Top 25 Education VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Colombia in October 2023

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• Lizza — Finnu is a financial services technology company based out of Barcelona, Spain, giving its users access to affordable asset-backed consumer loans via its mobile app.Finnu leverages machine learning and alternative phone usage data points, as well as mobile device management (MDM) technology to deliver credit to those, who are usually overlookedby other lenders. With Finnu, users can not only fully digitally apply and receive loans via their phones, but use their phones as collaterals to significantly reduce interest rates. Finnu is backed and supported by top-tier venture capital funds from Europe and Latin America.
• GuruHotel — Automated hotel website in under 60 seconds
• Saludtools — Saludtools is a digital platform that improves access, quality and reliability of medical services for thousands of patients in Latin America. Our innovative and friendly technology breaks the barriers that prevent a better medical attention. We are about making outstanding healthcare accessible for everyone.

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• HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
• Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
• BrainLogic AI — We are a #ConsumerAI company that creates massive-scale, GenAI-first products designed to positively impact emerging markets.

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• Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
• Embla — Embla provides an online medical weight loss treatment using prescription drugs and coaching. The company provides patients with evidence-based treatments, digital tools, medication, and coaching to facilitate sustainable weight loss. Embla was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.

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• Vise — Vise automates investment management for financial advisors using artificial intelligence. Vise has built a full-stack platform spanning the entire lifecycle of the advisor-client relationship, including designing personalized portfolios for clients, managing portfolios, and providing on-going intelligence. By doing so, Vise helps financialadvisors focus on their most valuable resource -- their client relationships.Vise was founded in 2016 by Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra in New York, New York.
• Yummy — Superapp of Venezuela & Quick Commerce for LATAM
• Jeeves — Pay for anything, anywhere, in your local currency. No fees. No interest. No personal guarantees. Mobile-first, built with your team in mind.

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• Sable — Their US banking partner ensures that you can send & receive US domestic transfers without worry. All merchants (think Netflix, Amazon or Apple) will see you as an American customer. They know how important a good credit score is to your professional success in the US. But how can you start building credit, if you can’t open an account - andhow can you open a credit account without a good credit history? Sable solves this.
• VenoStent — VenoStent is a clinical-stage tissue engineering company that’s developed tunable, bioabsorbable smart polymer wraps in order to fundamentally transform the 5 million vascular surgeries performed each year.
• TômTex Co — 100% naturally bio-based material made from food waste

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• ODAIA — Empowering Pharma's Next Generation of Engagement with HCPs
• CloudZero — CloudZero is the only cloud cost intelligence platform that puts engineering in control by connecting technical decisions to business results.
• Vital — Intuitive, user friendly, smart hospital software that leverages AI for an optimized patient and clinician experience.

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• HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
• deskbird — Most intuitive and people-centric - deskbird's hybrid workplace solution that employees will love. For all flexibe companies, from startup to corporate.
• Prestamype — Prestamype was launched in 2017 with the aim of providing a broader access to funding to micro and small businesses, with better credit conditions. With its first product, a secured working capital loan with a real estate collateral, it has lent over USD 24 million to 750 Peruvian entrepreneurs (as of 1st of October 2021). In 2019, Prestamypelaunched its online FX platform called Cambio Seguro. In 2020, the company launched its digital factoring product. In 2021, INCA Ventures and Angel Ventures Peru (AVP), two leading funds in Peru, invested in the company.

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• Atmosfy — Atmosfy lets you explore dining through video. Easily browse 10-second, engaging videos from customers who recently dined there.
• OpenCover — Cover $5,000 from $1.14 per week on leading protocols including Curve, Uniswap, Aave and more. As seen on CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, Coin Telegraph.
• Boost Capital — Boost Capital is a fintech company that offers online microfinance services at lower rates. It uses innovative technology to pre-qualify customers within minutes of applying for a loan based on ability and probability to repay. Boost Capital enables both collateralized and uncollateralized loans, with loan size across the small business spectrum(from $100 to $10,000). Its platform automates the loan application for MFI partners and allows customers to hear back on their loan applications 100x faster than through traditional paper-based loan applications.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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• LimeWire — LimeWire develops peer-to-peer software and solutions for the file sharing industry. It offers LimeWire BASIC and LimeWire PRO, the peer-to-peer file sharing applications which connect to the Gnutella network and enables users to search for and download files through other users; and LimeWire Store, a digital media store. Limewire was founded in2000 and is based in New York, New York. The company operates as a subsidiary of Lime Group LLC.
• Unifimoney — Unifimoney is an investment and money management app built to simplify, diversify and unify your money management. Manage and grow your wealth effortlessly and in one place. Passive and Active investing, plus alternative assets like Crypto and Precious Metals, a credit card with rewards paid in Bitcoin, Gold, or Equities, and a full suite of banking services. Plus exclusive benefits and offers for customers including student loans with bonuses up to $2,500, mortgages, auto loans, insurance, HSA, and more.
• Universal Ledger — Universal Ledger provides digital asset and payment infrastructure on an identity and compliance-first blockchain. It is the first blockchain platform to apply digital identity to a fully compliant infrastructure, with the ability to control digital assets.

