# Ernesto Costa

> Ernesto Costa is a funding round investor at BlueOrchard Finance S A backing Risk Management. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BlueOrchard Finance S A](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blueorchard-finance-s-a)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernestocosta/?originalSubdomain=ch

Ernesto Costa is a funding round investor at BlueOrchard Finance S A in Zürich focused on Risk Management and Information Technology. Ernesto Costa

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Risk Management | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reask | Reask is a science and technology company that focuses on natural hazard modeling. Reask offers real-time, post-event, and longer-term AI solutions for global weather-related catastrophes by Global Risk mapping and probabilistic trend forecasting of catastrophe risk analytics. | $4M |  |  |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About BlueOrchard Finance S A

VC Fund · Geneva, Switzerland

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.

4 contacts available at BlueOrchard Finance S A.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Ernesto Costa invest in?

Ernesto Costa invests primarily in Risk Management, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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