IPDC specializes in project financing and provides innovative investment solutions. This includes investing in projects that add value and contribute to the country's overall economic development. It invests through equity participation, term lending and lease financing. IPDC has played pivotal role in almost all the industrial sectors. It has also special focus in infrastructure and social sector projects.

IPDC has also been providing innovative investment solutions and project advisory services to its clients in industrial and social sectors like education and health care.IPDC makes investments in order to achieve a number of objectives:

• Employment and income generation
• Revenue generation for the government
• Production capacity addition
• Earned or saved foreign exchange
• Linkage and business development
• Skills and technology transfer
• Offering environmental risk assessment and its management

The positive image IPDC has created has been established through more than two decades of consistent commitment towards excellence in providing financial services. With a conscious effort to anticipate influences in the domestic and foreign investment, IPDC has the ability to adapt to the changing needs of time.

IPDC envisages continuing and expanding its role as catalyst in inspiring, strengthening and enhancing the financial sector development of the country. IPDC has pioneered the concept of lease financing in Bangladesh. It was one of the sponsor shareholders of Industrial Development Leasing Company of Bangladesh Limited (IDLC). Another IPDC initiative has been developing the concept of house mortgage financing in the country. IPDC was also promoter shareholder of National Housing and Finance Company Ltd (NHFL). IPDC has been credited with pioneering subscription of Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares and issuance of Zero Coupon Bond through asset backed securitization as an alternate means of finance.

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