Eddie Ajalcriña
Bioeconomy, bio-business and circular economy expert
Lima, Perú · eddie.ajalcrina@redesignlab.org · eddieajalcrina.com · linkedin.com/in/eddieajalcrina
Peruvian venture builder and investor with 15+ years across industry, international cooperation and entrepreneurship. CEO of Redesign Lab, an impact venture studio for the Latin American bioeconomy; instructor at MIT Professional Education since 2022; co-author of the Bio Business Playbook and Playbook Circular LatAm.
Current roles
- Co-founder and CEO, Redesign Lab (since 2021)
- CEO, Fondo de Impacto
- Instructor, MIT Professional Education (since 2022)
- Member, CEIBA Council of IDB Lab
Achievements
- Mobilised USD 1.2M in grant funding from organisations such as the IDB and the Wyss Academy for Nature.
- Raised USD 1.5M in impact debt from international funds.
- Coordinated a EUR 14M European Union cooperation programme in Peru (2023–2024).
- Redesign Lab's portfolio reached USD 26M in revenue in 2025, up 28% on 2024.
- Helped bring the Regenagri standard to Peru: Cotton Nation was the first certified company.
Assignments
| Role and scope | Client or funder | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Coordinator, Sustainable Business Programme and Team Europe – Circular Transition, EUR 14M programme (2023–2024) | European Union Delegation | Peru |
| Certified consultant in resource efficiency and cleaner production; circular industry and eco-industrial park programmes | UNIDO | Peru |
| Assessment of 25 Amazonian bio-businesses for the AmazonBeEco programme | NESsT | Peru |
| Design of a regenerative agriculture programme in the Peruvian Amazon | Conservation International and Lululemon | Peru |
| Design of circular economy models for Andean cooperatives | German Cooperation | Peru |
| Training of rural producers in circular bio-businesses | CODESPA and Spanish Cooperation | Peru |
| Advisory on quality infrastructure for the circular economy | INACAL (Peru's quality institute) | Peru |
| Assessment of the potential of Peruvian organic cotton | Organic Cotton Accelerator | Peru |
| Project to bring Amazonian fibres to haute couture | ProInnóvate (Peru's innovation agency) | Peru and China |
| Investment readiness for 16 startups and guest evaluator at their investor pitch (2026) | Green chemistry accelerator | Latin America |
| Sustainability and regulatory affairs across four countries | Alicorp-Vitapro | Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Honduras |
Track record
- Former partner of Cotton Nation, a regenerative Amazon cotton group that reached about USD 25M in revenue; he sat on its board and sold his stake in 2025.
- Co-founder of Neofibers, an Amazonian-fibre textile biomaterials company launched in the United Kingdom in 2024.
- Directed sustainability and regulatory affairs at Alicorp-Vitapro across four Latin American countries.
- Led environmental management and sustainability strategy at TASA (Breca Group).