Agenda > Nature-based Solutions Investment Summit

June 6th

Led by Capital for Climate (investors-only). A highly curated day featuring over 30 NbS opportunities, real fundraising cases, and initiatives on the road to COP30.

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Run of Day; Mainstreaming Signals for Nature-based Solutions

James Allen, MC, O-Lab 

Tony Lent, Host, Co-founder, Capital for Climate

Policy Drivers Supporting Nature-Based Solutions and the Bioeconomy

Moderator

Patrica Ellen, Aya Earth Partners, Co-founder and Brazil Partner, Systemiq

Raul Protazio, Secretary of Environment, Pará State

Keynote – COP30 – Expectations, Objectives & Brazil’s Leadership

Moderator

Marcelo Furtado, CEO, Itausa Institute

COP30 High Level Champion, Dan Ioschpe

a) Brazil Carbon Market and Carbon Off-takes; b) Value Chain Investment in Regen Ag

Moderators

Antonio Reis, Partner, Mattos Filho; TBC Xavier Andrillon, WBCSD

Symbiosis Coalition – Julia Osterman Strong, Executive Director

Petrobras/Pro Floresta – Izabel Ramos, Carbon Market Manager

Unilever – TBC, Claudia Bassetto, Head of Procurement Nutrition Latin America

Bunge – TBC

The Enabling Environment and Large-Scale Finance Innovation for NbS

Moderator

Maria Netto, Executive Director of the Instituto Clima e Sociedade

Eco Invest – Mario Gouveia, National Treasury Secretariat

BNDES – TBC Tereza Campello, Social & Environmental Director

Fundo Vale – Rodrigo Lauria, Director

HSBC (World Bank Reforestation Outcome Bond) – Daniel Porto, Head DCM Latam

IFACC – TBC

Fireside Chat: Why International Investors Are Coming to Brazil

Moderator

Tony Lent, Capital for Climate

Terra Natural Capital, Stephen Gill, Managing Director

Carbon Direct, Van Butsic, Director of Project Design

Just Climate, TBC, Raphael Falcioni, Managing Director

Nuveen, TBC

Success Stories and Capital Formation Milestones

Moderator

Leo Fleck, Santander, Head Sustainable Finance

Mombak – Peter Fernandez, Co-founder and CEO

Regia – Jose Pugas, Partner, Chief Sustainability Officer

Patria – Reforest, Pedro Faria, Partner, Head of Growth Private Equity

AGBI – Mario Lewandowski, Director

Lunch

Roundtable Discussion – The Upcoming Eco Invest Auction; The Tropical Forests Forever Facility – Progress to Date

NbS Opportunity Presentations:

Track 1, Development Platforms: Belterra TBC, Biomas, Caaporã, Courageous Land, Future Climate, Morfo

Track 2, Funds & Vehicles: AGBI, CCAT VOX, GEF Capital, Instituto Amazonia 21, Mov Investimentos, Patria Reforest Fund

Track 3, Innovative Ventures: 100% Amazonia TBC, Agroforestree TBC, Bioflore, Impact Bank, Luxor Agro, Map of Life TBC

Networking Coffee Break

NbS Opportunity Presentations:

Track 1, Development Platforms: New Ag, Radix TBC, Re.green, Samauma, Symbiosis, Systemica TBC

Track 2, Funds & Vehicles: Produzindo Certo, Regia, Reverte TBC, The Yield Lab, Traive

Track 3, Innovative Ventures: ProvidenceX, Puna Bio TBC, Reseed, Silva, Soleum, umGraueMeio

Afternoon Keynote Session

Closing Remarks and Next Steps to COP30

Cocktail reception

Biomas restores degraded areas through native tree planting in a vertically integrated operation—from restoration to carbon credit sales. The company operates across Brazil’s biomes, with a focus on the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, and Cerrado regions.

Fabio Sakamoto

Chief Executive Officer

Luxor Agro specializes in implementing regenerative agriculture and restoring degraded farmland on large-scale farms through two main approaches: integrated crop-livestock systems and coffee production through agroforestry systems.

Daniel Baeta

Chief Executive Officer

MORFO specializes in large-scale restoration of native forest ecosystems using forest engineering, computer vision, and drones. Operating in tropical and subtropical regions, MORFO provides end-to-end restoration solutions from diagnostics to monitoring.

Pascal Asselin

CEO and Co-Founder

Radix restores degraded Amazon lands through mixed silviculture systems prioritizing native species, driving environmental restoration, carbon capture, and the supply of legal forest products.

Pascal Asselin

CEO and Co-Founder

Samauma collaborates with local communities and strategic partners to implement conservation projects throughout the Amazon region, establishing a mutually beneficial framework that generates carbon credits while fostering sustainable community initiatives.

Nicolas Londono

Chief Executive Officer

Symbiosis specializes in reforestation and sustainable forest management in the Atlantic Forest biome. Operating through three core areas—seedling nursery, production forests, and R&D—the company produces native wood species, seedlings, and carbon credits.

Alan Batista

Chief Financial Officer

The Sustainable Investment Facility uses blended finance strategies to drive sustainable initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon. It facilitates capital access while providing technical support and knowledge sharing for bioeconomy, low-emissions agriculture, renewable energy, and other sustainable initiatives.

Julia Forlani

Strategic Partnership Specialist

MOV Investimentos provides catalytic capital aimed at commercial returns and systemic change. The FIP MOV 2 fund focuses on the Brazilian Amazon. It aims to support businesses that combine biome regeneration with economic development through bioeconomy and innovation.

Paulo Belotti

Founder and Executive Director

Régia Capital is an asset manager created by JGP and Banco do Brasil Asset that manages sustainable investment funds for the Global South, focusing on NBS, renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, and decarbonization.

José Pugas

Partner & Chief Sustainability Officer

VOX CCAT is a Brazilian multi-strategy investment fund providing de-risking capital to financial vehicles offering credits to producers transitioning to sustainable practices, committed to zero deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes.

Daniel Brandão

Partner, Nature-based Solutions Director

Bioflore is an MRV startup that leverages AI and remote sensing to track carbon stocks and biodiversity impacts in restoration projects via its FloreViewer platform. A finalist in the XPrize Rainforest competition, Bioflore has a portfolio of 40 projects across 7 countries.

Heitor Filpi

CEO and Co-Founder

Launched by Impact Bank, the $25M Amazon Food & Forest Fund supports sustainable MSMEs in the Amazon’s bioeconomy, focusing on IPLCs. It provides growth capital and discounted invoices, backed by a TA Facility.

Gabriel Ribenboim

CEO and Co-Founder

A finalist in the XPrize Rainforest competition, Map of Life provides a biodiversity platform that models species distribution using high-resolution global data. It integrates field validation through eDNA, acoustics, and LiDAR, offering API integration for ESG and MRV systems.

Chrissy Durkin

Chief Revenue Officer

Silva Brasil Bio organizes Brazil’s supply chain for native seedlings, connecting certified nurseries to ecological restoration, carbon credits, and agroforestry projects. Their platform enables efficient, large-scale commercialization of native plants.

Daniel Jimenez

Founder and CEO

umgrauemeio is a climate tech using AI, sensors, satellite, and field data to monitor, prevent, and respond to wildfires. Its Pantera platform detects fires in under 3 minutes, protecting restoration areas and enabling sustainable reforestation projects.

Osmar Bambini

Co-Founder and Chief Innovability Officer

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