By Maria Paula Lopez de los Rios y Raquel Trigo
By 2050, more than 28% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean will be over 60 years old. This accelerated demographic shift presents an unprecedented challenge: how to ensure dignity, autonomy, and quality of life for millions of older adults across the region. Unlike other parts of the world, Latin America faces this transformation in a much shorter period and with more limited resources.
Washington, D.C., and Montevideo, September 29, 2025.
IDB Lab and LACNet announce the launch of LNet, the new brand identity that unifies the trajectory of LACChain—an initiative led by IDB Lab since 2019—and LACNet, the nonprofit organization created in 2021 to catalyze the use of Web3 for development and inclusion.
WASHINGTON — IDB Lab, the Inter-American Development Bank Group’s innovation and venture capital arm, announced a $2 million strategic investment in the 500 LatAm Seed Fund IV, managed by 500 LatAm. The fund will invest in approximately 40 early-stage tech startups in Latin America and the Caribbean, including in emerging ecosystems such as Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, and Uruguay.
Five entrepreneurs will present their solutions on December 2 at GET Forum, the IDB Group’s flagship event on innovation and technology for development.
WASHINGTON – IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), has announced the five women-led businesses that have won the WeXchange Women STEMpreneurs 2025 competition.
Esta publicación forma parte de una serie que busca visibilizar la situación de bienestar y salud mental de las personas emprendedoras de alto impacto (EAI) en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC).
WASHINGTON — IDB Lab, the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, announced a strategic investment of $1.5 million in the financial technology startup Aviva in Mexico. Founded in 2022, Aviva leverages AI-powered kiosks to expand access to financial services among underserved communities across the country.
The Success Story of the Outcomes for Change Fund
By Jean Emmanuel Desmornes
Against the backdrop of civil unrest, a quiet transformation is underway. A coalition of funders, investors and implementing partners are seeking to improve how aid is delivered in Haiti—a sector that spends nearly US$1 billion annually. Their aim is to bring accountability, value for money and locally driven solutions to address the country’s greatest development challenges.
IDB Lab, the innovation and venture arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is partnering with 19Labs to pilot the use of drone technology for delivering critical medical supplies to some of Guyana's remote hinterland communities.
This initiative enhances the country's expanding telemedicine and digital health network by providing a cost-effective, long-range, two-way drone-delivery system that can transport medical supplies in remote and geographically isolated regions.
The selected proposals come from Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The commitment was made in Barcelona, Spain, at the first Europe-Latin America and Caribbean Silver Economy Forum, which brought together over 200 global leaders, aging experts and representatives from key sectors.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest and IDB Lab, along with ”la Caixa” Foundation and key international partners, committed to working together on a joint development agenda to address challenges and opportunities arising from the rapid aging of societies, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean.