin America and the Caribbean
214 matching capital sources on the AESFIP database.
Latin America has the most developed regional development bank architecture of any emerging-market region, alongside strong nature, forestry and green hydrogen funding streams. Caribbean island states face a different problem set again, dominated by resilience and debt.
These funders have an active mandate covering Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- KOICA Inclusive Business SolutionKorea International Cooperation AgencyRolling
- IDB Invest Blended Climate FinanceIDB InvestRolling
- Danish Climate Investment Fund IIIFU - Danish Investment Fund for Developing CountriesRolling
- MIGA Political Risk InsuranceMultilateral Investment Guarantee AgencyRolling
- GGGI Project Preparation and Structuring SupportGlobal Green Growth InstituteRolling
- JCM Financing Programme & Credit IssuanceJapan Joint Crediting MechanismRolling
- Adaptation Fund Single-Country & Regional ProjectsAdaptation FundRolling
- NDF Climate Grants & Concessional LoansNordic Development FundRolling
- Green Guarantee Company Bond & Loan GuaranteesThe Green Guarantee Company (GGC)Rolling
- NDF Co-financing WindowNordic Development FundRolling
The funders
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- U.S. International Development Finance CorporationDFI · United StatesUS development finance institution mobilising private capital into emerging markets.DebtEquityPolitical Risk Insurance
- FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development BankDFI · NetherlandsDutch development bank focused on energy, agribusiness and financial institutions in Africa.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- Green Climate FundClimate Fund · South KoreaLargest dedicated global climate fund supporting mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.GrantsConcessional DebtEquity
- International Finance CorporationMDB · United StatesPrivate-sector arm of the World Bank Group, investing in climate-smart businesses and infrastructure in Africa.DebtEquityMezzanine
- British International InvestmentDFI · United KingdomUK development finance institution investing in productive, sustainable and inclusive African businesses.DebtEquityMezzanine
- European Investment BankMDB · LuxembourgEU lending arm financing large-scale climate and infrastructure projects in Africa.DebtConcessional DebtGuarantees
- ProparcoDFI · FrancePrivate-sector arm of Agence Française de Développement, active across Francophone and Anglophone Africa.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und EntwicklungsgesellschaftDFI · GermanyGerman DFI providing long-term finance to private enterprises in Africa.DebtEquityMezzanine
- Export-Import Bank of the United StatesExport Credit Agency · United StatesUS export credit agency financing US goods and services exported to Africa.GuaranteesExport CreditInsurance
- UK Export FinanceExport Credit Agency · United KingdomUK export credit agency providing guarantees and direct lending for projects sourcing from the UK.GuaranteesExport CreditDirect Lending
- Rockefeller FoundationFoundation · United StatesPhilanthropic foundation funding energy access and climate resilience initiatives in Africa.GrantsCatalytic CapitalGuarantees
- Climate Investment FundsClimate Fund · United StatesMulti-donor concessional climate finance vehicle deployed through MDBs.Concessional DebtGrantsGuarantees
- Global Environment FacilityClimate Fund · United StatesMultilateral fund financing biodiversity, land degradation and climate mitigation projects.GrantsConcessional DebtTechnical Assistance
- Climate Fund ManagersBlended Finance Facility · NetherlandsBlended finance fund manager developing and constructing climate infrastructure in Africa.Development CapitalEquityDebt
- NorfundDFI · NorwayNorwegian investment fund for developing countries with a strong renewable energy focus.DebtEquityMezzanine
- Open Road AllianceCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesProvides bridge loans and contingency capital to social and climate impact organisations facing unexpected roadblocks that threaten an otherwise viable project.DebtCatalytic CapitalGrants
- MirovaCommercial Investor · FranceSustainable investment manager with dedicated natural capital and land degradation funds for Africa.EquityDebt
- AcumenImpact Investor · United StatesImpact investor providing patient capital to companies serving low-income African communities.EquityPatient Debt
- Nordic Development FundClimate Fund · FinlandNordic climate finance institution providing concessional finance for adaptation and mitigation.GrantsConcessional Debt
- Adaptation FundClimate Fund · United StatesFinances concrete climate adaptation projects in developing countries.GrantsTechnical AssistanceProject Preparation
- responsAbility InvestmentsImpact Investor · SwitzerlandSwiss impact asset manager investing in climate finance and financial inclusion in Africa.DebtEquity
- The DIV FundFoundation · United StatesAn independent nonprofit fund launched in February 2026 by former USAID Development Innovation Ventures leaders and backed by approximately $48 million in philanthropic funding. It continues the evidence-based, tiered innovation-funding model while operating separately from the U.S. government and USAID.GrantsResults-based FinanceTechnical Assistance
