Radical innovation to save the planet
Amazonian Centre for Technology, Innovation, Metaverse &
Scientific Enterprise
A start-up accelerator and venture studio
Our key business verticals
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Non timber forest products
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Carbon credits
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Ecotourism
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Digital Banking
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Software – Blockchainand the tokenisation of AmaGroup’s digital assets
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Research, Development & Innovation
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Metaverse
Location
Brazil Map
Amazon State Map
Reserve Map
Robin Daniels PhD
Co-Founder, Board Director & Chief Executive Officer, Amatech Ventures S.A.
Chief Innovation Officer, AMA Group S.A.
International board member, NED and C-suite business leader, strategist and entrepreneur. Primarily interested in rapid business growth, innovation and investment opportunities supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He previously held senior teaching and research positions at Cambridge University, University College London, London Business School and Loughborough University. He is focused on the environmentally sensitive application of technologies and new business models to drive innovation and investment into the global fight against climate change, social inequality and habitat loss. Robin sits on multiple corporate and not-for-profit Boards in the UK, US, Brazil, Dubai and Singapore, in Non-Executive Director and Executive roles.
Leonardo Barrionuevo
Co-Founder, Chairman, Amatech Ventures S.A.
President, AMA Group S.A.
Leo is a serial ESG impact entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in a broad array of areas such as forest conservation, social development, co2 emissions reduction and REDD+ (carbon credit) projects, business development and deployment, web3 and blockchain.
Leo is the Founder and Chairman of Ama Group which has been promoting rainforest conversation, its biodiversity protection and sustainable development of indigenous peoples for the last 20 years in the Amazon rainforest. Ama Group is proud to protect and conserve the largest mosaic of private reserves in Amazon history, fighting deforestation, poverty and climate change.
Leo holds a degree in Law and a Masters in Global Warming, Climate Change and Carbon Markets. He is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish and has visited over 50 countries.
Our Team
AMATECH Science & Innovation Advisory Board
Professor
Thrishantha
Nanayakkara,
Imperial College London, Director of the Morph Lab
Eur Ing Professor Dr Larissa Suzuki,
University College London
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy, Cambridge University, Director, Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits
Professor Kathryn Moore,
Birmingham City University, Director West Midlands National Park Lab
Professor Alexandre Pires, Co- Founder ACIDHUB, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná and UNINTER, Brazil
Marcelo Otte, Co- Founder ACIDHUB, Brazil
Gordon Power, Founder & Chairman, Earth Capital Ltd, UK
Research & Innovation Focus
Amazon Rainforest as a living lab
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Focus 1: Biodiversity Research
Soft Robotics
Biomass
& CO2 absorption
Eco acoustics & eDNA analytics
Focus 2: Metaverse
eLearning / Education
eHealth
Metaverse development for mass & niche markets
Digital Twin development for research & analytics
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Focus 3: Tech innovation & commercialization
Digitized carbon credit marketplace
IP generation for global markets
Amatech Ecosystem
