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In Peru, a UK delegation follows two forest value chains from tree to market

Representatives of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the British Embassy in Lima and Palladium International, which manages the UK PACT programme, spent two days in the Peruvian Amazon, meeting the companies and harvester associations at the centre of two forest value chains. The delegation, accompanied by Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV), saw how copoazú and Amazon nuts move from forest to processing plant, and met the anchor companies that buy and sell

6 days ago3 min read

AIV Co-Founder joins Global Roots network of biodiversity allies

Aldo Soto, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV), has joined Global Roots as an Ally for the programme’s second edition, which runs through 2026 and 2027. Global Roots is run by New Ventures and connects biodiversity startups with investors, corporates, NGOs and public institutions. The programme aims to help address the estimated $700 billion annual biodiversity financing gap and highlights the transition to a nature-positive economy as a $10.1 t

Oct 281 min read

AIV joins three sessions at the Third Peruvian Impact Investment Summit

AIV is taking part in three sessions at the Third Peruvian Impact Investment Summit in Lima on 26 and 27 October, from a panel on scaling Amazon value chains to a reverse pitch of Amazonia Impact Fund I.

Oct 262 min read

Four people stand on stage at the FIVERDE 2026 green finance forum in Lima. One holds a glass trophy, and a screen behind them shows the name Amazonia Impact Ventures.

Peruvian Environment Ministry Recognises AIV for Financing Amazon Cooperatives

Peru wants US$5.8 billion of private finance flowing to environmental projects by 2030. At this month’s FIVERDE forum in Lima, MINAM recognised the investors already doing some of that work. Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV) was one of them. Two of the businesses recognised at the ceremony are AIV partners. Tropical Products is a coffee cooperative providing market access to smallholder farmers and technical assistance to implement agroforestry systems and coffee wastewater mana

Oct 232 min read

Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy, with a river winding through dense tree cover

IDB Lab Joins AIV Fund to Tackle Financing Gap in the Amazon

Amazonia Impact Ventures welcomes IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, as a new partner: an endorsement from one of Latin America's most influential development institutions of AIV's mission to close the Amazon's financing gap. IDB Lab's investment adds to the Amazonia Impact Fund I's capital base, which AIV continues to grow alongside family offices, foundations and other impact investors.

Sep 223 min read