In Colombia, accessing capital is often slow and costly. Interest rates commonly reach 15–18% annually, with months of waiting and heavy paperwork. For social enterprises, those delays can mean lost harvests, lost contracts, or lost momentum.
That’s why Beneficial Returns is expanding its presence in Colombia, offering timely loans at affordable rates to businesses that deliver both social and environmental value. Our growing portfolio now includes 11 outstanding social enterprises working with Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and post-conflict communities. Together, they are creating income for more than 2,000 families while advancing climate resilience and biodiversity protection.
Recently, Portafolio, a leading Colombian business outlet, featured our work helping to transform local value chains. By providing capital at the right cost and the right time, social enterprises can thrive.
Amapuri
One example is Amapuri, a family-led enterprise in the Colombian Amazon. Amapuri works with over 800 Indigenous and Afro-Colombian families to process and market açaí and heart of palm. In doing so, they preserve traditional harvesting systems like chagras—ancestral agroforestry plots that tie communities to their land, culture, and food sovereignty.
With a loan from Beneficial Returns, Amapuri is upgrading its processing facilities and moving toward international certifications. These investments will allow the enterprise to expand its reach to new markets while continuing to honor ancestral traditions and create dignified livelihoods in the Amazon.
Watch this one-minute video to meet Amapuri and see their work in action.
At Beneficial Returns, we’re proud to back enterprises like Amapuri that combine cultural resilience with climate solutions.