responsAbility Investments AG

Name

responsAbility Investments AG

Legal name

responsAbility Investments AG

Website

https://responsability.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Asset Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399), Other Financial Vehicles (52599), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Management of Companies and Enterprises (55111)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Values-Based/ESG & Impact-Focused RIAs (FSAAACAK), ESG Integration / Responsible Investment Funds (Broad ESG) (FSANAJAL), ESG/Sustainable Investment Advisory (FSAEAAAJ), Sustainable/Thematic Investing (Climate, Clean Tech, Water, Biodiversity) (FSAAALAB), Multi-Asset ESG / Sustainable Allocation Strategies (FSAAAJAK)

Keywords

• Impact asset management
• Private debt investments
• Emerging market finance
• Climate finance strategies
• Sustainable food investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Zurich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Asset management fees on AUM: Core revenue stream based on USD 5.9 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2026, invested across approximately 70 countries. The firm invests on behalf of institutional, private and public sector investors across three impact themes (Financial Inclusion, Climate Finance, Sustainable Food). Fees are recurring in nature, tied to the perpetual asset management mandate.
2. Investment mandates and fund management fees: Revenues from managing dedicated investment mandates and pooled funds, including the SIFEM portfolio management mandate (Swiss government DFI), the €200M Stella/Heinz Hermann Thiele Family Foundation private equity impact fund, and dedicated strategies such as the USD 500M Asia Climate Strategy (USD 460M raised at fifth closing), Sustainable Food Asia II, Sustainable Food Latin America (USD 110M committed), Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems (USD 106M committed), and Global Gender-Smart.
3. Private debt and equity investment returns: Direct debt and equity investments in financial institutions, enterprises and mid-market funds across emerging markets. Investments span MSME lending, renewable energy, e-mobility, battery storage, energy efficiency, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, gender-lending, and SME banking. Investment income flows back to the firm as part of fund performance.
4. Private equity divestments: One-time realization of private equity returns, e.g., the March 2026 agreement to sell the Bank Lviv stake to Crédit Agricole Ukraine after delivering more than ninefold loan book expansion and consistent double-digit profitability since 2017.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

responsAbility Investments AG is a Swiss impact asset manager that invests private capital on behalf of institutional, public-sector and family-office investors across three themes—Financial Inclusion, Climate Finance and Sustainable Food—through private debt, private equity and fund-of-fund vehicles deployed in approximately 70 emerging markets. The firm also acts as portfolio manager for Switzerland's development finance institution SIFEM and manages dedicated impact mandates such as the EUR 200M Stella private equity impact fund and the USD 500M-target Asia Climate Strategy.

Product overview

responsAbility Investments AG is a Swiss impact asset manager that delivers a unified, theme-based investment platform rather than a single product, organized around three core investment themes — Financial Inclusion, Climate Finance, and Sustainable Food — that directly contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals. Under each theme, responsAbility offers dedicated sub-strategies and regional funds (e.g., Asia Climate Strategy fund, Sustainable Food Latin America Strategy, Sustainable Food Asia II Strategy, Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems strategy) that deploy private debt and equity into emerging markets. In addition to direct investments and investments in financial institutions, the firm manages fund investment mandates, most notably the SIFEM portfolio management mandate (Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets), and a €200 million private equity impact mandate from Stella. Across all strategies, responsAbility applies a shared impact framework that includes ESG risk assessment, a rigorous due diligence process, and active engagement with portfolio companies, with all relevant products classified as Article 9 ("dark green") under the EU SFDR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Financial Inclusion Strategy Thematic investment strategy that finances the growth of Micro & SMEs in emerging markets via private debt and equity into financial institutions and enterprises, contributing to UN SDG-aligned financial inclusion.

Quantifiable outcome

• USD 5.9 billion AUM as of 31 March 2026, invested across ~70 countries
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core (event co-host), supporting (event ecosystem), core (acquirer), supporting (advisor), supporting (event partner), flagship (parent company) and supporting (pe co-investor partner).

