In July 2025, NESsT formally established its legal presence in Colombia with the opening of a new office. While we've accelerated diverse impact-driven enterprises based in Colombia for 5 years, this milestone enables us to deepen our local involvement in the region.
NESsT announces today that Grzegorz Wach has been named NESsT Country Director of Poland, reflecting the impact investor’s expanding acceleration of social enterprises that create dignified jobs for individuals from excluded communities, including refugees, migrants, women, at-risk youth, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity.
NESsT announces today that Ioana Samoil has been named NESsT Country Director of Romania, highlighting the impact investor's deepening focus on accelerating Romanian social enterprises that create dignified jobs for individuals from excluded communities, including refugees, migrants, women, at-risk youth, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity.
În mai 2025, am fost încântați să găzduim o întâlnire în persoană în Olsztyn, Polonia, reunind întreprinderi din portofoliul NESsT , parteneri de la IKEA Social Entrepreneurship și membri ai echipelor regionale și globale NESsT .
When structured effectively, blended finance can connect entrepreneurs who need support with investors who care about impact. To make this model easier to understand, NESsT has created an infographic that clearly shows how blended finance works in practice and highlights its role in the Amazon impact ecosystem. This visual tool breaks down complex financial ideas into simple language, making it valuable for entrepreneurs, policymakers, partners, and anyone interested in advancing the Amazon bioeconomy through innovative financing.
In Brazil, millions of Black people become entrepreneurs not out of choice, but out of necessity. In doing so, they transform their communities, generate income, and open doors for others. In a context of structural gender inequality, the challenges are even greater for women, who face multiple barriers throughout their entrepreneurial journeys. This July, as we mark Latin American Black and Caribbean Women’s Month, NESsT reaffirms its commitment to racial equity and to strengthening businesses in Brazil that are building a more just future.
NESsT announces today that Grzegorz Wach has been named NESsT Country Director of Poland, reflecting the impact investor’s expanding acceleration of social enterprises that create dignified jobs for individuals from excluded communities, including refugees, migrants, women, at-risk youth, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity.
NESsT announces today that Ioana Samoil has been named NESsT Country Director of Romania, highlighting the impact investor's deepening focus on accelerating Romanian social enterprises that create dignified jobs for individuals from excluded communities, including refugees, migrants, women, at-risk youth, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity.
When structured effectively, blended finance can connect entrepreneurs who need support with investors who care about impact. To make this model easier to understand, NESsT has created an infographic that clearly shows how blended finance works in practice and highlights its role in the Amazon impact ecosystem. This visual tool breaks down complex financial ideas into simple language, making it valuable for entrepreneurs, policymakers, partners, and anyone interested in advancing the Amazon bioeconomy through innovative financing.
Multe întreprinderi comunitare din lanțurile valorice emergente ale socio-bioeconomiei durabile nu dispun de mijloacele și infrastructura necesare pentru a adopta instrumente digitale de monitorizare și comunicare pentru a urmări conservarea pădurilor și a-și îmbunătăți procesele de producție. Cu sprijinul Fundației Cisco , în 2021, NESsT a lansat o căutare de întreprinderi tehnologice în stadiu incipient care oferă mijloace de trai durabile comunităților slab deservite și regenerează mediul. Citiți mai multe despre învățămintele inițiativei aici.
Pe măsură ce începem sărbătorile pentru Luna mândriei 2025, revizităm eforturile recente ale Fondului violet NESsT , care au contribuit la activitatea noastră de a oferi sprijin financiar și tehnic vital întreprinderilor care promovează egalitatea pentru comunitatea LGTBQIA+ din Europa Centrală și de Est.
NESsT anunță că Renata Truzzi a fost numită Chief Impact & Operations Officer. Truzzi - care s-a alăturat organizației în 2012 - a ocupat mai multe funcții în cadrul NESsT, cea mai recentă fiind cea de director Global Acceleration & Impact. Experiența sa în domeniul investițiilor de impact, al dezvoltării afacerilor, al marketingului și al strângerii de fonduri va sprijini în continuare eficiența organizațională și excelența operațională a NESsT.