- Inter-American Development BankMDB · United StatesThe main development bank for Latin America and the Caribbean, financing climate and sustainability programmes with sovereign lending, results-based instruments and dedicated climate windows including the Amazonia Forever programme.DebtConcessional DebtGrants
- P4G - Partnering for Green GrowthCatalytic & Enabling Capital · DenmarkPublic-private partnership platform providing start-up and scale-up facilitation funding to green business partnerships in Africa, Asia and Latin America.GrantsProject PreparationTechnical Assistance
- Catalytic Climate Finance FacilityBlended Finance Facility · CanadaFacility hosted by Convergence that funds the design and scale-up of blended finance vehicles mobilising private capital for climate action in emerging markets.GrantsTechnical AssistanceCatalytic Capital
- Convergence Blended FinanceCatalytic & Enabling Capital · CanadaGlobal network for blended finance providing design funding, market data and deal matchmaking to vehicles mobilising private capital into emerging markets, with a heavy Africa pipeline.GrantsProject PreparationTechnical Assistance
- IDB InvestDFI · United StatesThe private sector arm of the IDB Group, providing senior and subordinated debt, equity, guarantees and blended concessional finance to climate-aligned companies and infrastructure across Latin America and the Caribbean.DebtEquityMezzanine
- GEF Small Grants ProgrammeClimate Fund · United StatesUNDP-implemented GEF window giving small grants directly to community organisations for biodiversity, land degradation, climate and chemicals projects across African countries.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- Global Innovation Lab for Climate FinanceCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United KingdomPublic-private lab that selects, refines and launches new climate finance instruments each year, providing design support and investor access rather than balance-sheet capital.Project PreparationTechnical AssistanceAdvisory
- FinDev CanadaDFI · CanadaCanada's bilateral development finance institution, providing debt, equity and guarantees with a focus on climate, women's economic empowerment and market development in Africa.DebtEquityGuarantees
- Elemental ImpactCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesNon-profit climate investor providing project and growth capital plus deep deployment support to climate technology companies, increasingly including African market entry.Catalytic CapitalEquityProject Preparation
- Global Fund for Coral ReefsBlended Finance Facility · MultilateralGlobal blended finance vehicle co-founded by UNCDF, UNEP and UNDP funding reef-positive businesses and community initiatives. Runs active portfolios across Kenya, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Comoros, Madagascar and Seychelles.GrantsEquityCatalytic Capital
- Global Innovation FundImpact Investor · United KingdomNon-profit investment fund providing grants, risk capital and equity to innovations that improve the lives of the poor, including climate adaptation and energy access in Africa.GrantsEquityConcessional Debt
- Common Fund for CommoditiesBlended Finance Facility · NetherlandsIntergovernmental financial institution providing loans, equity and grants to commodity value chain projects, with a strong focus on smallholder-linked agribusiness in Africa.DebtEquityGrants
- EIB GlobalMDB · LuxembourgThe EIB's dedicated arm for operations outside the EU, delivering the bank's Global Gateway commitments through sovereign and private lending, guarantees and intermediated credit lines in emerging markets.DebtConcessional DebtGuarantees
- UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions)Programme Window · United KingdomThe UK's climate capability programme, funding technical assistance and skills-sharing partnerships that accelerate mitigation policy and project readiness in partner countries including Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam, India, China, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- GSMA Mobile for DevelopmentFoundation / Philanthropy · United KingdomMobile industry body running innovation funds that finance digital and climate solutions in low- and middle-income countries, including across Africa.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- MacArthur Foundation Catalytic Capital ConsortiumCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesConsortium mobilising catalytic capital - debt, equity and guarantees that accept disproportionate risk or concessionary return - to close capital gaps, including in African climate and inclusive finance.Catalytic CapitalConcessional DebtGuarantees
- CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the CaribbeanMDB · VenezuelaLatin America's regional development bank, targeting green finance at 40% of its portfolio and financing climate infrastructure, biodiversity and adaptation across member countries.DebtConcessional DebtGuarantees
- Private Financing Advisory NetworkProgramme Window · AustriaGlobal network providing free early-stage project development coaching and investor matchmaking for clean energy and climate adaptation projects, heavily active in Africa.Project PreparationAdvisoryTechnical Assistance
