In recent years, the world has witnessed a growing interest in the biodiversity and natural capital agenda and how to finance necessary action. Governments, multilateral organizations, donors, civil society, and the private sector are increasingly coming together to accelerate innovations in sustainability, climate action, and biodiversity conservation. This collaborative … [Read more...] about Investing in Nature: A Holistic Approach to Biodiversity and Climate Action
Laura Ortiz Montemayor
Laura Ortiz Montemayor is a living-systems thinker and mompreneur, founder of SVX México, passionate about Regenerative Culture, biodiversity, and an advocate for Impact Investing. Her life mission is to ensure that capital serves life instead of governing it and she works transforming investment paradigms. During the past years, Laura’s work has focused on driving social, economic, and environmental justice through Impact Investment advice and education. She is also a board member of the Mexico Impact Investing Steering Committee and Taskforce (AII MX) a volunteer mentor for ALTERNARE A.C., one of the founding members of the ASEM (Mexican Association of Entrepreneurs). Both Laura and her business partner Stevie are currently structuring their first fund: Regenera Ventures to invest in the regenerative transition for rural Mexico with a gender lens and a landscape approach. She has taught impact investing, climate finance and regenerative economy to over 1,400 Latin American investors and spoken about the subject in multiple countries. She previously worked for over 8 years in wealth and asset management in BBVA and Citi Banamex. Laura has a degree in International Business from ITESM (Tec de Monterrey) and has additional certifications on Impact Investment from Oxford University, Regenerative Entrepreneurship by UCI, Venture Capital and Private Equity Seminar of RiskMathics, Investment Management training by ANDE and Behavioral Economics by NYU. Laura is an angel investor in Desplastifícate, and a micro investor through collective finance in 2 more social and environmental impact companies.