What Do We Want to See?

A world in which social and environmental sustainability becomes a true business engine

What Do We Want to Do?

Build inclusive prosperity in Latin America by:

Accelerating growth of purpose-driven entrepreneurs.

Advocating for social innovation in traditional small businesses that are growing.

ultivating entrepreneurship ecosystems based on collaborative action and impact.
Our Approach

We lead the transformation of growing small businesses and endeavor to make social entrepreneurs gain visibility.

We seek to help them become positive impact drivers, and support their journey towards economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Data and Technology

We foster and facilitate access to technologies that enable data sharing and that create associations in a decentralized, safe and transparent manner, among growing companies, and business and financing partners.

Capacity Building

We build capabilities for growing businesses, focused on organizational, financial, operational, and management efficiency and effectiveness. We support the implementation of social and environmental innovations in their models.

Market Outreach

We help growing businesses tap into new markets, through our private-sector partners (such as retailers, ecommerce sites and marketplaces), seeking to support their international and local expansion.

Access to Financing

In collaboration with financing actors, fintechs, investors, non-banking institutions, microfinance companies and banks, we strive to secure friendly financing for growing small businesses.

Our Pillars

Impact Scaling-up

Impact is at the core of everything we do. We serve impact entrepreneurs and traditional small businesses that are growing to help them embrace social and environmental innovation in their business models.

Best-in-class Program Offering

We embrace ongoing improvement in the execution of our programs to influence the business success of our community in a verifiable manner.

Collaborative Action

We partner with private-sector business support organizations and with other ecosystem's players, as we recognize that no single company has created the challenges that we face today and that no single company can work them out on its own either. We drive collaboration all across Latin America, for Latin America.

Regional Expansion

We get involved in the regional expansion of the Latin American entrepreneurship ecosystem by means of associations that combine the local context with regional networks and methodologies.

Our History

Foundation of Agora Partnerships

Agora Partnerships was founded in 2005 by the entrepreneurs Ben Powell and Ricardo T. Teran, on the belief that society needs to support more people willing to build responsible businesses that address social challenges and that create economic opportunities impacting their communities.

Our Team

Cecilia Foxworthy

CEO

Gonzalo Oliva

CFO

Roger Palma

Human Talent and Administration Manager

Tania Gutiérrez

Back-office Specialist

María Denise Duarte

Chief Partnerships & Initiatives Officer

Kira López

Programs Manager

Lenín Flores

Process and Digital Transformation Leader

Valeria Sequeira

Senior Finance Consultant

Benjamín Tapia

Senior Strategy Consultant

Miurel Medrano

Findings and Data Associate

Claudia García

Digital Community and Design Associate

Mariana González

Impact Manager

Blanca Godoy

Asociada de Finanzas & Operaciones

Jorge Donado

Special Project Consultant

Daniela Guzmán

Project Manager

Florencia Jeifets

Creative director

Kirely Macedo

Media Coordinator

Juan Esteban García

Program Associate

Mariana Alcalá

Program Associate

Betsaida Olivarez

Consultant leader

Sebastian Guirao

Sr. Consultant in Sales and Digital Marketing

Erick Paredes

Data and Impact Associate

Fabián Medina

Director of Technological Innovation

Paola Orellana

Digital Marketing Consultant

Madelyn Gutiérrez

Experience Associate

Svetlana Urbina

Marketing and Communications Leader

María Andrea Díaz

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Delfina Maquieira

Talent Management Expert

Sara Sánchez

Researcher

Jessica Lemus

Business Development Consultant

Carolina Herrera

Digital Transformation Associate

Lucas Puente

Environmental Impact Business Consultant

Aldana Prieto

UX/UI Designer

María Paula Guarnizo

UI Designer

Cristhella Santizo

Business Intelligence Consultant

Our Board of Directors

Ricardo Terán

Carmen Velasco

María Elena Nawar

Brian Bell

Christopher Jurgens

Eric Sillaman

Ben Powell

Paula Elinger

Jordan Sánchez

Myriam Méndez

Tom Mitchell

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Our Partners

We work collaboratively with and among organizations to achieve inclusive prosperity

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Current Partners
Spotlight Partners

Trabajamos de manera colaborativa con fintechs, instituciones no bancarias, sitios ecommerce, retailers, empresas de logística, corporativos de telecomunicaciones, con el propósito de fomentar ecosistemas sostenibles y prósperas.

Fomento Social Citibanamex, A.C. is the organization through which Citibanamex consolidates its business commitment to the development and social welfare of Mexico. In the interest of supporting entrepreneurship and social innovation, Fomento Social Citibanamex is the main partner and co-financer of Mujeres Impulsando México: Hacia empresas sociales más sostenibles y resilientes (Women Propelling Mexico: Towards more sustainable and resilient social enterprises) Program executed by Agora Partnerships.

Shopify is one of the world’s leading e-commerce platforms, providing online store creation, website design, shipping, and payment processing services for more than 2 million online stores from more than 175 countries. Shopify is also a partner of the Mujeres Impulsando México: Hacia empresas sociales más sostenibles y resilientes (Women Propelling Mexico: Towards more sustainable and resilient social enterprises)  Program, providing its participants a new sales channel and advice for its strategic use.

MiCrowd is a fintech that connects women entrepreneurs in Latin America who request microcredits, with investors who seek economic and social profitability. Microwd is a partner of the Mujeres Impulsando México: Hacia empresas sociales más sostenibles y resilientes (Women Propelling Mexico: Towards more sustainable and resilient social enterprises) Program, bringing participants closer to new financing opportunities and preparing them to receive investment.

We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint

Through  Ecosphere, a company that is in charge of selling CO2 bonds to mitigate environmental impact, we rebalance our CO2 emissions, we redeem our CO2 spending by supporting a project with a positive impact on the climate, nature and people.

At Agora we support Nii Kaniti-Peru, a unique, indigenous-led forest conservation project situated in the Amazon rainforest in Easterm Peru which brings together seven communities to conserve critically threatened ancestral lands through sustainable forest management.

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Agora Partnerships believes in transparency