Blended Finance: Philanthropy as Catalytic Instrument
Bringing together philanthropies, investors, cities and climate finance practitioners to explore how philanthropic capital can de-risk bankable markets and unlock institutional and commercial investment into climate-positive, bankable opportunities.
An invitation to participate.
The Nordic Climate Finance Summit – Stockholm Satellite Event brings together a curated group of philanthropies, investors, cities and climate finance practitioners.
The central theme is Blended Finance: Philanthropy as Catalytic Instrument to De-Risk Bankable Markets.
The half-day working programme explores how philanthropic capital can be structured as a catalytic instrument to unlock institutional and commercial investment into climate-positive, bankable markets.
The gathering is designed for approximately 50 participants, combining working sessions with an evening partner dinner and curated networking.
Philanthropy as catalyst. Bankable markets as the outcome.
Design and stress-test a replicable blended finance model, positioning philanthropic capital as the catalytic instrument that unlocks institutional and commercial investment into climate-positive, bankable markets.
The discussion brings the conversation from grantmaking to market building: which risks philanthropy can absorb, how capital can be structured and what evidence commercial investors need before they participate.
A curated dialogue. Complementary perspectives.
Philanthropies & Foundations
Catalytic capital, mission alignment and the limits of concession.
Institutional Investors & Commercial Capital
Risk-adjusted investability, mandate fit and deployment conditions.
DFIs, Cities & Project Practitioners
Local investment structures, pipeline readiness and implementation.
The programme.
14:30–17:30 | Dinner at 19:00 | All times local to Stockholm.
Welcome Coffee & Curated Networking
Participant briefs distributed. Pre-event connection among the invited partners at The Old Smokehouse.
Philanthropy as Catalyst: From Grantmaking to Market Building
Foundations and DFIs examine the shift from grantmaking to structured instruments that crowd in commercial investors at scale.
Local Investment Structures: Unlocking Capital through Catalytic Philanthropy
Drawing on the Viability Fund for Cities approach, explore how local climate investment structures can connect city priorities with public, philanthropic and private capital.
The session examines how philanthropy can support delivery capacity, coordination and risk-sharing, using distributed energy systems as a potentially game-changing case.
The Architecture of Blended Finance: Catalytic Instrument & Risk Tranching
How philanthropic grants and concessional debt de-risk commercial capital and accelerate deployment into bankable climate markets.
Coffee & Peer Exchange
A short pause for conversations and reflections.
Stress-test the Model & Agree Next Steps
Review risk allocation, catalytic instruments and commercial-entry conditions. Capture agreed outputs for participating philanthropies.
Proposed timings; speakers and final running order to be confirmed.
17:30 — Working sessions close.
19:00 — Partner dinner and curated networking.
The details.
One convening. Shared expertise.
A focused working programme convened by partners with complementary expertise in cities, climate finance and impact.
Bring your perspective to a practical discussion on catalytic capital, local investment structures and the conditions that make climate markets bankable.
Participation is by invitation only. The event is designed for 50 participants. Named speakers, attendee confirmations and representative allocations remain to be finalised.