The Future is Ancestral and Collective: Reflections and Voices from Impact Minds 2025 by Latimpacto

The Future is Ancestral and Collective: Reflections and Voices from Impact Minds 2025 by Latimpacto

In this article, Renata Truzzi, NESsT Chief Impact and Operations Officer, shares her reflections from Impact Minds 2025 by Latimpacto, weaving together her own insights with voices and stories from the event, showing how collective action, ancestral knowledge, and community-led approaches have the potential to shape the future of impact investing.

NESsT Welcomes Catalina Rodriguez Hohman as Chief Financial Officer, Expanding Leadership Team

NESsT Welcomes Catalina Rodriguez Hohman as Chief Financial Officer, Expanding Leadership Team

NESsT recently expanded its executive team with the addition of Catalina Rodriguez Hohman as Chief Financial Officer. Catalina, who is based in Cali, Colombia, has over 15 years of financial experience in national and multinational companies including EY, Deloitte, Russell Bedford International, and most recently One Earth Future Foundation (OEF). 

The NESsT Lirio Fund Renews Support for Three Enterprises Strengthening Sustainable Livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon

The NESsT Lirio Fund Renews Support for Three Enterprises Strengthening Sustainable Livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon

In the first half of 2025, Lirio Fund enterprises Kulkao, Lagunas de los Condores, and Pebani received repeat loans from NESsT, reflecting our continued confidence in the enterprises’ business models and impact. Read to learn more about their continued impact and growth as part of our fund portfolio.

When Entrepreneurship Becomes Resistance: How Financial Inclusion Strengthens Lives and Communities

When Entrepreneurship Becomes Resistance:  How Financial Inclusion Strengthens Lives and Communities

In Brazil, millions of Black people become entrepreneurs not out of choice, but out of necessity. In doing so, they transform their communities, generate income, and open doors for others. In a context of structural gender inequality, the challenges are even greater for women, who face multiple barriers throughout their entrepreneurial journeys. This July, as we mark Latin American Black and Caribbean Women’s Month, NESsT reaffirms its commitment to racial equity and to strengthening businesses in Brazil that are building a more just future.

Grzegorz Wach Named NESsT Country Director of Poland

Grzegorz Wach Named NESsT Country Director of Poland

NESsT anuncia hoje que Grzegorz Wach foi nomeado Diretor Nacional da NESsT na Polônia, refletindo a aceleração da expansão do investidor de impacto de empresas sociais que criam empregos dignos para indivíduos de comunidades excluídas, incluindo refugiados, migrantes, mulheres, jovens em situação de risco, a comunidade LGBTQIA+ e outros que enfrentam barreiras sistêmicas à oportunidade econômica. 

Ioana Samoil Named NESsT Country Director of Romania

Ioana Samoil Named NESsT Country Director of Romania

NESsT anuncia hoje que Ioana Samoil foi nomeada Diretora Nacional da NESsT na Romênia, destacando o foco cada vez maior do investidor de impacto na aceleração de empresas sociais romenas que criam empregos dignos para indivíduos de comunidades excluídas, incluindo refugiados, migrantes, mulheres, jovens em situação de risco, a comunidade LGBTQIA+ e outros que enfrentam barreiras sistêmicas à oportunidade econômica.

Reflecting on the NESsT-IKEA Social Entrepreneurship 2025 Retreat

Reflecting on the NESsT-IKEA Social Entrepreneurship 2025 Retreat

Em maio de 2025, tivemos o prazer de realizar uma reunião presencial em Olsztyn, na Polônia, reunindo empresas do portfólio da NESsT , parceiros da IKEA Social Entrepreneurship e membros das equipes regionais e globais NESsT .

Blended Finance: Unlocking Funding for Sustainable Businesses in the Amazon

Blended Finance: Unlocking Funding for Sustainable Businesses in the Amazon

Quando estruturado de forma eficaz, o financiamento combinado pode conectar empreendedores que precisam de apoio com investidores que se preocupam com o impacto. Para facilitar a compreensão desse modelo, NESsT criou um infográfico que mostra claramente como o financiamento combinado funciona na prática e destaca seu papel no ecossistema de impacto da Amazônia. Essa ferramenta visual divide ideias financeiras complexas em linguagem simples, tornando-a valiosa para empreendedores, formuladores de políticas, parceiros e qualquer pessoa interessada em promover a bioeconomia amazônica por meio de financiamento inovador. 

NESsT Joins Conexsus, IDB, and Green Climate Fund to Scale Enterprises from the Sociobioeconomy Across the Pan-Amazon Region

NESsT Joins Conexsus, IDB, and Green Climate Fund to Scale Enterprises from the Sociobioeconomy Across the Pan-Amazon Region

NESsT announces today that it has joined the Sustainable Connections Institute (Conexsus), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in AmazonBeEco, an unprecedented four-year initiative to support the sociobioeconomy in the Pan-Amazon region.