Resilient Futures Fund (RFF)
The Resilient Futures Fund (RFF) aims to promote resilience and increase opportunities for climate solutions led by, involving, or benefiting women and girls. By providing catalytic capital and targeted support, the RFF unleashes capital for those on the front lines of climate change, who are uniquely positioned to innovate and deliver lasting impact.
The fund is managed by 2X Global and supported by Amazon, Reckitt, Skoll Foundation, UPS Foundation and Visa Foundation.
Overview
The Resilient Futures Fund supports the innovators redefining the future.
Women and girls are significantly affected by the impacts of climate change, in ways ranging from serious health risks to increased labour burdens, higher risks of gender-based violence and impacts on their livelihoods.
Across the world, women are bringing deep knowledge of their communities and unique skills to design and implement solutions which deliver social, economic, and environmental benefits. Women are pioneering resilient agriculture, driving access to clean energy and strengthening climate-resilient livelihoods.
Women are also leading on-the-ground responses to climate and environmental challenges, driving innovation in areas such as sustainable agriculture, access to clean energy, and resilient livelihoods.
Yet too often, these innovations remain undercapitalised. RFF is here to close that gap. By providing catalytic capital and ecosystem support, RFF accelerates solutions that can generate new opportunities, drive economic growth and foster healthier environments and stronger communities.
RFF is managed by 2X Global and supported by Amazon, Reckitt, the Skoll Foundation, the UPS Foundation, and the Visa Foundation
The RFF
at a glance
By the end of its lifecycle, the RFF will have:
Deployed USD $11.83 million (with 79% of this deployed to date)
Completed 5 cohorts, generating ~800 entities on our grants platform.
Focus on gender x climate nexus, including climate adaptation, mitigation, and health focuses.
Funded 25 grantees (including emerging female fund managers & network organisations)
Supported grantees across Africa, Asia, and LatAm
Deployed average ticket sizes of USD $450,000
2,950 jobs supported
With 53% of these jobs directly supporting women and USD $4.7M in direct capital deployed.
Impact Metrics
USD $10.9M additional capital mobilised
Fund managers from Cohorts 1 and 2 leveraged approximately 3.7× their RFF grant value of USD $2.96 million. In total, mobilising USD $10.9 million in additional climate finance
15 grantees capitalised, 184 orgs strengthened
Strengthened climate mitigation and adaptation capacity for Cohort 1 and 2 fund managers, portfolio companies, and accelerator participants.
10 hectares restored, 29,000 lives impacted
Strengthening wetlands, farmland and building community resilience through agricultural projects.
2025 Grantees
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Venture Capital. The first Latin American VC investing in women-led tech companies and attracting capital from women.
Their RFF Plan: Investing in three women-led climate companies to pilot, scale, and accelerate their technologies and commercial traction.
Expected Impact: Mobilising additional private capital and amplifying visibility for women climate entrepreneurs across Latin America.
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Impact Entrepreneurship Community. Challenging conventional entrepreneurship to solve the world's most pressing problems.
Their RFF Plan: Supporting 20 women-led climate ventures with acceleration and investment readiness, while training 3,000 women in climate and entrepreneurial skills through a digital platform.
Expected Impact: Building a pipeline of women ready to lead and invest in the green economy.
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Impact Fund.Early-stage fund investing in climate and social solutions across circular economy, bioeconomy, and clean energy.
Their RFF Plan: Launching a dedicated climate & gender investment window to move women-led ventures from acceleration to actual investment.
Expected Impact: Strengthening 40 climate startups, bringing 20 to investment readiness, and financing 10–15, applying 2X criteria across the entire investment cycle.
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Blended Finance Initiative. Supporting reef-positive enterprises across the Mesoamerican Reef since 2022.
Their RFF Plan: Strengthening early-stage women-led businesses in sustainable fisheries, ecotourism, and circular economy through capacity building and seed funding.
Expected Impact: Connecting women entrepreneurs to concessional and private finance while increasing coral reef resilience and local income generation.
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Non-profit Organisation.Building coastal resilience through science-based conservation, community leadership, and sustainable livelihoods.
Their RFF Plan: Scaling women-led climate solutions, including mangrove beekeeping and community-based mussel recovery, through technical assistance and market readiness support.
Expected Impact: Strengthening women's leadership in climate adaptation while protecting critical blue carbon ecosystems in coastal Guatemala.
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Early-Stage Impact VC. A women-founded VC proving that profit and purpose are not at odds across Latin America.
Their RFF Plan: Running a Climate & Gender Nexus pilot through Eureciclo, a portfolio company expanding recycling access and strengthening the economic inclusion of women waste pickers.
Expected Impact: Building a replicable gender–climate methodology to guide future capital allocation across the ecosystem.
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Impact Investment Fund.Bridging the gap in catalytic capital for regenerative, climate-resilient businesses through a gender lens.
Their RFF Plan: Deploying their first investment in nature-based solutions, water and land management, and women-led community enterprises.
Expected Impact: Proving that gender-responsive, climate-focused investing delivers both ecological restoration and a more equitable distribution of wealth and decision-making power.
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RFF Partners
Interested
in RFF?
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