Where financial returns meet social and environmental impact

Read about Impact Investing at BlueOrchard

Sustainable Infrastructure in Emerging Markets - Engine of Growth and Prosperity

The risks and benefits associated with investing in sustainable infrastructure in emerging markets.

Read it here

BlueOrchard Pioneer Talks

In a series of 12 conversations with industry experts, end clients, and investors, we take you on a journey of 20 years of impact investing

Watch the second episode: Giving a Face to Impact Investing

BlueOrchard is proud to launch its 20 years anniversary book “This is My Story”

How can impact investing serve society’s most vulnerable? Meet 12 inspiring people who put a small amount of money to work in a big way.

Learn more about the book

BlueOrchard Covid-19 Emerging and Frontier Markets MSME Support Fund

BlueOrchard announces the launch of a Covid-19 support fund that aims to support more than 200 million jobs in emerging and frontier markets

Read the news release

BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund

Our flagship fund

Read about our investment solutions

Financial Inclusion

Investing in inclusive growth and shared prosperity

Read about our impact investing themes

Education

Bridging the education gap in emerging countries and fostering growth

Read about our impact investing themes

Climate

Building the resilience of the poor to the threats of climate change

Read about our impact investing themes

Micro-entrepreneurs supported

Every 2 seconds BlueOrchard supports its investees to disburse a loan to a micro-entrepreneur.

More about our impact

Ending Global Poverty

8% of the world population still lives on less than $1.90 a day, but progress is being made in the fight to end extreme poverty and achieve SDG1. Every 0.8 seconds, a person escapes poverty

More about our impact

  • USD 8bn invested
  • Pioneering impact investing since 2001

among the micro-entrepreneurs served by our institutions
German book

Small Money – Big Impact

Drawing on BlueOrchard’s unique expertise, this book explains how microfinance works and why. It illustrates through the experience of individuals, facts and figures the worldwide impact of microfinance.

English book

German version now available here.

Now also available 
in English here.

Our clients
Our clients

Read their stories

  • Investments in over 90 emerging markets
  • Over 562 Institutions financed

Our Global Impact

Founded in 2001, BlueOrchard has invested USD 7 billion in over 80 emerging and frontier markets across Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. Our vision is to foster financial inclusion and shared prosperity worldwide.


Our Impact
Latest News
View all News

Careers

The environment at BlueOrchard offers unique opportunities to grow professionally and personally.

Read more

Our clients

We empower micro-entrepreneurs around the world.

Read more

Our Expertise

As a leading impact investor, BlueOrchard has acquired unparalleled and specialized expertise

Read more