Photo: Rodrigo Duarte
Text: Henrique Saunier
Applications are now open for the 2025 Business Call. Startups, impact entrepreneurs and innovative businesses can participate in an acceleration and investment program of up to R$1 million. The focus is on initiatives that contribute to forest conservation and income generation for local communities, strengthening a new sustainable economy for the region.
Registrations can be made until April 25th, at link . Coordinated by Idesam, AMAZ has a robust track record of operations. Since 2021, when it created its first hybrid financing fund, the accelerator has:
- Evaluated over 500 potential businesses;
- Accelerated 52 initiatives, including the program Forest+ Acceleration;
- Invested directly in 18 businesses with socio-environmental impact;
- Benefited 1,932 families in 56 municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon;
- Contributed to the conservation and/or restoration of 447 thousand hectares of native forest;
- It moved R$1.4T5 million in direct investments and R$1.4T38.5 million in leveraged investments.
A new phase for AMAZ
This launch marks a special moment: AMAZ’s fifth year. Since its founding, the accelerator has consolidated itself as a strategic movement to transform the Amazon into a hub for sustainable development, connecting the third sector and the private market to leverage economic solutions with a positive impact.
With the revision of its theory of change and the experience accumulated, AMAZ is now entering a new phase of its operations. The program will now incorporate active business prospecting, expanding its capacity to originate and generate new initiatives, in addition to accelerating and investing in early-stage startups. The goal is to increase the impact by 2030, consolidating an ecosystem of sustainable businesses in the region.
Another important advance is the change of platform for registrations, making the process more accessible and facilitating the participation of entrepreneurs who want to be part of the transformation of the Amazon.
“AMAZ goes beyond accelerating business. We are building a new economy for the Amazon, where the standing forest becomes a powerful economic asset. We want to attract more investors, strengthen production chains and structure a robust ecosystem of impact businesses,” says Gabriela Santos, Operations Leader at AMAZ.
Success and growth stories
Companies supported by AMAZ have already demonstrated the potential for transformation that the program fosters. Manioca, for example, has joined forces with a large business group, while initiatives such as Zenativo and Inox are strengthening local production chains, generating jobs and income in a sustainable way.
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