The Inter-American Development Bank's innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, has launched two innovative initiatives to protect biodiversity and promote sustainable development in the Amazon basin.

Laura Macció (Uruguay)

CEO and founder of METABIX BIOTECH. Finalist of the WeXchange competition for entrepreneurs in STEM fields.

"The entrepreneurial ecosystem energizes you."

What did it mean to you to be selected as a finalist in the last WeXchange competition?

To protect biodiversity and promote an inclusive nature-based economy and future, IDB Lab, the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), is launching NaturaTech LAC.

Women-led technology startups in Latin America and the Caribbean may apply until June 30, 2024, on the WeXchange website.

IDB Lab, the innovation and venture laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, and its WeXchange platform, which promotes the growth of women technology entrepreneurs in the region, announce the launch of two calls for proposals aimed at recognizing and supporting women founders and leaders of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) startups in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Interview with Mariana Sarmiento (Colombia)

CEO of TERRASOS, company selected by IDB Lab for a project that combines digital tokens with biodiversity

“The distrust in digital assets is overcome by communicating”

What needs to change in our societies for sustainability to be at the center of our actions?

Interview with Matías Peire (Argentina), co-founder and CEO of GRIDX, a fund for science-based ventures.

By EIT Climate-KIC

The first cohort of climate accelerators in Latin America and the Caribbean have begun their training to promote climate solutions in the region in a program designed by IDB Lab, the innovation laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB), and EIT Climate-KIC, a European innovation and knowledge community co-financed by the European Union and supported by the

IDB Lab, the innovation and venture laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, will lend $2 million from the IDB’s Social Entrepreneurship Program through a loan to the Ecuadorian company DoctorOne to help it reach more underserved communities and improve access to quality healthcare.

Interview with Sean O'Sullivan (United States), founder and CEO of SOSV, a venture capital firm with investments in nearly a thousand startups in 60 countries focused on human and planetary health.