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LUCHA
Partners with founders of early-stage impact startups, invests seed capital through the Fondo Luchante and builds the business with them; it works with social and environmental impact ventures in general, not only biobusinesses.
How can LUCHA help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
seed capital (Fondo Luchante)support at co-founder level12-week LIFT training program
- At what stage
- I'm starting up
- Who it serves
- Formal companies
- Where it works
- International reach: Startup accelerator across Latin AmericaIn Peru, no department documented yet
How do you access LUCHA?
- Can you apply directly?
- Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
- Do you need a business that already operates?
- It depends
- How hard is it to access?
- Moderate access
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Paid
- Is it repaid?
- Repaid with interest or return
- Where does the money come from?
- Blended
Mapping classification: It invests capital in the startups it supports and gets involved at the level of a co-founder; the Fondo Luchante provides seed capital to startups in its process, so it expects a market return. It selects few startups, hence moderate complexity. The IDB Lab project combines multilateral public and private funding, hence blended. Stage assigned under the mapping's criterion (November 8, 2026): early-stage startups, not mature businesses; LIFT targets early-stage impact founders.
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
Self-reported figure: LIFT is a 12-week training program for early-stage impact founders, with more than 50 founders graduated. Web oficial de LUCHA: LIFT, programa formativo para founders de impacto
2025 baseline of the IDB Lab-funded project (December 2025): 11 active startups in the portfolio. Web oficial de LUCHA: Línea de Base 2025, financiado por BID Lab
IDB Lab is financing LUCHA’s expansion: a total budget of USD 2,620,000, with USD 935,000 from IDB Lab and USD 1,685,000 from LUCHA; the Fondo Luchante provides seed capital to startups going through its acceleration process. Forbes Perú: BID Lab financiará a aceleradora de startups peruana LUCHA
It presents itself as a partner that invests capital and co-builds solutions with founders, getting involved at the level of a co-founder; the Fondo Luchante has mobilized more than USD 2 million and LUCHA is a strategic partner of 10 impact companies. Infobae: LUCHA, reconfigurando cómo nace y crece el impacto en América Latina