<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.mesofinance.org/news/tag/bii/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Mesofinance Media - News #BII</title><description>Mesofinance Media - News #BII</description><link>https://www.mesofinance.org/news/tag/bii</link><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:03:41 -0800</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Blue Earth buys stakes in Africa-, Asia-focused funds from BII]]></title><link>https://www.mesofinance.org/news/post/blue-earth-buys-stakes-in-africa-asia-focused-funds-from-bii</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.mesofinance.org/logo-mesofinance-offset-left-48-width.png"/>Blue Earth buys fund stakes from BII]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_W-5OTNs1SASPr5ZgJ8CzaQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_TTAJPa38QkyElKM0yTnaiQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_m8gQ9iCcROWVob-7KL71tQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_m8gQ9iCcROWVob-7KL71tQ"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_h4Hf65E2eCfrhwQMxwWo4A" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_h4Hf65E2eCfrhwQMxwWo4A"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><a href="https://blueearth.capital/" title="Blue Earth Capital" target="_blank" rel="">Blue Earth Capital</a>, a Switzerland-based firm owned by the Blue Earth Foundation, recently <a href="https://www.bii.co.uk/en/news-insight/news/british-international-investment-and-blue-earth-capital-complete-landmark-secondary-transaction/" title="paid an undisclosed sum to acquire portions of the stakes that British International Investment holds in three funds" target="_blank" rel="">paid an undisclosed sum to acquire portions of the stakes that British International Investment holds in three funds</a>: Aavishkaar Goodwell India Microfinance Development Company II, Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II and the Africa-focused Adenia Capital Fund IV. BII describes the transactions as the government-backed institution’s “first portfolio secondary transaction… structured as a pilot to support the development of a more robust secondaries private equity market [in] emerging markets.”</div>
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