MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: BlueOrchard Raises $140m for “COVID-19 Emerging and Frontier Markets MSME Support Fund” from Schroders, Japan, UK, US

BlueOrchard Impact Investment Managers, a member of the UK-based Schroders Group, recently partnered with Schroders and three development finance institutions to launch an initiative to fund lenders serving micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries that have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The group of investors, which has committed a total of