• Convergence (Global Network for Blended Finance)core (event co-host)Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Co-hosted and curated the 'Catalytic Capital - Unlocking Climate Investments in Emerging Markets' investor session at Climate Week Zurich on 7 May 2026, designed for family offices, foundations, wealth owners and impact-oriented allocators. Convergence provided practitioner perspectives on blended finance structures.
• Climate Week Zurichsupporting (event ecosystem)GTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2026ResponsAbility's Catalytic Capital session was held within the Climate Week Zurich 2026 programme of 250+ sessions from 4-9 May 2026 focused on co-creating and scaling climate solutions across sectors.
• Crédit Agricole Ukrainecore (acquirer)Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Acquiring responsAbility's (and co-shareholders') shares in Bank Lviv. Transaction expected to complete in 2026 subject to regulatory approvals. Crédit Agricole Ukraine is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., a universal international bank in Ukraine.
• Inval Capitalsupporting (advisor)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 November 2025Acted as exclusive advisor on Ace International Limited's USD 35M first institutional fundraise where responsAbility, FMO, Incofin and Fiedlin Ventures invested.
• NZZ (Neue Zurcher Zeitung)supporting (event partner)GTM or Marketing Partner · 1 November 2025Organized the NZZ LIVE 'Impact Investing' panel discussion in Zurich on 25 November 2025; responsAbility's Stephanie Bilo participated as a panelist alongside Globalance Bank and VZ VermögensZentrum.
• M&G plc (M&G Investments)flagship (parent company)Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Since 2022, responsAbility has been part of M&G Investments, the international savings and investments business of M&G plc, contributing to strengthening M&G's impact investing capabilities. M&G is the international savings and investments group with asset management and insurance capabilities and a long-term institutional ownership base. responsAbility is described as 'M&G's impact investing unit'.
• Inspiring Developmentsupporting (pe co-investor partner)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2017Management consulting firm specialising in financial institutions that partnered with responsAbility and Bank Lviv's management team from 2017 to build a leading SME lender in Western Ukraine; transaction advised by FinPoint (financial advisor) and Sayenko Kharenko (legal counsel) ahead of the 2026 sale to Crédit Agricole Ukraine.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BlueOrchard Finance: Swiss-based impact asset manager founded in 2001, pioneering private debt and equity in emerging markets across financial inclusion and climate. Comparable because both firms are Geneva/Zurich-based impact asset managers with EM private debt and equity strategies targeting SDGs and offering Article 9-classified funds to institutional LPs.
• Oikocredit: Dutch cooperative impact investor and one of the largest private impact asset managers focused on financial inclusion, agriculture and renewable energy in developing countries. A direct peer in EM private debt to MFIs and SMEs, with a similar cooperative/values-based investor base.
• Incofin Investment Management: Belgian impact investment manager focused on financial inclusion and smallholder finance in emerging markets. A direct peer in EM private debt and equity to MFIs, NBFIs and agricultural SMEs, and a documented co-investor with responsAbility (e.g., Ace International in India).
• Symbiotics: Geneva-headquartered impact investment platform investing in emerging-market financial institutions via debt and equity. Comparable because it shares the Swiss EM impact asset management DNA, channels capital from DFIs and private investors into MFIs/banks, and operates a similar inclusive finance and sustainable finance platform.

Emerging players

• Calvert Impact Capital: US-based nonprofit impact investor operating community investment notes and capital solutions for financial inclusion, climate and small businesses globally. Comparable as an institutional impact capital allocator with overlap in EM financial inclusion and climate strategies, and a documented LP in responsAbility's Asia Climate Strategy.
• Acumen: Non-profit impact investor supporting early-stage enterprises serving low-income communities across energy, agriculture, and financial inclusion. Comparable for the EM impact investing focus on underserved customers and blended finance, although Acumen uses philanthropy-backed structures rather than pooled private credit funds.
• TriLinc Global: US-based impact fund manager deploying private debt and equity to SMEs in emerging and frontier markets across financial inclusion, climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy. Comparable as an EM impact private debt/equity manager with similar themes, though smaller and focused on SMEs rather than FIs.

Others

• FMO (Dutch entrepreneurial development bank): Dutch impact-focused development bank investing in private-sector projects in emerging markets, and a documented co-investor alongside responsAbility (e.g., Ace International). Comparable as a DFI partner overlapping EM financial inclusion and climate themes, but operates as a state-backed bank rather than a third-party asset manager.
• International Finance Corporation (IFC): World Bank Group private-sector development finance institution and major LP/co-investor in EM private equity and debt, including in responsAbility's Asia Climate Strategy and SIFEM portfolio. Comparable as the dominant DFI capital allocator overlapping responsAbility's themes, but operating at multilateral scale and not as a fee-generating asset manager.

Broad incumbents

• M&G Investments: International savings and investments group that owns responsAbility since 2022. Broad incumbent that operates across asset management and insurance with a long-term institutional ownership base; responsAbility is structured as M&G's impact investing unit, so M&G sets the corporate parent context and shares distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments74 records

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