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March 18, 2026
Peru, Lirio Fund
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Women's Month Spotlight: Cooperativa Agraria ...

Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Santa Ana is a coffee cooperative in Perené, Junín that works with around 170 coffee farmers, nearly half women who are heads of their households and over half are over the age of 45. 

Women's Month Spotlight: Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Santa Ana
March 10, 2026
Award, News, Supporters, Lirio Fund
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NESsT Named to ImpactAssets 50® Fund Manager ...

Impact investing trailblazer ImpactAssets has named NESsT to the 2026 IA 50 Fund Managers list, a publicly available database that highlights fund managers delivering demonstrable social and environmental impact, setting the standard for uncovering opportunities across private markets. This is the fourth time NESsT has been included in the IA 50, first as an Emerging Manager in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

NESsT Named to ImpactAssets 50® Fund Manager List for 2026
February 20, 2026
Supporters
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What We’re Celebrating This World Day of Social ...

World Day of Social Justice reaffirms our commitment to poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion as the interrelated pillars of social development.

What We’re Celebrating This World Day of Social Justice
February 5, 2026
News, Supporters, Funding, Latin America, Lirio Fund
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The NESsT Lirio Fund Disburses Over $20 Million ...

NESsT is proud to announce that the Lirio Fund has surpassed $20 million USD in disbursements through 37 loans, which have contributed to over 1.5 million hectares of land preserved and 16,000 lives positively impacted. 

The NESsT Lirio Fund Disburses Over $20 Million USD, Improving Livelihoods and Protecting the Environment Across Brazil, Colombia, and Peru
January 30, 2026
Amazonia, Bioeconomy, Brazil
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Narratives from COP 30 Belém: Unlocking the ...

This video brings together testimonies from leaders in the sociobioeconomy who have participated in key climate and finance forums, such as COP30 in Belém, with support from NESsT. Grounded in lived experience, these leaders’ perspectives highlight why their presence is essential in spaces where far-reaching decisions are made.

Narratives from COP 30 Belém: Unlocking the Potential of the Global Funding Ecosystem to Invest in a Sustainable Amazon Bioeconomy through the Lens of Local Communities
Renata Truzzi
October 18, 2017
Brazil, Event, Publication

Women are a majority treated as a minority

Renata Truzzi
October 18, 2017
Brazil, Event, Publication
Women are a majority treated as a minority

Empowering girls and women can save a country's economy. The British Council Brazil in partnership with NESsT published a study revealing the severity of gender inequality and the power of social entrepreneurship in solving it.

Tagged: Women, Social Entrepreneurship

Guest User
October 10, 2017
Consulting

Fostering Financial Sustainability of Oak Foundation Grantees in Belize

Guest User
October 10, 2017
Consulting
Fostering Financial Sustainability of Oak Foundation Grantees in Belize

This project with the Oak Foundation assisted five Foundation grantees to increase their financial sustainability through earned-revenues.

Tagged: Latin America

Guest User
October 2, 2017
Peru, Portfolio

Combatting the Informal Economy in Peru through Social Entrepreneurship

Guest User
October 2, 2017
Peru, Portfolio
Combatting the Informal Economy in Peru through Social Entrepreneurship

Not much is known about the informal economy in Peru, yet it is one of the reasons why many people face poverty, particularly women.

Tagged: Social Enterprise, Women

Guest User
September 28, 2017
Consulting, Romania

From the Bitter Part of a Sales Job to the Sweet Beginnings of a Jam Business

Guest User
September 28, 2017
Consulting, Romania
From the Bitter Part of a Sales Job to the Sweet Beginnings of a Jam Business

Bunicel is a jam business founded by Romanian Mihai Zaharia four years ago, along with the support of NESsT. Mihai was a winner of OMV Petrom's "Made in Andrei's Country" program and received both seed funding and business development delivered by NESsT.

Loïc Comolli
September 28, 2017
Consulting

NESsT Delivers Intensive Online Business Accelerator Program for Red de Pathways Members

Loïc Comolli
September 28, 2017
Consulting
NESsT Delivers Intensive Online Business Accelerator Program for Red de Pathways Members

NESsT provided business acceleration services to 11 Red de Pathways members. Acceleration services consisted of an online course for leaders of social change organizations and individualized “coaching.”

Guest User
September 28, 2017
Peru, Portfolio

Join Housekipp in Formalizing the Domestic Services Sector in Peru

Guest User
September 28, 2017
Peru, Portfolio
Join Housekipp in Formalizing the Domestic Services Sector in Peru

With your support, women in Peru will have the opportunity to improve their income, receive professional training, and access micro-loans for their children and families to thrive. By lending $25 or more, you can help Housekipp reach 100% so that it can train and employ 240 women by 2021.

Tagged: Social Enterprise, Women

Guest User
August 1, 2017

Founders' Leadership Series: Key Values for a Successful Entrepreneur

Guest User
August 1, 2017
Founders' Leadership Series: Key Values for a Successful Entrepreneur

Leading investor and Stanford Business School professor Andy Rachleff shares the key values he's observed in entrepreneurs of successful businesses.

Tagged: Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur

Guest User
July 28, 2017
Peru, Supporters

Kiva Lenders Raise $30,000 for Project Pietà

Guest User
July 28, 2017
Peru, Supporters
Kiva Lenders Raise $30,000 for Project Pietà

In less than a week, over 900 people trusted in Pietà by becoming their lenders and partners through the campaign organized by NESsT and Kiva!

Tagged: Kiva, Social Enterprise

Guest User
July 25, 2017
Romania

Growing Social Enterprises in the Balkans: A Goodbiz Interview with NESsT

Guest User
July 25, 2017
Romania
Growing Social Enterprises in the Balkans: A Goodbiz Interview with NESsT

Check out Goodbiz's interview with NESsT's own Irina Asaftei, project manager in Romania, on what makes the NESsT methodology stand out, how enterprise founders without business training are able to run their own businesses and thrive, and how NESsT decides what issues to invest in.

Tagged: Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur

nesst-admin
July 21, 2017
Poland

The Power of Venture Philanthropy to Drive Social Change

nesst-admin
July 21, 2017
Poland
The Power of Venture Philanthropy to Drive Social Change

In 2017, the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland organized the Competition for the 20th time, where NESsT Co-CEO Loïc Comolli was a speaker on the potential of venture philanthropy to drive social change.

Tagged: venture philanthropy

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