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The initiative aims to clarify doubts regarding the 2025 Call for Business, which remains open for registration until April 25th.
The Amaz Impact Accelerator, coordinated by Idesam, is accepting applications for the 2025 Business Call. This is an opportunity for startups, community-based businesses and companies that work on forest conservation and socio-environmental development in the Amazon. To present details of the online application process, the selection criteria and to clarify doubts, the accelerator will hold a live webinar on April 8, at 6 pm (Manaus time), on the Amaz YouTube channel, at www.youtube.com/@amazaceleradoradeimpacto8875 .
The event will be hosted by Rafael Ribeiro, Amaz's selection and acceleration leader, and will feature the participation of Gabriela Souza, Amaz's operations leader, and Ian Lazoski, founder of Impact Not a Bank, one of the businesses selected in the 2024 call. Participants will explain the application process, selection criteria and benefits for approved businesses.
“This is a great opportunity to ask questions about the application form and learn more about the criteria we use in the selection process. We have had the call open since the end of February and now it is the final stretch for those who are looking for an opportunity to be a business in our portfolio. Registration is free, but not just any startup or entrepreneur can participate in our acceleration program,” says Gabriela Souza, operations leader at Amaz Aceleradora de Impacto.
Having an impact business in operation, even if in its early stages, is one of the criteria, however the startup's impact focus must be in the Rural Amazon, that is, outside the large urban centers of the Amazon. The company may even be headquartered outside the Amazon, but its impact must be in the region, as is the case of the startup Impact not a bank, which is a global platform focused on financing actions in climate, community and biodiversity.
“The rural Amazon is the heart of our work. Even though we are a global platform, our focus is on financing solutions that generate direct impact on climate, communities and biodiversity in the deepest territories of the Amazon, far from large urban centers. The Food&Forest program is an example of this — we are connecting capital to regenerative businesses that operate directly in these territories, strengthening socio-biodiversity chains and boosting the forest economy.” — Ian Lazoski, founder of Impact not a bank.
5 years of Impact in the Amazon
Amaz, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has already accelerated 52 impact businesses, invested directly in 18 initiatives and contributed to the conservation of 447 thousand hectares of native forest. In the 2025 Business Call, finalists will have access to an in-person workshop, support in preparing pitches for investors and initial investments between R$200 thousand and R$400 thousand, which may reach up to R$1 million in additional rounds.
Registration is open until April 25th, at 5 pm (Brasília time), and can be done by link: bit.ly/amaz-selecao25.
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What: Amazon 2025 Business Call Webinar
When: April 8th, at 6pm (Manaus time)
Where: Amaz YouTube Channel
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