Violet

🌱 Blended Finance: From Innovation to Scale Drawing from my journey in structuring Brazil's pioneering sustainable finance deals, here's what scaling blended finance looks like in practice: 📈 The Evolution of Market Understanding Back in 2012, I participated in structuring the first public agribusiness receivables deal (CRA) with Syngenta and Bunge. Commercial investors spent 90 minutes in meetings just trying to understand agricultural risk. Our initial solution? Credit insurance as a bridge, making the unfamiliar feel secure. Over the years, we replicated and evolved this structure, reaching billions in issuance. As the market matured, we were able to remove the insurance component, as investors became comfortable with the underlying risk. A decade later, we're in a new wave: connecting institutional capital to sustainability transformation. The challenge has shifted from "understanding agribusiness" to "scaling impact." 🎯 Strategic Use of Catalytic Capital Philanthropic and concessional funding isn't just about subsidizing technical assistance. When used strategically as first-loss or mezzanine tranches, it can: - De-risk investments for commercial capital - Demonstrate project viability - Enable larger-scale funding mobilization The key? Using limited concessional capital to catalyze multiples of commercial investment. 🌎 Bridging Global to Local The Amazon Mechanism with Natura proved institutional investors can connect with traditional communities. The structure combined: - IFC - International Finance Corporation and impact investors Good Energies Foundation and Fundo Vale - Technical assistance facility - Credit enhancement and origination at scale with Natura as originator and offtaker, while also acting as catalytic investor Now the challenge is making these structures replicable. ⚡ Building Infrastructure for Scale At Violet, we're developing replicable financial and impact frameworks and processes for: - Degraded pasture recovery - Conservation and restoration - Integrated systems - Sustainable livestock management - Agroforestry and bioeconomy Technology enables: - Integrated performance monitoring - Risk management - Cost-efficient due diligence - Transparent impact tracking 🚀 The Path Forward Additional revenue streams like carbon credits and environmental services are strengthening business cases. Combined with efficient structures and monitoring, these make sustainable investments increasingly attractive on pure financial terms. The future isn't about perpetual concessional capital - it's about proving these investments work and creating efficient mechanisms to scale them. Want to learn more about how we're building the infrastructure to make investing in nature as easy as investing in traditional markets? Let's connect. #BlendedFinance #SustainableFinance #ImpactInvesting

At the Lab Summit during New York Climate Week, Lab alumni shared insights on driving private finance for climate action. Their stories showcased ambitious solutions that have catalyzed over $4 billion in investments across emerging markets. How are Lab alumni shaping the future of sustainable finance? Learn more about the panel: https://lnkd.in/dj-uFay8 Ben Broché, Martha de Sá, CFA, Lasitha Perera, Sanjay Wagle, The Lightsmith Group, VERT Capital, The Development Guarantee Group #climatefinance #climatesolutions #emergingmarkets #innovation

Incredibly proud to share a historic milestone: structuring IFC's first direct investment in traditional communities in the Amazon! 🌳 As Neil Armstrong would say, it might seem like a small step for capital markets ($1.2M), but it represents a giant leap for Brazilian sociobiodiversity financing. The Amazônia Viva Mechanism marks a breakthrough in democratizing credit access for extractivist communities, bringing together an outstanding coalition: - Natura as the key orchestrator - VERT Capital structuring and managing a blended finance CRA (Agribusiness Receivables Certificate) - Funbio - Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade managing a complementary technical assistance vehicle (Enable Conditions Facility) - Vale Fund and Good Energies Foundation as strategic funding partners - IFC - International Finance Corporation making its pioneering investment in traditional communities Most importantly: the mechanism can benefit over 10,000 families across 44 Brazilian communities, strengthening the sociobiodiversity economy and promoting financial citizenship. This operation proves it's possible to connect capital markets and traditional communities in a sustainable way. Now, let's scale it! 🌱 Deep gratitude for the trust and dedication of all partners and professionals involved in this transformative journey of hard work and persistence. #SustainableFinance #ESG #Amazon #Impact #Innovation

Returning from NYC Climate Week with renewed energy and insights! It was inspiring to share ideas and learn from global leaders in climate finance. Key reflections from my panel: 👩🌾 Small farmers and local communities must be at the center of our efforts - they're the true changemakers on the ground, often overlooked and underrepresented. 🌎 "Translating" between stakeholders is key: we need a "glocal" approach with protocols that work for everyone in the ecosystem, from local communities to global investors. 💡 We need to make investing in nature as simple as traditional asset classes - a vision that drives our work at Violet. 📈 Scaling solutions is crucial, alongside ensuring high integrity and transparency. These discussions reinforced my belief in the potential of innovative finance to transform Brazilian agribusiness into a positive force for climate and communities. The challenge is immense, but so is the opportunity. As we develop Violet's MVP, we're committed to keeping these insights at the forefront of our work. Excited to continue this journey, learning and adapting as we go. Together, we can make a difference! A huge thank you to Ben Broché for the insightful panel, and to Barbara Buchner, Climate Policy Initiative, The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance for organizing such an impactful event. Grateful for the engaging discussions with The Nature Conservancy, IFACC Initiative, Capital for Climate, Institute for Climate and Society and so many others. Looking forward to continuing these important conversations! #ClimateWeekNYC #SustainableFinance #Impact #Innovation

IFACC is excited to announce a new signatory! Violet, a VERT Capital spinoff, is a startup led by Martha de Sá, CFA which operates as a fintech platform dedicated to accelerating the adoption of nature-based solutions in Brazil. Violet's model connects innovative environmental projects, forward-thinking companies, and impact-driven investors across five key areas: agroforestry & bioeconomy, conservation & restoration, pasture recovery, integrated systems, and sustainable livestock management. The company's activities range from credit underwriting to developing payment for environmental services (PES) projects and asset management. Martha participates actively in the Amazônia Viva Program, a partnership with Natura, VERT, and Funbio. This program focuses on financing sociobiodiversity supplier cooperatives in the Amazon region.   We’re looking forward to working with Violet to achieve our collective goals! Welcome onboard! #IFACC #InnovativeFinance

From the 110 proposals received from innovators around the world for this year’s G20 TechSprint, we’ve shortlisted 15 finalists with the greatest potential for solving the three challenges focussed on sustainable finance. The shortlisted teams move on the next phase in which they have to develop solutions based on their submitted proposals. They must submit their prototypes by 4 October and winners will be announced on 27 November. Check out the finalists and follow along: https://lnkd.in/evHQnjww The BIS and Banco Central do Brasil have joined forces to present the fifth edition of the G20 TechSprint, an international competition that seeks innovative solutions to address common challenges and priorities of the global central banking and regulatory community. IDB Lab and FENASBAC are also supporting the event. #G20TechSprint #SustinableFinance #G20 #TechSprint2024 CVM