Orange Capital Facility
Financing Climate Resilience through Women’s Empowerment in South and Southeast Asia
Orange Capital Facility (OCF) is a proven revolving credit platform that delivers recurring catalytic capital along with technical assistance to high-impact women-owned, women-led, and women-supporting small and medium enterprises (WSMEs)—driving both women’s economic empowerment and climate action. It is backed by a successful pilot funded by Australia’s DFAT. In addition to driving women’s empowerment, OCF also enables enterprises to access sustainable finance instruments that ultimately connect them to global capital markets, fuelling continued growth and impact.
Filling the Funding Gap at the Nexus of Gender Equality and Climate Change
Women drive climate adaptation, yet <1% of climate finance reaches women-focused SMEs. In South and Southeast Asia, women control a majority of household buying and represent majority of the workforce, but are often overlooked in the business, finance, and investment space, further undermining women’s empowerment in the Global South. Many women-focused SMEs are brimming with innovative business models that can actively contribute to climate solutions—across adaptation, mitigation and, especially, resilience—while addressing critical UN SDGs issues such as energy access, food security, healthcare, education, and inequality. The Orange Capital Facility strategically deploys capital to support the growth of these entities, filling the funding gap and accelerating women’s empowerment in the region.
Investment Strategy
Focus Areas
Target Geographies
The Solution
OCF drives inclusive finance to advance climate action, strengthen supply chains, and empower women.
Flexible solutions customised to the needs of WSMEs
like asset lease, revenue-based financing
Credit Guarantee facility in partnership with local banks
Regional presence & collaboration with local ecosystem players to facilitate access to finance (eg: lawyers, accelerators)
Supporting WSMEs with TA for investment readiness, supply chain integration and sales pipeline enhancement
Impact Measurement
IIX Values provides last-mile impact verification, guaranteeing our investments align with both climate and gender goals
Verified Orange Seal certification to recognize WSMEs driving gender equality and climate action
Our Strategic Approach
OCF utilizes blended capital to deliver flexible financing and tailored technical support to early growth and scale up stage WSMEs. Investments may take the form of straight debt, revenue based loans, mezzanine debt, quasi-equity debt, and credit guarantees among other flexible financing solutions. All assets include pre-agreed social or environmental impact targets. Impact considerations will inform the fund’s decisions throughout – from investment selection to exit. OCF provides active post-investment financial support to portfolio companies.
The IIX Advantage
IIX brings deep and unique expertise in scaling WSMEs by embedding gender equity and climate resilience into its investment vehicles, research design, and impact management approach—generating demonstrable green and social co-benefits. The OCF leverages IIX’s 16 years of impact investing and advisory experience to maximize value creation beyond capital, translating IIX’s institutional strengths into sustainable growth.
