Funders active in Southeast Asia
286 matching capital sources on the AESFIP database · Last checked October 2026
Southeast Asia's funder set is shaped by coal transition programmes, geothermal and solar build-out, and coastal resilience. Blended structures are the norm rather than the exception.
These funders have an active mandate covering Southeast Asia.
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- PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (PT SMI)DFI · IndonesiaIndonesia's state infrastructure financing company and GCF accredited entity, and the country platform manager for the Just Energy Transition Partnership and SDG Indonesia One.DebtConcessional DebtEquity
- Philippine Development Bank Green Finance ProgrammesDFI · PhilippinesThe Development Bank of the Philippines' environment and green finance windows, on-lending JICA, KfW and AFD credit lines to renewable energy, water and waste projects.DebtConcessional DebtCredit Line
- Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Climate ProgrammesGovernment Agency · AustraliaAustralia's international climate finance, concentrated on Pacific and Southeast Asian adaptation, resilience and clean energy, including the AIFFP infrastructure facility and Partnerships for Infrastructure.GrantsTechnical AssistanceConcessional Debt
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Climate FinanceGovernment Agency · New ZealandNew Zealand's international climate finance commitment, delivered mainly as grants to Pacific island countries for adaptation, renewable energy and ocean resilience.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- 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
- Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) - PIDGBlended Finance Facility · United KingdomGrantsTechnical Assistance
- Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM)Climate FundThe Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM) is a single donor trust fund established in 2014 and managed by ADB. The fund aims to provide financial incentives for the adoption of advanced low-carbon technologies in ADB-financed and administered sovereign and nonsovereign projects. The fund will provide grants and technical assistance (TA) to ADB projects utilizing the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM). The fund seeks to increase the sustainability of ADB-financed and administered projects through the use of advanced low-carbon technologies. The use of JFJCM grants will demonstrate the effectiveness of the JCM and provide a source of additional funding to eligible ADB developing member countries (DMCs). The fund will also offer the opportunity for recipients to engage in projects with strong development characteristics and long-term climate change mitigation benefits. The JFJCM also aims to contribute to global climate change and development initiatives such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.Grants
- UK-ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility Trust Fund (UK-ACGF)Climate FundThe United Kingdom–ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (UK-ACGF) is a single-partner trust fund established in March 2023 under the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF), a facility of the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF). The objective of the UK-ACGF fund is to support developing member countries in Southeast Asia to transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient development pathways. The objective of the facility is to accelerate the development of green infrastructure by better utilizing public funds to create bankable projects and catalyze private capital, technologies, and management efficiencies. It is managed by ADB’s Southeast Asia Green Finance Hub.Concessional DebtDebtGrants
- Australian Climate Finance Partnership (ACFP)Climate FundThe Australian Climate Finance Partnership (ACFP) is a concessional financing facility managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through a grant contribution of up to AU$140 million. The ACFP is designed to catalyze financing for private sector climate adaptation and mitigation projects in eligible countries in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. ACFP projects will also promote recovery from the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, as well as gender equality and better economic opportunities for women and girls.Concessional DebtDebtTechnical Assistance
- Ireland Trust Fund for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience in Small Island Developing StatesClimate FundThe Ireland Trust Fund for Building Climate Change and Disaster Resilience in Small Island Developing States (BCCDR), is a single-partner trust fund that aims to help increase the resilience of small island developing states (SIDS) to disasters caused by natural hazards, and to the impacts of climate change. This fund also aims to help increase investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation among the SIDS.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- Berkeley EnergyCommercial Investor · United KingdomEquityDevelopment Capital
- 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
- Irish Aid Climate FinanceGovernment Agency · IrelandIreland's climate finance, targeting adaptation, food systems and loss and damage support in least developed countries and small island developing states.GrantsTechnical Assistance
- 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
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