- Global Agriculture and Food Security ProgramBlended Finance Facility · United StatesMulti-donor trust fund hosted at the World Bank providing grants and concessional finance for food security and climate-smart agriculture in low-income countries, with a dedicated private sector window through IFC.GrantsConcessional DebtTechnical Assistance
- Ayrton Fund (UK International Climate Finance)Programme Window · United KingdomUK government clean energy innovation fund (£1bn) under UK International Climate Finance, backing research, demonstration and early deployment of clean energy technologies in developing countries, with a strong Africa focus. Deployed through delivery partners and programmes such as Transforming Energy Access (TEA), Ayrton Challenge Funds, MECS and Climate Compatible Growth rather than direct project finance.GrantsTechnical AssistanceResults-based Finance
- UK MOBILISTProgramme Window · United KingdomA UK government programme (FCDO) that anchors and lists investment products on public exchanges to mobilise institutional capital into climate and development assets across emerging markets.Anchor InvestmentEquityTechnical Assistance
- Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)Government AgencyNorway's International Climate and Forest Initiative, NICFI, is financed from the Norwegian aid budget and managed by the Ministry of Climate and Environment. The main objective of the grant scheme is that reduced and reversed loss of tropical forests contributes to a stable climate, protects biodiversity, and enhances sustainable development. NICFI’s webpage Results Portal for Norwegian Development Aid The main objective has two sub-goals; (i) contribute to sustainable land use and (ii) contribute to reduced pressure on forests from global markets. Projects funded under the scheme shall contribute to reaching one or more of the outcomes set out in the initiative's results framework (see Appendix 1 in the Grant scheme rules): Approved and implemented policies for sustainable forest and land use in tropical forest countries and jurisdictions Improved rights and livelihoods for indigenous peoples and local communities in tropical forest countries Effective international incentive structures for reduced deforestation in tropical forest countries Increased transparency in land management, land use, value chains and financing Commodity markets stimulate deforestation-free production in tropical forest countries Financial markets stimulate deforestation-free commodity production in tropical forest countries Reduced forest crimeGrants
- Small Island States Resilience Initiative (SISRI)Climate FundSmall Island States include two-thirds of the countries that face the highest relative losses due to natural disasters, and these costs are growing. The Small Island States Resilience Initiative (SISRI), supported through the World Bank and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), is a global program established in response to calls by Small Island States for greater and more effective support to build their resilience. SISRI works through established procedures at the World Bank, while offering innovative and dedicated assistance specifically targeted at building resilience in Small Island States.Concessional DebtDebtGrants
- The Green Guarantee Company (GGC)Climate FundThe vast majority of institutional capital in developed capital markets is only available to investment grade borrowers. The Green Guarantee Company is tackling the issue of emerging market countries often being rated below investment grade by international credit rating agencies Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch. By providing investment grade guarantees to improve the credit rating of borrowers in emerging markets, the Green Guarantee Company will unlock larger pools of capital to finance climate adaption and mitigation projects.Technical Assistance
- Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF)Climate FundThe Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) is a World Bank trust fund designed to support developing countries in implementing market-based carbon pricing mechanisms and creating the conditions for private sector investment in low-carbon technologies. TCAF offers an innovative hybrid funding structure—mobilizing both climate finance and carbon market funding for payment against emission reductions.Technical Assistance
- South PoleCarbon Finance Mechanism · SwitzerlandGlobal carbon project developer and financier offering upfront project development finance and market access for African carbon projects, connecting developers to global buyers.Project PreparationCarbon Credits / ERPAAdvisory
- Roots of ImpactCatalytic & Enabling Capital · GermanyDesigner and manager of impact-linked finance, paying results-based incentives that make African social and climate enterprises investable to commercial lenders.Results-based FinanceCatalytic CapitalTechnical Assistance
- Blue Catalyst FundBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomCatalytic funding and technical assistance programme from Finance Earth and Fair Carbon bridging early-stage mangrove/blue carbon projects to investment-readiness, with an open application process.Catalytic CapitalTechnical AssistanceProject Preparation
