Nick spent the last few years doing new deal development, contract negotiations, and due diligence on investments for Althelia Climate Fund in Peru/Brazil, in the range $500k-$10m.

Prior to that, he was responsible for fundraising £4m for a UK company, setting up the team and running the department, and has written a book commissioned by the United Nations, amongst other things.

Ricardo was most recently a co-founder of a fruit and vegetable start-up in Mato Grosso, Brazil, where he was responsible for oversight of the factory and raw materials sourcing from low-income rural communities.

Prior to that he set-up the regional office of IPAM, working with farmer buying groups and companies for variety of fruits and other commodities. He also worked for Brazil's biggest trading house, where he closed $400k in sales.