Turning the Tide A Financier's Guide to Investing in Blue Carbon Ecosystems 2026

Types of capital to advance supply chain projects at different stages of project life cycleFIGURE 2 Source: Pollination Group Enabling finance Direct finance Structuring finance FI role: ConceptFeasibility and early operationsFull-scale operations Scale up and gr owth Grants and technical assistance (including fr om corporate philanthr opy) Equity investment Developer/sponsor equity Product of ftake agreementSupply chain, SME and receivables financeVentur e debt Sustainability-linked loans GuaranteesOpportunity for new pr oducts from financial institutions and actorsR&D grants for new practices and tech Ventur e equity Supply chains2Project/Enterprise life cycle Turning the Tide: A Financier’s Guide to Investing in Blue Carbon Ecosystems 15