ISA Lab (IFC-51132)

Countries
  • Brazil
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jun 27, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Isa Home Lab Analises Clinicas e Vacinacoes Ltda.
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Industry and Trade
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Equity
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 15.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Oct 24, 2025

Disclosed by Bank May 19, 2025

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, ISA Lab is a tech enabled healthcare services company in Brazil. It offers homecare medical services such as vaccination, testing, infusion, clinical visits, and chronic disease management at the patient’s home. ISA operates a B2B (business-to-business)/B2B2C (business-to-business-to-consumer) model connecting individual medical professionals (“ISAs”) to patients. It has a decentralized model and a network of independent healthcare professionals currently operating in 65 cities across Brazil.  ISA does not operate any healthcare facilities and services are limited to home visits where healthcare professionals go directly to the patient's residence to provide medical care and support.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

This is a category B project according to IFC’s Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability. Key E&S issues and risks associated with the project are expected to include: (i) company’s capacity to implement an environment, health, safety, and social management system (ESMS) in line with IFC Performance Standards (PS), World Bank Group’s General Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines and EHS Guidelines for Health Care Facilities, (ii) resource efficiency and pollution prevention and management, including water, waste and hazardous waste management; (iii) occupational health and safety; management of labor and working conditions including direct and indirect employees management; (iv) Gender-based Violence (GBV) risks in the workplace and patients homes; (v) stakeholder engagement and community health, safety, and security, and (vi) Life and Fire Safety (LFS) risks.

Investment Description
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An investment of US$15 million in ISA in the form of direct equity.

Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

ISA Lab was founded by Fernando and David Pares. Notable existing shareholders include Canary, Vox Capital, MatterScale, Kortex Ventures, Yaya and Scale-Up Ventures.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - ISA Lab Client -

Contact Information
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ISA Lab
Fernando Pares
CEO
+55 (11) 2199-4725
contato@isasaude.com
Alameda Santos 2400, Sao Paulo, Brazil
https://isasaude.com/

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IFC/MIGA

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