- Access to Energy FundGovernment AgencyThe Access to Energy Fund supports energy generation, transmission, and distribution projects in emerging economies, with a focus on sustainable energy solutions. The fund invests in clean cooking, the productive use of energy, hard-to-electrify areas, transmission and distribution, and other innovative and scalable energy solutions.Concessional DebtDebtTechnical Assistance
- The Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev)Climate FundThe Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev) is a World Bank trust fund that mobilizes private finance for clean energy access in low-income countries. It delivers results-based finance to innovative and transformative business models driven by the private sector. Ci-Dev comprises two reinforcing components, the Readiness Fund and the Carbon Fund. The Readiness Fund finances capacity building activities in least developed countries to develop standardized baselines and technical assistance for energy access programs. It supports the development of new methodologies and proposals for simplified Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) rules, and dissemination of results. Where needed, it also provides technical assistance to the projects and programs supported by the Carbon Fund. The Carbon Fund provides performance-based payments to low-carbon investments in the form of purchases of certified carbon emission reductions.Technical Assistance
- eco.business FundGovernment AgencyThe eco.business Fund is an impact investment fund that promotes biodiversity conservation and climate resilience by financing sustainable practices in nature-based businesses. It operates primarily in Latin America and Africa, two of the most biodiverse regions in the world. The fund finances the adoption of more sustainable practices by companies in Latin America and Africa. They provide financing via financial institutions to ensure more businesses can access capital. They also invest directly in businesses that are committed to sustainability. Their funding base unites public and private investors through their blended finance structure. In addition to financing, the fund supports their investees with Advisory & Capacity Building services funded by a separate pool of sponsors.Concessional DebtDebtTechnical Assistance
- Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Forest Carbon FundClimate FundThe Carbon Fund is set up to pilot incentive payments for REDD+ efforts in developing countries. FCPF participant countries that have made significant progress in their REDD+ readiness endeavors may be selected to participate in the Carbon Fund, which became fully operational in May 2011. Carbon Funds payments are designed to help countries and their stakeholders achieve long-term sustainability in financing forest conservation. They are intended to help reduce climate change impacts from forest loss and degradation by making forests more valuable standing than cut down. The Carbon Fund remunerates participant countries in accordance with negotiated contracts for verifiable emission reductions (ERs)Technical Assistance
- Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD)Climate FundThe Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), an operating entity under the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), addresses the growing needs of vulnerable communities in developing countries facing the irreversible impacts of climate change. By financing recovery initiatives from climate-related losses and damage, the Fund empowers communities to rebuild and adapt. It strives for country-led locally driven solutions, ensuring interventions are aligned to country needs, priorities and contexts.Concessional DebtDebtGrants
- Microsoft Carbon Removal ProcurementCommercial Investor · United StatesOne of the largest corporate buyers of durable carbon removal globally, running annual procurement rounds that have included African cookstove, biochar, reforestation and BECCS suppliers.Carbon Credits / ERPAResults-based Finance
- IFU - Danish Investment Fund for Developing CountriesDFI · DenmarkDenmark's development finance institution, investing risk capital alongside Danish and local partners and managing the Danish SDG Investment Fund and Climate Investment Fund for renewables in emerging markets.EquityMezzanineDebt
- CeniarthCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United StatesImpact-first family office deploying roughly $400m into funds and intermediaries serving underserved communities, including African agriculture, financial inclusion and climate resilience.DebtConcessional DebtCatalytic Capital
- Children's Investment Fund FoundationFoundation · United KingdomPhilanthropic funder of climate and child health programmes with significant Africa exposure.GrantsCatalytic Capital
- USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) — ArchivedGovernment Agency · United StatesHistorical USAID government innovation funding programme. The FY2025 DIV funding opportunity was closed on 27 January 2025, and the programme is no longer accepting applications. This record is retained for historical context and should not be used as a current application route. The independent DIV Fund is listed separately.GrantsResults-based Finance
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