Funders active in South Asia
282 matching capital sources on the AESFIP database · Last checked October 2026
South Asia carries some of the largest adaptation needs and some of the deepest domestic capital markets in the emerging-market set. The result is an unusually wide funder range, from sovereign-facing multilaterals to commercial climate funds.
These funders have an active mandate covering South Asia.
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- Indian Renewable Energy Development AgencyDFI · IndiaIndia's dedicated green financing NBFC under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, lending to solar, wind, hydro, green hydrogen and energy efficiency projects and issuing green bonds.DebtConcessional DebtGreen Bonds
- Small Industries Development Bank of IndiaDFI · IndiaIndia's apex MSME development bank, channelling World Bank, KfW and GCF resources into energy efficiency and clean technology lending for small and medium enterprises.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- Asian Development Bank Energy Transition MechanismProgramme Window · PhilippinesADB's flagship mechanism to retire coal assets early and finance clean replacement capacity in Indonesia, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Kazakhstan, using concessional and commercial capital in a layered structure.Concessional DebtDebtEquity
- Shell FoundationFoundation · United KingdomGrantsCatalytic CapitalTechnical Assistance
- Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) - PIDGBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomGrantsTechnical Assistance
- Berkeley EnergyCommercial Investor · United KingdomEquityDevelopment Capital
- Hewlett FoundationFoundation · United StatesGrantsTechnical Assistance
- Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure FundBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomPrivate Infrastructure Development Group debt facility for African infrastructure.DebtMezzanine
- Private Infrastructure Development GroupCatalytic & Enabling Capital · United KingdomDonor-backed group combining project development, early-stage risk capital, guarantees and technical assistance to bring African infrastructure projects to financial close.Project PreparationConcessional EquityGuarantees
- Acumen Hardest-to-Reach (A2R)Impact Investor · United StatesPatient DebtEquityCatalytic Capital
- Climate Fund Managers Climate Investor TwoBlended Finance Facility · NetherlandsDevelopment CapitalEquityDebt
- Team Europe Just Energy Transition PartnershipsBlended Finance Facility · BelgiumCountry-level partnerships between G7 and partner governments (South Africa, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Senegal) mobilising concessional and private finance for coal transition and clean energy build-out.Concessional DebtGrantsGuarantees
- Bezos Earth FundFoundation · United StatesGrantsCatalytic Capital
- GuarantCoBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomGuaranteesGreen Bonds
- IKEA FoundationFoundation · NetherlandsGrantsCatalytic Capital
- Climate Innovation and Development Fund (CIDF)Climate FundThe Climate Innovation and Development Fund (CIDF) is a $25 million, ADB-managed concessional financing fund established with grant commitments from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs. The purpose of the fund is to support sustainable, low-carbon economic development in developing countries in South and Southeast Asia by accelerating the pace, scale, and ambition of climate solutions, thereby contributing to the clean energy transition. CIDF has been designed to support climate mitigation and adaptation projects in India and Viet Nam. ADB will deploy funds as grants into its non-sovereign operations to support innovative and high-impact climate projects. By offering concessional finance to de-risk projects, the fund aims to leverage up to $500 million in additional financing for private sector innovation in areas such as conventional and non-conventional renewable power generation, sustainable transport, climate-smart urban solutions, grid optimization technology, agriculture and land use, and green manufacturing and construction. ADB will select project types and financing models that are replicable and have a high potential to scale up in the broader market once initial successful transactions are demonstrated. See how the fund is implemented.Grants
- Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund under UFPF (UFPF-UCCRTF)Climate FundThe fund was established in 2013 under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility to help build the resilience of fast-growing medium-sized cities and reduce the risks that poor and vulnerable populations face from climate-related shocks and stresses, through better planning and investments in resilient infrastructure.Grants
- Urban Resilience Trust Fund under the Urban Financing Partnership facility (UFPF-URTF)Climate FundURTF is a multi-donor trust fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility that aims to build the capacity of cities and the relevant national and subnational urban agencies, communities, and the private sector to integrate climate resilience into their policies and to support them to develop and effectively implement a pipeline of resilience projects through public or private investments.Grants
- Danida Sustainable Infrastructure FinanceGovernment Agency · DenmarkDenmark's facility for concessional financing of public infrastructure in emerging markets, supporting water, waste and renewable energy projects delivered with Danish suppliers.Concessional DebtExport CreditGrants
- GEAPP Energy Access and Transition Trust Fund (GEATTF)Climate FundGlobal Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) Energy Access and Transition Trust Fund (GEATTF) is a single-partner trust fund established in 2023 under the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific Financing Partnership Facility (IF-CAP). It aims to accelerate and scale inclusive energy access for poor and vulnerable populations. One of the key objectives of the fund is to support an equitable transition to clean energy across developing and emerging economies in developing member countries. The fund will support projects, activities, and investments that are aligned with the following objectives: Catalyze affordable and reliable clean energy access for poor and vulnerable populations without access, by sourcing and de-risking scalable innovative distributed renewable energy (DRE) and energy transition solutions, and through support for enhanced grid capacity, through the public and private sector, in frontier and emerging markets; Help DMCs develop and enact policy and regulatory measures to accelerate increased investment in DRE, energy transition and other related projects; Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by supporting DRE and energy transition projects, including projects that accelerate the retirement of coal-fired power plants, to increase the share of clean energy and support green recovery that improves energy access for unserved and underserved communities; Leverage blending of concessional instruments to crowd-in additional investmConcessional DebtDebtGrants
- Lion's Head Global PartnersImpact Investor · United KingdomDebtAdvisoryGreen Bonds
- Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFoundation · United StatesGrantsCatalytic CapitalGuarantees
- Water and Sanitation Pooled Fund / WaterEquityImpact Investor · United StatesDebtEquity
- Climate Emergency Collaboration GroupFoundation · United StatesGrantsTechnical Assistance
- Wellcome Trust Climate & HealthFoundation · United KingdomGrantsTechnical Assistance
- Climate Fund ManagersBlended Finance Facility · NetherlandsBlended finance fund manager developing and constructing climate infrastructure in Africa.Development CapitalEquityDebt
- Rockefeller FoundationFoundation · United StatesPhilanthropic foundation funding energy access and climate resilience initiatives in Africa.GrantsCatalytic CapitalGuarantees
- Asian Development BankMDB · PhilippinesThe principal multilateral development bank for Asia and the Pacific, financing climate mitigation and adaptation through sovereign lending, private sector operations, guarantees and technical assistance. ADB has committed to $100bn of cumulative climate finance to 2030 and hosts the Energy Transition Mechanism.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- Nordic Development FundClimate Fund · FinlandNordic climate finance institution providing concessional finance for adaptation and mitigation.GrantsConcessional Debt
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