Rural Impulse Fund II

Rural Impulse Fund II

Open for investment

Rural Impulse Fund II (RIF II) is the successor of RIF I and also invests in microfinance institutions through debt and equity investments. These commercial MFIs offer financial services in disadvantaged rural areas. The investors of this fund are development banks (IFC, EIB, KfW, BIO, FMO, PROPARCO and NMI), financial institutions (Storebrand, BNP Paribas Fortis, Bank für Kirche und Caritas, VDK Spaarbank, Vinis-Die Erste Sparinvest, Microfinanza and Volksvermogen) and Belgian trade union ACV-CSC Metea.

Fund size: 
173 mln USD / 120 mln EUR (closed end)
Invested portfolio on: 
2011-10-31
46.0 mln USD / 33.1 mln EUR
Investment focus: 

Debt and equity investments
Invest in commercial MFIs
Offer financial services in disadvantaged rural areas

Geographic scope: 
Developing countries
Country of incorporation: 
Luxembourg
Minimum investment size: 
EUR 125.000

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Devesh Sachdev, CEO of Fusion Microfinance, India

“There is a vision alignment between us and Incofin in terms of our mutual focus on rural geographies and our pursuit of a balance between financial and social bottom lines."