International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Long-tenor senior debt, mezzanine, equity and blended finance for privately-owned cold storage, agri-logistics, pharma warehousing and food-processing platforms.
USD 5M – 100M+ (direct); smaller tickets via financial-institution intermediaries.
- ·Senior debt
- ·Subordinated / mezzanine
- ·Equity & quasi-equity
- ·Blended concessional finance
Sponsor-led procurement under IFC's Environmental & Social Performance Standards (PS1–PS8). Suppliers are chosen by the borrower using commercial-best-practice tendering; IFC reviews E&S, integrity and financial due diligence.
- ·Privately-owned cold-storage operators
- ·Agribusiness & food-processing groups
- ·Third-party logistics (3PL) reefer companies
- ·Healthcare & pharma distribution platforms
- ·Greenfield 20,000+ pallet distribution centers
- ·Reefer fleet expansion and modal shift
- ·Cold-chain platform roll-ups across secondary cities
- ·Pharma GDP-compliant warehouse networks
- Prepare IFC-grade technical specifications and CAPEX/OPEX models
- Source 3–5 competing EPC / equipment quotes for the sponsor's investment memo
- Screen suppliers for E&S red flags before the sponsor commits
- Package equipment leasing structures with our regional financing partners
Send us the BOQ, capacity and country. Our team reviews the requirement first, and where the project qualifies we structure it so competing supplier offers can be compared against the institution's bid templates. No cost to the buyer.
How financing fits into a International Finance Corporation (IFC)-linked cold-chain project
ColdMatch Group is an industrial cold-chain procurement and project-matching platform. We are not a lender, we do not provide financial advice, and we are not affiliated with or acting for International Finance Corporation (IFC). What we do is help buyers structure the technical requirement — capacity, temperature regime, equipment lots, standards and BOQ — so it can be taken to suppliers, EPC contractors and, where relevant, to independent financing partners. Qualifying projects are reviewed by our team before any supplier or EPC introduction.
International Finance Corporation (IFC)-linked project: loan terms, interest and repayments
Enter your own assumptions to see what a capital structure costs over the life of the facility. Development finance and concessional facilities usually carry longer tenors, a construction grace period and lower margins than commercial bank debt; equipment leasing sits at the shorter, more expensive end. Use it to test whether the project's expected earnings can carry the debt service before you approach any institution.
Other donor pathways
- World Bank GroupIBRD / IDA sovereign lending for cold-chain, food security and health supply chains.
- African Development Bank (AfDB)Sovereign and private-sector financing for African agri-cold-chain, food security and health logistics.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)UN-agency procurement of cold-chain equipment for food security, health and climate resilience.
- Gavi, the Vaccine AllianceCold-chain equipment optimisation platform (CCEOP) financing WHO-PQS refrigerators and freezers.
- UNICEF Supply DivisionThe world's largest buyer of vaccine cold-chain equipment, procuring on behalf of governments and partners.