Mentorship · Latin America · Multilateral
A 30-week impact entrepreneurship curriculum across 8 Latin American countries — 80 founders, 2 cohorts, one shared mission.
CAF Development Bank · Scholas Occurrentes · Latin America
In partnership with CAF — the Development Bank of Latin America — and Scholas Occurrentes (a Pontifical international organisation with UN consultative status), Francesco designed and delivered a 30-week mentorship curriculum across 2 cohorts (2022 and 2023) for 80 impact founders across 8 Latin American countries. The programme combined structured business model coaching with a values-first approach to entrepreneurship, reaching founders working on education, food security, environmental sustainability, and community resilience.
Designed the full curriculum across 2 cohorts (15 weeks each) — from business model validation workshops to investor readiness sessions — tailored for impact-first founders operating in resource-constrained environments across Latin America.
Delivered individual and group mentoring sessions to 80 impact founders across 8 countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela — covering business model refinement, growth strategy, and access to capital.
Coordinated programme delivery between two major institutional partners with very different mandates — CAF (a development finance institution) and Scholas Occurrentes (a values-driven international NGO with UN consultative status) — aligning both around shared impact metrics.
Defined and tracked impact KPIs across the programme cohort, reporting outcomes to both institutional partners. Helped founders articulate their theory of change and connect their ventures to the UN Sustainable Development Goals framework.
80
Founders mentored
Impact-first · Latin America
8
Countries
Across Latin America
30
Weeks
2 cohorts in 2022 · 2023
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