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Profonanpe
Raises funds and provides partially reimbursable seed capital, with technical assistance, to existing biobusinesses.
How can Profonanpe help your biobusiness?
- What it offers
partially reimbursable seed capitaltechnical assistancecompetition
- At what stage
- I'm already operating · I need capital
- Who it serves
- Associations and cooperatives · Formal companies
- Products
- Sustainable timber, Non-timber forest products (unspecified), Community ecotourism, Aguaje (moriche palm), Camu camu
- Where it works
- All of PeruWith documented presence in: Amazonas, Loreto, San Martín, Madre de Dios, Cusco, Puno
How do you access Profonanpe?
- Can you apply directly?
- Yes, it serves biobusinesses directly.
- Do you need a business that already operates?
- Yes
- How hard is it to access?
- Moderate access
- Do you pay or co-fund?
- Partly free or with matching contribution
- Is it repaid?
- Partly repaid
- Where does the money come from?
- Public
Reference timelines. The public competitions reviewed take between 3 and 10 months from opening to results (our calculation with 2026 call documents).
Mapping classification: Provides, through a competition, partially reimbursable seed capital of USD 50,000 to USD 150,000 per organization to biobusinesses, with technical assistance. Complexity is medium because it is a seed capital competition, per the criterion; the source does not detail the requirements.
Who does Profonanpe 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.
- GCFAmazonas, Loreto, San Martín +3 · Camu camu, Community ecotourism, Sustainable timber
- Ministerio del Ambiente (Minam)Amazonas, Loreto, San Martín · Aguaje (moriche palm), Camu camu, Community ecotourism
- CCPIPLoreto, San Martín, Amazonas +1 · Aguaje (moriche palm), Community ecotourism
- Redesign LabLoreto, Amazonas, San Martín +1 · Aguaje (moriche palm), Sustainable timber
- Conservación Internacional PerúAmazonas, Loreto, San Martín · Aguaje (moriche palm), Camu camu
- Minam, Programa BosquesSan Martín, Loreto, Madre de Dios · Aguaje (moriche palm), Community ecotourism
Sources and references
Dated public data behind this profile. What is published does not reflect everything an organization does.
Bioinversión Amazónica 2026 competition: up to USD 600,000 in total (cap), between USD 50,000 and USD 150,000 per organization, in six regions; funded by the Green Climate Fund, with Minam. Revista Economía: Profonanpe otorgará hasta US$ 600 mil para financiar negocios que contribuyan a conservar la Amazonía peruana
With the Bosques Amazónicos ASL2 project and the Association of Exporters (ADEX), it is designing a 3T model (traceability, transparency and true costs) to strengthen the aguaje (moriche palm) and camu camu value chains. Agraria.pe: Profonanpe impulsa cadenas de valor sostenibles de aguaje y camu camu
With NESsT, 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
Bioinversión Amazónica 2025 competition (applications from February 25 to April 26, 2025): partially reimbursable seed capital of up to USD 50,000 for biobusinesses with at least 2 years of operation, USD 100,000 with 5 years and USD 150,000 with 7 years or more, plus business advisory support. Corresponsables: Bioinversión Amazónica: lanzan concurso que financia hasta con US$150,000 a bionegocios sostenibles en seis regiones del país