PPA was a pioneer in creating an acceleration program for businesses with socio-environmental impact in the Amazon, with the aim of 'PPA Acceleration Program'. The program, launched in 2018, had 3 editions, accelerated 30 Amazonian businesses, invested in 12 of them and was considered the best acceleration program in the North Region of Brazil, according to Anprotec. Almost R$7.9 million was invested, bringing customized options adapted to different types of businesses, with a diversity of sources (private and philanthropic capital) and financial mechanisms. The program was coordinated by Idesam (Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon) and had strategic and financial support from USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development), coordinated by Bioversity Alliance – International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Humanize Institute and Vale Fund.

After just over two years accelerating and investing in impact businesses in the Amazon, the PPA Acceleration Program has evolved and transformed into an impact accelerator, AMAZ. This emergence can be seen as a natural evolution of the PPA Program, in which the initiative gained new contours and became independent – coordinated by Idesam, with the support of strategic partners.