About intention ventures
We are a new and different consultancy! Intention Ventures is a boutique consultancy which focuses on supporting enterprises or aspiring entrepreneurs that seek to generate a socioeconomic and environmental impact. We are inspired by the potential of small and medium enterprises to generate income opportunities for local communities, find solutions to pressing social and environmental problems and to help environmental conservation for future generations.
Our mission is to support these entrepreneurs to improve their business models and grow, furthering their impact. We work in three practice areas, starting our operations in Fortaleza, Brasil.
Our mission is to support these entrepreneurs to improve their business models and grow, furthering their impact. We work in three practice areas, starting our operations in Fortaleza, Brasil.
Who we are
TEAM
"I truly believe that businesses can create value for communities and tackle important social and environmental challenges and in the importance of focusing on the beneficiaries as the drivers of the solutions." |
DEBORAH LILIENFELD
I am Deborah and I created Intention Ventures as a consulting practice my hometown of Fortaleza, Brazil to inspire businesses to become environmentally sustainable while delivering tangible economic and social impacts to the communities in which they operate. Over the past 14 years, I focused my career on creating new strategies to support smallholder producers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve both wellbeing and contribute to environmental sustainability. I am an ocean admirer andI love whale sharks! I combine the dual capacity implement projects at smallholder level with transactional experience at various types and sizes of investment vehicles. In Latin America, Africa and Asia, I led the operations, strategy and growth of impact investment funds both from the field and at head office for Conservation International and Fauna & Flora International. At the transaction level, I worked in the structuring of project finance investments at the Inter-American Development Bank and financing of microfinance institutions with Incofin Investment Management. At the strategic level, I have developed and implemented strategies to support smallholder producers and enhance the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ecosystem with TechnoServe Inc throughout Latin America. Most recently in Indonesia I have provided investment and business model advisory services with Marine Change. I hold a Masters of Science Degree in Development Management from American University and a degree in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin. I am fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French and I am learning Indonesian. |
ADVISORY BOARD
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CHRISTOPHER HOLTZ
Chris leads WWF’s Earth for Life initiative, an effort to engage partners around an idea that could have a profound impact on the effectiveness and durability of the world’s protected areas. Chris has nearly 20 years of experience working on biodiversity conservation programs around the world, particularly in Asia and has worked at MacArthur Foundation and Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF) at Conservation International. Chris holds a Masters in public policy and administration from Baylor University in Waco, TX, and a BA in political science from Haverford College in Haverford, PA. JUDY REYES Judy is the Associate General Counsel at The Rockefeller Foundation in New York. With over 15 years of legal experience, her expertise lies in structuring investments with socioeconomic and environmental impacts and structuring long-term financing mechanisms for protected areas around the world. Judy has a JD from HavardUniversity and has worked at Conservation International and at Andrews KurthLLP. |
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RAFAEL PINTO
Rafael has over 16 years of experience working in the design, implementation and evaluation of projects in the fields of Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Business Development, Public-Private Partnerships, and other areas. He has developed several projects that involved multi-stakeholder participation including International Organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, universities, and government agencies. He has worked in organizations such as the Young Americas Business Trust - of the Organization of American States, the International Finance Corporation – of the World Bank Group, and the United Nations Association of the Dominican Republic. He is now the Founder and Director of Occasio International Advisory Services (www.occasioias.com), which brings together professionals with experiences working in Brazil and internationally. Working closely with partners in its extensive network, Occasio offers business development solutions and support of new and ongoing innovative projects. Rafael is also a Director at the LatAm Startups organization (www.latamstartups.org), which aims to strengthen the business opportunities, networking, and linkages between the entrepreneurship and Startup ecosystems in Latin America and Canada. He speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English fluently. |