EcoEnterprise's Fund

Summary: 

Organizational profile: 
EcoEnterprises Fund is a pioneering impact investing fund manager that has built portfolios of innovative nature-based businesses for over two decades. EcoEnterprises offers tailored growth capital and strategic guidance to sustainable biodiverse businesses in order to scale and optimize their financial, environmental and social performance. Since 1998, they have successfully proven their unique approach, managing three successive funds: Fondo EcoEmpresas, S.A., EcoEnterprises Partners II, L.P., and EcoEnterprises Partners III, L.P., that have financed nearly 60 companies in Latin America, Europe, and the U.S. They have built a track record of delivering portfolio results while generating fair and sustainable livelihoods for local communities, and preserving the most important natural asset: Planet Earth. 
  
EcoEnterprise's Fund utilizes tailored mezzanine, quasi-equity, and long-term debt instruments to drive growth in expanding sectors such as regenerative agriculture, agro-forestry, sustainable aquaculture, ecotourism, certified forestry, and emerging nature-based opportunities. Their capital combined with hands-on partnering through direct technical advisory support, one-on-one work with principals, and Board level participation yields strong portfolio outcomes.  With a focus on Latin America, a region that holds 40% of the world’s biodiversity, more than 30% of the earth’s available freshwater and almost 50% of the world’s tropical forests, EcoEnterprises Fund invests in compelling, scalable small businesses that actively contribute to: 

  • The creation of long-term livelihoods that improve resilience in local economies 
  • The sustainable use and conservation of natural resources 
  • The preservation of vulnerable ecosystems and biodiverse working landscapes 
  • The mitigation of climate risks 

 
Financing Instrument: Loans and quasi-equity
  
Project scale: N/A 
  
Recipient countries regions/country groups: Latin America 
  
Recipient categories: Businesses 
  
Eligibility Criteria: N/A 
 
Application guidelines:  
If organizations are interested in further information about EcoEnterprise's Fund or want to submit a business plan or financing proposal, please click “contact us” on the Fund’s official website to fill out a form. 
 

Publication Date
Sunday, 27 March 2022
Applicable location
Americas
Topic/Theme
Forest conservation and management
Forest landscape restoration
Climate change
Private sector and industry
Biodiversity conservation
Database
Financing opportunities