INNOVATION, IMPACT, FINANCE

Unlock catalytic capital. Amplify impact

Helping you thrive

You are:

(1) an entrepreneur who graduated from an accelerator but still struggles to raise capital

(2) an emerging fund manager seeking to attract capital from impact-driven institutional investors or to improve the financial & impact readiness of your investees.

(3) an accelerator aiming to improve fundraising and impact outcomes across your portfolio

At J4Change, we help you prepare to raise smart capital and deliver real impact by leveraging our deep expertise in operational excellence, strategic finance and impact integration. 

We serve innovation ecosystems in markets too often overlooked because they do not meet traditional scale thresholds.

Focus Regions:

  • Latin America

  • Caribbean

  • Africa

We are fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Additional Services:

If you are a Multilateral Development Institution looking to streamline processes and transform operations with user-centric solutions. J4Change also offers:

  • consulting services in Innovation & Operational Excellence: Diagnostic, Benchmarking study, Project Management, Digital Transformation

  • capacity-building for awareness training in Circular Economy.

Why work with J4Change

We help mission-driven founders, accelerators, and funds turn vision into fundability.

With nearly 20 years managing a $2B portfolio and coaching at three accelerator programs (Techstars, Miller Center, and Stanford LISA), we know what derails deals —and how to fix it.

At J4Change, we speak fluent DFI, startup, and investor. We’ve negotiated term sheets, built financial and impact models, and spotted the red flags behind the pitch. We help you fix what investors won’t forgive—financial gaps, traction issues, impact overclaims, or team misalignment.

Whether you're raising capital, selecting ventures to back, or guiding your portfolio to the next level, J4Change gives you the clarity to move with confidence.

Our Specialty

1

Strategic Finance

Design your capital stack to raise smart

2

Impact Readiness 

Define and implement an impact strategy that resonates with investors and drives results

3

Circular Innovation

Explore and test resilient business models

Our services are available as workshops, custom advisory sessions, or tailored capacity-building programs—designed to match your goals, timeline, and team maturity. We also conduct benchmarking studies, program evaluations and curriculum design for accelerators, funds and ecosystem enablers.

Testimonials

  • "Juanita is a master of clarity in the chaos. As a mentor at the Stanford GSB LISA Accelerator, she coached us through one of the most challenging (and critical) aspects of our startup journey: simplifying our messaging and sharpening our strategy. What made her stand out wasn’t just her insight—it was her ability to challenge us just right. She pushed us to break from our assumptions about our product and service, helped us prioritize and sequence our business logic, and made sure we could articulate it all in a way that resonated with investors, partners, and customers. Her impact has lasted far beyond our time in the Accelerator. I still hear her voice (smiling, but firm) asking: “Where’s the evidence the investor gets their ROI at that stage?” If you’re lucky enough to work with Juanita, take notes. She’ll make your thinking sharper, your strategy tighter, and your story land exactly where it needs to go."

    Steven Rauner

    Founder and Business Design Officer at SENSE Family Autism Care

  • “I have participated in several of Juanita's presentations on circularity and find them well thought through and insightful. Besides a solid keynote, Juanita excelled in providing answers to questions from the audience with enriching responses based on her background knowledge. I would recommend Juanita to be a speaker and facilitator for presentations and workshops.”

    Amy Pragel

    Founder of Pago

  • “Juanita led the Operational Excellence program to revamp the supervision processes and implement their digital transformation. Her drive and her ability to collaborate with diverse teams, manage stakeholders and navigate complex challenges were essential to helping us achieve our transformation goals. She was amazing and a great asset.”

    Rodrigo Elliot

    Head of Operational Excellence, IDB Invest

  • “Juanita transformed the way we work with and interpret business data. Her expertise in data management and her proactive approach to identifying and solving business problems has been invaluable. The user friendly solutions she built in record time for the business users was a game changer. I called her our “IT whisperer”.”

    Cecilia Rabassa

    Managing Director - Portfolio Management , IDB Invest

  • I have worked with Juanita during the past 3 years on several projects involving digital transformation, innovation, process improvement, and data automation. She has struck me as a visionary leader who has clear goals in mind and drives multi-disciplinary teams to achieve them through drive, motivation and cross-collaboration. She inspires others to work toward a common purpose, building on each individual’s strengths and capitalizing on teams’ dynamics. Juanita starts projects that others think will be impossible to accomplish and she gets them done, adding immense value to organizations and permeating her kindness, intelligence and vision in others.

    Ana Ines Rodriguez Larreta

    Strategy and Innovation Officer, IDB Invest

 

Subscribe to our newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter