New Concessional Finance Facility

Last updated: 30/10/2026

Program Overview

Program description and objectives:

Announced at the 2024 G7 Summit, this facility expands our blended finance toolkit to mobilize private capital at scale. It supports investments contributing to advance the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, in alignment with FinDev Canada’s sectors and impact priorities.

Instrument types offered:

Guarantees, Grants, Concessional and catalytic debt, Catalytic equity

Potential instrument structures offered (optional):

Grant for technical assistance

Institutions this program is normally offered to:

Bilateral Development Finance Institutions (capital made available to private sector via a DFI), National development banks, Export credit agencies, Commercial banks, Microfinance institutions, Credit cooperatives, Multilateral Development Banks (capital made available to private sector via an MDB), Investment funds, Other

Eligible regions:

AfricaAmericasAsiaOceania

Eligible sectors:

AgricultureFinancial servicesInfrastructure (Non - Energy)

Eligible subsectors (optional):

Agro-ForestryAgricultural inputs / farm productivityClimate resilient / sustainable agriculture

Program status:

Open

Formal application process:

Program webpage (optional):

https://www.findevcanada.ca/en/news/prime-minister-grants-720m-findev-canada-new-concessional-finance-facility

Primary point of contact for this program:

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Additional Information (optional):

The concessional facility will grow the range of investments to mobilize additional capital for sustainable development, including from the private sector. Building on the federal government’s $750 million in additional capital announced in 2022 to support FinDev Canada’s global mandate and expansion into the Indo-Pacific region, this funding further strengthens Canada’s development toolkit. This includes $20 million for technical assistance to support FinDev Canada’s clients, close knowledge gaps and advance sustainable investing. FinDev Canada’s Technical Assistance Facility provides targeted grant support to private sector clients and other market players to build capabilities, deepen their development outcomes and scale sustainability. The new concessional facility will activate emergent private sector growth in priority markets by targeting blended finance opportunities in sustainable infrastructure, agribusiness and forestry value chains, and the financial industry, and accelerate the mobilization of capital at scale through investment vehicles and platforms. The facility will contribute to climate and nature action, gender equality and local market development.

Optional offering details

Main currencies available:

CAD - Canadian dollar

Technical assistance offered:

This includes $20 million for technical assistance to support FinDev Canada’s clients, close knowledge gaps and advance sustainable investing. FinDev Canada’s Technical Assistance Facility provides targeted grant support to private sector clients and other market players to build capabilities, deepen their development outcomes and scale sustainability.

Optional eligibility information

Impact thematic focus:

Gender lens investingClimate - Cross-cutting (adaptation and mitigation)Climate - Nature & biodiversityOther

Disclaimer

All information on catalytic capital providers and programs was submitted to GCBC by third party capital providers. The Catalytic Capital repository is an open-access online tool that lists information provided by catalytic capital providers in central location for public use.