# BlueOrchard Finance S A

> BlueOrchard Finance S A is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Finance. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 71%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: Sep 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blueorchard-finance-sa
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BlueOrchardSA
- Website: http://www.blueorchard.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueOrchardFinance

BlueOrchard Finance S A is a VC fund in Geneva focused on Financial Services and Finance. BlueOrchard Finance, S.A. is a leading asset manager in Impact Investing, with specific expertise in debt financing for microfinance institutions worldwide. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, BlueOrchard has local offices in Cambodia, Georgia, Peru and Kenya, with a presence as well in Luxembourg and Zurich. Since its inception in 2001,BlueOrchard has made in excess of USD 2 billion in loans to microfinance institutions globally, and is committed to advancing socially responsible financial inclusion worldwide and offering attractive investment products to investors in this dynamic and rewarding field. BlueOrchard Finance, S.A.'s mission is to be a leading commercial microfinance intermediary, providing innovative financing solutions to institutions in emerging markets, and financial and social returns to investors and their vision is to contribute to building a strong, healthy and sustainable inclusive financial system worldwide that empowers the working poor, and helps them to improve their standard of living and that of their families.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6.7M–$46M |
| Post-IPO Debt | $5M–$220M |
| Debt Financing | $3.1M–$38M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 25 | 51% |
| Finance | 12 | 24% |
| FinTech | 9 | 18% |
| Banking | 6 | 12% |
| Insurance | 4 | 8% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 22 | 45% |
| Series A | 5 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 5 | 10% |
| Series B | 3 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 19 | 39% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 4% |
| Vietnam | 2 | 4% |
| South Africa | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Hardy | Investment Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-hardy-hardy |
| Ernesto Costa | Senior Investment Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernesto-costa-ed80 |
| Ernst Brugger | Co-Founder & Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prof-dr-ernst-brugger |
| Pranav Murari | Senior Investment Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pranav-murari |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JUMO | JUMO offers savings and credit products to entrepreneurs in emerging markets, as well as financial services infrastructure to partners such as eMoney operators, mobile fintech platforms and banks. The platform has two foundational capabilities:· Core – which provides end-to-end, next generation banking infrastructure and · Unify –the Artificial Intelligence processor that transforms data to reduce the cost and risk of lending.In just over five years of operation, JUMO has enabled the disbursement of more than US$3.5 billion in loans and reached over 18 million customers and small businesses. They are active in seven markets including Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire and Pakistan. | $7.5M | Debt Financing | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Previsico | Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level. |  | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| QNB Finansleasing | QNB Finansleasing company provides domestic and international financial leasing. | $150.7M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 02, 2025 |  |
| TuranBank OJSC | TuranBank Open Joint-Stock Company provides various banking products and services to corporate and retail customers. | $10M | Debt Financing | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| TBC Uzbekistan | The first next-generation greenfield digital bank in Uzbekistan, established by TBC Group - FTSE 250 constituent financial services group | $20M | Debt Financing | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Naked Insurance | Naked Insurance is the new generation: effortless, transparent and sincere. Naked Insurance offers short-term retail insurance products. | $37.8M | Series B | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Varthana | Varthana provides loans and support for affordable private schools. They are a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) headquartered in Bangalore, India. | $15M | Debt Financing | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| Techcoop | TechCoop is an agrifintech for MSMEs, delivering a comprehensive solution package combining access to market, access to finance, and access to technology for smallholders. | $28M | Series A | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| Techcoop | TechCoop is an agrifintech for MSMEs, delivering a comprehensive solution package combining access to market, access to finance, and access to technology for smallholders. | $28M | Series A | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| Namdev Finvest | Namdev Finvest operates a non-banking finance platform that provides loans to rural and semi-urban agriculture, as well as the priority sector. | $38M | Debt Financing | Nov 27, 2024 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FMO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmo) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does BlueOrchard Finance S A invest in?

BlueOrchard Finance S A invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and FinTech startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series A stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BlueOrchard Finance S A's check size?

BlueOrchard Finance S A typically joins rounds of $6.7M–$46M at Series A, $5M–$220M at Post-IPO Debt and $3.1M–$38M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BlueOrchard Finance S A participates in.

### How do I contact BlueOrchard Finance S A?

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### Who are the partners at BlueOrchard Finance S A?

The team at BlueOrchard Finance S A includes Richard Hardy (Investment Director), Ernesto Costa (Senior Investment Director) and Ernst Brugger (Co-Founder & Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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