From Peru, with projects in 17 countries

Peru

• Industrial fishing and food operations at Grupo Gloria and Grupo Breca (2013 to 2021, and 2023 to 2024), with 2 industrial plants of more than 200 t/h combined.
• Co-founded Redesign Lab in 2021 and was COO of Cotton Nation and Neofibers, with capital from NESsT, Lululemon, Beneficial Returns and IDB Lab.
• Regenerative agriculture framework for more than 2,000 farmers, with the first Regenagri certification in the country.
• Investment readiness with NESsT AmazonBeEco, Qallariy and CODESPA, and Director of Innovation of Climathon Peru.
• Operator of the CCE Hub Peru, with Universidad del Pacífico.

Sources:PVBLIC Foundation, COP16 and the CCE Hub PeruImpactAlpha, Cotton NationNESsT, Cotton Nation in its portfolio

Colombia

• Technical Lead of the Impact Investing Unit of Swisscontact in Colombia, based in Bogotá.
• Panellist at COP16 on Biodiversity (Cali, 2024), on the panel «Regenerative Businesses for the Amazon of Latin America and the Caribbean», as co-founder of Cotton Nation.
• CEIBA Council since 2025 and panellist at the CEIBA Open Forum in Cali, on bioproducts and biomaterials.
• Climate Week Biodiversity in Medellín (2026), the first edition of this format in Latin America.
• IDB Amazon BioStartups bootcamp in Bogotá, with Neofibers, and Climathon.

Sources:PVBLIC Foundation, COP16La Nota Económica, CEIBA Summit 2025City of Medellín, Climate Week Biodiversity 2026

Mexico

• 3 capacity expansions in industrial plants, within a portfolio of 6 expansions from 70 to 226 t/h in Peru and Mexico.
• Sustainability projects in industrial plants: effluent treatment, water recirculation and energy efficiency in steam and condensate.
• Climathon, 2 editions in Playa del Carmen.

Ecuador

• Energy efficiency in steam and condensate in industrial plants.
• Water recirculation and effluent treatment, prioritised by return.

Venezuela

• Prefeasibility study for a protein hydrolysate plant using shrimp by-products.
• The investment thesis turned an environmental liability into a product, with a lean investment.

Panama

• Feasibility of an omega-3 concentration plant, drawing on the experience of running an omega-3 business unit.
• Invited to the CAF International Economic Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean 2027 (27 and 28 January 2027), to connect with international funds and the region’s financing system.

Sources:CAF, International Economic Forum 2027

Costa Rica

• Young Executives Program at INCAE (2015).
• Sustainable Business Development Programme at CATIE (2026), as a distinguished participant.

El Salvador

• IDB Group GET Forum 2025 in San Salvador, on entrepreneurship, venture capital and impact investing.
• Meetings with funds and strategic partners in Latin American impact investing.

Sources:IDB Group, GET Forum 2025

Chile

• Prefeasibility study for a fish by-product valorisation plant (2021).
• Technical and economic evaluation to turn process waste into a product with a market.

Argentina

• Startup mentor at Exponential Inception, the programme Singularity University builds from Argentina for all of Latin America.
• The programme has run 4 editions, with more than 180 graduates and more than 60 active mentors.
• Business profile at GRIDX (2023), the venture builder that brings scientists and business profiles together to found life-science startups.

Sources:Forbes Argentina, Exponential InceptionGRIDX, TRANSFORM programme

Brazil

• Invited by Conexsus to facilitate an Amazonian innovation module in 2027.

Sources:Website of Eddie Ajalcriña

United States

• Executive training in Business Analytics at MIT (2018), as a business analytics expert.
• Work with the network of Latin American technology professionals in the United States.
• The CCE Hub Peru, run by Redesign Lab with Universidad del Pacífico, is part of the US State Department’s Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship.

Sources:PVBLIC Foundation, CCE Hub Peru

United Kingdom

• Launch of Neofibers in London in 2024, around Future Fabrics Expo, with biomaterials made from Amazonian fibres.
• The launch design and the work behind it were done from Peru.
• Neofibers received funding from the Wyss Academy for Nature and was selected by the IDB for Amazon BioStartups.
• After the launch, more than 15 international brands showed interest.

Sources:Website of Eddie Ajalcriña

Switzerland

• Mapping of impact investing in Latin America with the University of Bern (UniBE), in 2026.
• A platform with the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) to open opportunities in Europe for sustainability professionals.

Sources:University of Bern (UniBE)Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH)

Russia

• Advisory to improve operational efficiency in industrial plants.
• Operational transformation of 2 industrial plants.

Israel

• Finalist at Start Tel Aviv with the agritech that won Start-up Peru, as an internationalisation step (2017).
• Technology for agricultural productivity with sensors, drones and data management.

China

• Project with ProInnóvate to take Amazonian fibres to haute couture in China, based in Beijing.

Sources:Website of Eddie Ajalcriña