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Day 2 at the Skoll World Forum has been energising, with Oxford buzzing as global leaders converge to accelerate impact. AIV’s Pajani Singah drew a full room, underscoring the rising demand for livelihood‑driven opportunities in the Amazon. As Earth Day approaches, the focus turns to capital’s role in shaping a just, green transition.

Oxford is alive this week as Amazonia Impact Ventures joins the Skoll World Forum to spotlight nature‑positive finance and community‑led conservation. With AIV leaders speaking across multiple sessions, including discussions on impact capital, Indigenous leadership, and regenerative value chains, we’re contributing grounded insights from the Amazon to global conversations on how people and planet can thrive together.

Amazonia Impact Ventures’ latest Impact Report highlights a year of meaningful progress in strengthening the Amazon bioeconomy. Through impact‑linked finance, community partnerships, and nature‑based solutions, AIV supported more than 5,130 smallholder farmers, deployed 42 impact‑linked loans, and placed over 200,000 hectares under sustainable management. The report showcases how inclusive finance is driving climate resilience, biodiversity protection, and improved livelihood

A 100% women‑led coffee cooperative from the Peruvian Amazon has reached a new milestone. CEMCAVIR has completed its first export shipment to Malongo in France, following years of investment and partnership with Amazonia Impact Ventures. Their progress reflects the power of women’s leadership and sustainable value chains in the Amazon.

Amazonia Impact Ventures held an initial conversation with the Fundação Amazônia Sustentável in Manaus, exploring early opportunities for collaboration on community‑led bioeconomy models in the Brazilian Amazon. The discussion highlighted FAS’s flagship pirarucu programme, a recognised example of how conservation, traditional knowledge and local income generation can reinforce one another across floodplain ecosystems.

Momentum Summit will redefining how climate and nature‑focused capital connects. As one of the first confirmed investors, Amazonia Impact Ventures will join an approval‑only room of 400 leaders in Zurich, where investors are prioritised, founders are matched by thesis, and more than €1bn in AUM is already represented. With no panels or pitch theatre, Momentum is built for what the sector needs most: disciplined conversations that move directly to second calls.

Amazonia Impact Ventures is carrying out a field mission across the Peruvian Amazon, meeting producer organisations, reviewing operations and working alongside partners to strengthen the pipeline for renewed and future investments. This on‑the‑ground engagement ensures every loan aligns with local priorities, cultural contexts and long‑term environmental outcomes.

Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV) has been named an Emerging Impact Manager for the second time by the ImpactAssets 50, now in its 15th year as the leading guide to global impact‑investing fund managers. AIV mobilises capital to strengthen inclusive forest‑based economies in the Amazon, supporting enterprises that reduce deforestation, improve livelihoods and deliver measurable environmental and social impact.

The Amazon is one of the world’s richest biodiversity hubs and one of its most undervalued economic assets. As wildlife declines and communities face persistent inequality, the region’s future depends on investment that links climate, nature and livelihoods. Amazonia Impact Ventures backs enterprises proving that forest protection and economic resilience can advance together.

Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV) and the Wyss Academy for Nature have launched a partnership to strengthen the economic resilience of three forest‑based associations in Peru: RONAP, ASCART and AFIMAD. Over 2026, the collaboration will support these organisations in consolidating professional, sustainable business models rooted in forest management. Focusing on Brazil Nuts, an emblematic NTFP of the Amazon, the initiative aims to reinforce business systems of the chain.

Peru and the UK are strengthening their collaboration on the Amazon bioeconomy, and AIV contributed to two key events in London and Lima. From supporting Peruvian superfood producers entering UK markets to advancing Peru’s National Bioeconomy Strategy, AIV continues to back climate‑positive, biodiversity‑based value chains ready for global growth.

Aguaje, the Amazon’s “Tree of Life”, sustains wetlands, wildlife and thousands of women who depend on its fruit, fibres and oil. As global demand grows, sustainable harvesting and impact investment are strengthening value chains, improving livelihoods and conserving carbon‑dense forests. Aguaje shows how ecology, culture and commerce can thrive together. Aguaje is a cornerstone of the Amazon bioeconomy, supporting women’s livelihoods, healthy wetlands and a fast‑growing globa

Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV) returned to BIOFACH2026 in Nuremberg, joining global investors, innovators, and mission‑driven businesses shaping the future of climate finance and sustainable agriculture. This year’s edition highlights India and brings renewed focus to regenerative farming, resilient supply chains, and the evolution of organic markets, all central to AIV’s investment thesis and long‑term strategy.

AIV has entered Brazil with a landmark investment, financing Ecotierra’s participation in the Roraima Carbon initiative alongside Courageous Land. The partnership marks a significant step in AIV’s mission to build community‑centred forest economies in the Brazilian Amazon, supporting regenerative agroforestry, carbon sequestration, and long‑term climate resilience. By backing Ecotierra’s entry into the project, AIV is helping scale a model that restores soils and lives.

In this Unboxing Impact episode, Pajani Singah joins host Sunil Lalvani to revisit the origins of Amazonia Impact Ventures. Recorded at the World Economic Forum against the backdrop of Davos’ iconic mountains, the conversation explores how the idea of impact‑linked loans in the Amazon rainforest first took shape and why it sparked a deep commitment to investing in the region’s future. A thoughtful, inspiring cut that captures the heart of our mission.

At Davos 2026, Pajani Singah, Investment Director and Co‑founder of Amazonia Impact Ventures, returned with a renewed urgency to mobilise capital for the Amazon. Conversations at Brazil House and across WEF sessions revealed a clear gap: while ideas and commitments are plentiful, funding that reaches frontline communities remains limited. From discussions with leading climate scientist Carlos Afonso Nobre to panels on regenerative jobs, Pajani underscored the essential role o

Amazonia Impact Ventures’ Co‑Founder, Pajani Singah, joins global leaders at the YPO dinner in Davos to advance discussions on impact‑linked finance and the Amazon’s climate‑critical role. AIV continues to bring community‑driven solutions into high‑level policy conversations.

At Davos 2026, Amazonia Impact Ventures shows how nature‑positive finance turns pledges into projects: 42 impact‑linked loans, 5,200 smallholder farmers supported, and 200,000+ hectares under sustainable management. Connect with Investment Director Pajani Singah to explore co‑investment and scalable, community‑led forest protection.

Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV) recognises the partnerships strengthened in 2025 across the Amazon, supporting cooperatives and enterprises whose work protects forests and sustains livelihoods. From coffee and cacao to Brazil nuts and biodynamic agriculture, these organisations advance climate resilience, women’s leadership, and Indigenous stewardship through impact‑linked finance.

Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV) recognises the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility for its support in accelerating the structuring of Amazonia Impact Fund I. Over two years, this grant strengthened our impact and gender frameworks, advanced fundraising toward our USD 25M goal, and helped mobilise capital for farmers and Indigenous peoples through blended finance and rigorous due diligence.