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BlueOrchard improves the quality of life for the poor by managing and servicing commercial microfinance investment vehicles that provide debt finance to microfinance institutions.

Why We Invested

BlueOrchard is one of the world’s leading commercial microfinance intermediaries, providing loans to microfinance institutions and investing in microfinance network funds. BlueOrchard’s flagship fund, the Dexia Micro-Credit Fund, has provided debt finance to microfinance institutions since 1998.

BlueOrchard was founded on the belief that microfinance investments can simultaneously produce social progress and financial returns, making it a powerful tool to sustain economic development and alleviate poverty, as well as an attractive investment for a broad range of investors. By providing long-term debt and equity to financial institutions in all stages of development, BlueOrchard generates profitable returns on investments while supporting the development of millions of promising microenterprises.