E27 - Laura Ortiz Montemayor, Founder and Chief Purpose Officer at SVX Mexico

What if it was possible to build a regenerative economy? In this episode, Laura Ortiz Montemayor, a pioneer of regenerative finance in Latin America and founder of SVX Mexico, unpacks assumptions behind today’s impact investing models and why they often fall short. Laura shares her perspective on one of the biggest challenges in the Latin American region: the belief that job creation alone equals impact, and protecting nature is treated as “nice to have”. She explores how impact investing has evolved from socially focused initiatives to a more integrated understanding that we cannot separate people from the ecosystems they depend on. Laura also introduces the concept of regeneration as a fundamental quality of life and how this enabled her to create a fund that supports regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions. Through powerful examples, she explains how finance can support biodiversity, community resilience, and long-term value creation. This is an invitation to think differently and to co-create financial systems rooted in local wisdom, interdependence, and care. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also: Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Laura on LinkedIn To go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: SVX Mexico – https://www.svx.mx/ Regenera ventures Fund – https://regeneraventures.com/ ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs) – https://www.andeglobal.org/ Oxford Impact Investing Programme –https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/executive-education/person-programmes/oxford-impact-investing-programme SVX Canada – https://www.svx.ca/ John Fullerton / Capital Institute (Regenerative Economy) – https://capitalinstitute.org/ Beneficial Returns (Reciprocity Fund) – https://www.beneficialreturns.com/ Vandana Shiva – https://navdanya.org/ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass – https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/ bell hooks – All About Love – https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/all-about-love-new-visions-bell/All-About-Love-New-Visions-Bell.pdf Women Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.