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NESsT
Lends to impact companies that already operate through a debt fund on flexible terms, and accelerates them with technical assistance; in Peru it supports Amazonian biobusinesses through AmazonBeEco and with Profonanpe.
How can NESsT help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
debtaccelerationtechnical assistance
- At what stage
- I need capital
- Who it serves
- Formal companies · Associations and cooperatives · Indigenous communities
- Products
- Cacao, Coffee, Medicinal plants and oils (unspecified), Brazil nut, Sacha inchi, Community ecotourism, Tarwi (Andean lupin), Native potatoes, Huicungo palm, Sustainable artisanal fishing (unspecified)
- Where it works
- International reach: Latin America and Central and Eastern EuropeIn Peru, with documented projects or investments in: Amazonas, San Martín, Cusco, Puno, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Junín, Áncash, Ayacucho, Lima y Callao
How do you access NESsT?
- Can you apply directly?
- Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
- Do you need a business that already operates?
- Yes
- How hard is it to access?
- Demanding access
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Partly free or with matching contribution
- Is it repaid?
- Partly repaid
- Where does the money come from?
- Blended
Mapping classification: Combines technical assistance with loans repaid on "flexible terms," according to f3, to companies already operating with impact goals. Its funds come from donors and public funds such as the IDB and the Green Climate Fund.
Who does NESsT overlap with?
Organizations in the map working on the same products in the same departments. It is not a declared relationship: it is an overlap in the data, useful to look for synergies.
- PromPerúAyacucho, Junín, Lima +3 · Brazil nut, Cacao, Sacha inchi, Coffee
- GCFAmazonas, Loreto, San Martín +3 · Cacao, Coffee, Sacha inchi, Community ecotourism
- AgromercadoMadre de Dios, Puno, Junín +4 · Brazil nut, Coffee, Cacao
- Redesign LabLoreto, Amazonas, San Martín +4 · Cacao, Coffee, Tarwi (Andean lupin)
- Ministerio del Ambiente (Minam)Amazonas, Loreto, San Martín +1 · Brazil nut, Coffee, Cacao, Community ecotourism
- CCPIPLoreto, San Martín, Amazonas +2 · Cacao, Coffee, Community ecotourism
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
Its portfolio of social enterprises in Peru shows eight biology-based ventures in Áncash, Junín, Ayacucho, Cusco, Madre de Dios and Lima: tarwi, native potatoes, coffee, organic cocoa, Brazil nuts, huicungo, community tourism and artisanal fishing. NESsT Perú en LinkedIn: La ruta de NESsT (emprendimientos de su portafolio por región)
Minam recognized it, together with other impact investors, at the launch of the fifth edition of IMPACTA Verde (Lima, May 8, 2026); in 2025 it renewed loans to Peruvian cooperatives such as Cuencas del Huallaga (cocoa) and Cooperativa Agraria Sonomoro del VRAEM (about 600 producers in Junín). NESsT: NESsT is recognized among impact investors driving biodiversity-based solutions in Peru
With Profonanpe, it will support 40 eco- and biobusinesses for about three and a half years. NESsT: NESsT and Profonanpe join forces to strengthen 40 eco and bio businesses in the Peruvian Amazon
Leads, in Peru, the technical assistance and capital access of 25 biobusinesses in AmazonBeEco. NESsT: NESsT joins Conexsus, IDB and Green Climate Fund to scale enterprises from the socio-bioeconomy
Other sources consulted: NESsT: The NESsT Lirio Fund renews support for three enterprises strengthening sustainable livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon (Aug 14, 2025)