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We build impact startups for people to thrive, not just survive.

The venture studio solving Latin America's fundamental challenges by building startups that empower informal workers and small businesses through technology.

Microbusinesses are key to solving LATAM's biggest challenges. We empower them with market-based tech solutions.
Our tech-enabled startups are built across three key verticals: Employability, Sustainable Food Systems, and the Circular Economy.

Their market-based solutions drive users' income growth, job creation and upward mobility while advancing LATAM's sustainable development.

Ékole

Ékole

The brand of nutritious snacks that empowers small producers to innovate and access high-value markets.

Voalá

Voalá

The tech franchise that transforms informal beauty salons into thriving businesses.

Simón

Simón

The micro learning app to train frontline workers and small retailers along corporates’ value chains.

Trófica

Trófica

The recycling service that formalizes waste networks, enhances collectors' incomes, and scales high-quality recycling.

We empower bold entrepreneurs to build good companies with us.

Why do they join?

We provide access to our studio team and shared services - blending the best of the social and startup worlds with 40 years of market experience. Here’s what we offer:

1

The Playbook

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The Playbook

Impact Venture Building is still new, so we refined our own rigorous methodology to take teams from idea to market and then to impact at scale.

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The Platform

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The Platform

We’ve built a plug-and-play tech platform within our studio that entrepreneurs can leverage to launch faster and build smarter, more optimized solutions.

3

The People

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The People

We support our entrepreneurs with an in-house CTO and CFO, Fundraising, Design and Tech teams and 360° mentoring. And we open doors for new opportunities via our B2B network.

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The Pockets

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The Pockets

From grants to equity and debt-based finance, we guide founders through the full-lifecycle of fundraising with an awareness of the challenges of social venture building.

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the Mission

By 2030, we’re building 10+ tech-enabled social ventures tackling LATAM’s biggest challenges and improving the lives of informal workers, small business owners, and their communities.Ready to build the future with us?

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