Impact finance still missing from bioeconomy value chains AIV tells Global AgInvesting Europe
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
By Paula Perrelli dos Anjos
Global AgInvesting Europe opened in London yesterday, bringing institutional investors and agribusiness leaders together at Rosewood London in Holborn for two days. For an impact investor based in the city, it’s a chance to put the case for the Amazon bioeconomy directly to the people who decide where agricultural capital goes.
Pajani Singah, Co-Founder and Investment Director of Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV), spoke on the panel “ESG Investors and the Ag Sector”, alongside Manuel Magalhães (Materra Systemic Labs) and Tamara Tosic (EBRD). Eva Balcells of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) moderated.
Pajani’s central point was that impact finance is still not reaching the value chains at the scale required, and that this gap makes the bioeconomy an opportunity for investors. He emphasised that capital alone is insufficient. Ethical buyers must commit to offtake guarantees to give producers and others in the value chain greater confidence to invest.
He also asked larger organisations to do more to promote the value of bioeconomy for nature and livelihoods. Small organisations working in it rarely have the budget to market themselves, and their stories often go untold as a result.
Since 2020, AIV has invested in the Amazon bioeconomy through 52 impact-linked loans, reaching more than 6,000 smallholder farmers and supporting the sustainable management of over 237,000 hectares of forest.
We invite ethical buyers and impact investors to partner with us in growing the Amazon bioeconomy.
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