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Amaz Aceleradora de Impacto will select startups and entrepreneurs through the 2025 Business Call. Applications are open until April 25th.
Startups and entrepreneurs headquartered or directly active in the Amazon, which are already in operation – in a more advanced or development phase – and which have products or services in an innovative model can receive investments in the order of up to R$1 million. To do so, all they need to do is be one of those selected in the 2025 Amazon Business Call, which is open for applications until 5:00 p.m. (Brasília time) on April 25. To apply, simply access the link.
“To participate, it is essential to have a formally constituted company. The selected businesses must have financial viability and market potential, and must bring solutions – which can be products or services – with a relevant socio-environmental impact on rural Amazonia and, also, adopt a good relationship and governance mechanisms with the impacted communities,” notes the operations manager of Amaz – Aceleradora de Impacto, Gabriela Souza.
In the 2025 Business Call, three to six startups or entrepreneurs will be selected to receive an initial investment of between R$200,000.00 and R$400,000.00, an amount that will be defined according to the stage of development of the business.
In addition to these initial amounts, those selected may receive an additional contribution of up to R$600,000.00 in the period after acceleration, called follow-on, lasting 6 months, ending with a total investment of R$1 million.
However, having a business accelerated by Amaz Aceleradora de Impacto goes far beyond just receiving financial support. The program includes a true learning journey through several training workshops, such as management and impact assessment, market strategies, marketing and communication, logistics, storytelling and investment capture, in addition to legal, accounting and communication support.
“The partnership with AMAZ has enhanced our business on several levels, as it is in line with our purpose of generating socio-environmental impact and increasing territorial development in the Amazon region. It has brought connections, resources, exchange of experiences and maturity,” said Vivian Chun, founder and CEO of MOMA, a cosmetics company made with agroforestry inputs.
MOMA joined Amaz's portfolio through the 2022 Business Call, in the traction phase. The following year, it entered the acceleration program and in 2024, MOMA was already working with more than 10 Amazonian production links, including approximately 250 families in 14 municipalities between the states of Amazonas and Pará, in addition to direct regeneration through agroforestry plantations.
5 years of Impact positive in the Amazon
AMAZ, the largest accelerator and investor in impact businesses in the north of the country, has a hybrid financing fund (blended finance) for investment in impact businesses, the first exclusively focused on the region. Coordinated by Idesam, its founders are Fundo Vale, Instituto Humanize, Instituto Clima e Sociedade, Fundação Good Energies and Fundo JBS pela Amazônia.
Now in 2025, the accelerator is holding its fifth call for business, which closes a 5-year cycle using resources in the order of R$25 million, invested in startups and entrepreneurs operating in the Amazon.
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