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• Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
• Cardino — Cardino - Verkaufen Sie Ihr E-Auto digital zum besten Preis. Entdecken Sie die einfache und bequeme Art, Ihr Elektroauto online zu verkaufen.
• Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.

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• Celes — Celes offers AI-powered solutions to transform marketing, finance, sales, and supply chain, which are critical pain points for retailers. Celes assists clients in better understanding their customers in order to improve their campaigns, promotions, and communications. This aids in increasing customer retention, average ticket price, and units perticket. Celes analyzes and processes data to return the best purchases, prices, and promotions.
• Yumari — Wholesale Buying from Latin America Made Easy
• Hackmetrix — Hackmetrix is a platform that helps you improve your security, get certifications like ISO 27001, and comply with industry regulations like PCI. Also, we provide Pentest to reduce the risk of cyberattacks.

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• Zenfi — Zenfi is an online application that allows its users to track information along with renders alerts and tips to improve credit scores.
• Kala — We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm.
• Hero Guest — Hero Guest is a digital platform focused on evolving restaurants’ experiences. It improves business profitability through empowered staff, engaged customers, and strategic data. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico.

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• Zenfi — Zenfi is an online application that allows its users to track information along with renders alerts and tips to improve credit scores.
• Kala — We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm.
• Hero Guest — Hero Guest is a digital platform focused on evolving restaurants’ experiences. It improves business profitability through empowered staff, engaged customers, and strategic data. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico.

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• GramVaani — Gram Vaani [meaning 'voice of the village'] is a social tech company based at IIT-Delhi. Their objective is to reverse the flow of information, that is, to make it bottom-up instead of top-down, by helping connect communities with companies/governments/dev agencies. Using simple technologies and social context to design tools,Gram Vaani has been able to impact communities- more than 2 million users in over 15 Indian States, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Namibia and South Africa.
• Haqdarshak — Haqdarshak is a technology-enabled platform working to transform how Indian citizens learn about, apply for, and benefit from, government schemes. The company is composed of a group of passionate social entrepreneurs using technology to impact the next billion. The team comprises of individuals from diverse background who have come together out ofcommon interest and passion. The investor community represents individuals holding prestigious positions in different companies across various sectors.
• ReCircle — They are a Waste Management service that provides a free doorstep pick-up service for offices, institutions, households and schools to dispose their recyclable waste (Raddi). They further supply this recycled waste to authorized recycling centres, ensuring safety and sustainability.

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• DeepHow — DeepHow uses machine learning to capture real-time technical expertise in the form of smart how-to videos generated in record time.
• Sizzle AI — Sizzle uses AI to help learners solve homework problems, step-by-step.
• Coala Saúde — Coala is the first health tech focused on children's care at school in LatAm. We were born with the mission of taking care of the next generation's health, by driving development in the educational ecosystem.Based on prevention, care, and information, we provide security to the school manager and peace of mind to the student'sfamilies, while we take care of their most valuable asset: their children.Because health and education go hand in hand.

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• 1DOC3 — 1doc3 is a e-health platform that connects 490 million of Spanish speaking people with licensed and trusted doctors. Users find personalized answers to their health related questions. Doctors build their online reputation, find new patients and create the biggest health related questions and answers curated database in Spanish. The Platform isavailable via web, App, SMS and USSD, allowing the entire population to have access to a Doctor no matter where they are, or even if they don't have internet access.
• EPICA — EPICA is the AI company that gives companies unprecedented power for decision making by detecting patterns of behavior of audiences in real time.
• Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.

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• Vaas — Manage debt capital - A cross-border platform for the emerging private debt market. We build with the future of private debt in mind.
• Assis — Assis goal is to empower business owners by helping them grow their companies through technology that gives customers an amazing experience each and every time they connect with them.
• Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service

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• Rand — Rand is a fintech firm that offers banking services, savings, deposits, and account opening.
• Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
• AORA — Aora is a complete digital solution for home services. Headquartered in Equador.

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• Protalento — Accelerated online post secondary programs, co-developed with employers, combining top bootcamps with proprietary life skills training.

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• YupiPlay — YupiPlay develops and offers an educational gaming platform. It is a former participant of Start-Up Brazil and it was accelerated by WOW Accelerator. YupiPlay is an arm of Yupi Studios (a multiplatform app and game development group). It began operation in 2014, with its headquarters in João Pessoa in Brazil.
• Tarefa.co — Tarefa.co the is academic support platform that is revolutionizing learning math in Latin America, connecting students unable to solve math questions with teachers able to help them in just minutes, 24/7 in English, Spanish and Portuguese. With more than 5 thousand users and more than 1 thousand customers in 11 countries have solved morethan 18 thousand math questions, recently haved launched operations in Brazil and is going to lanch Android and iOS app.

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• Aptuno — Aptuno - Busco apartamento o casa en arriendo
• InvestBPO — Turnkey managed solutions for financial analysis, engineering, cybersecurity, planning, research and corporate support for private equity, venture capital and the middle market.
• Protalento — Accelerated online post secondary programs, co-developed with employers, combining top bootcamps with proprietary life skills training.

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• UBITS — UBITS is an online learning platform for skilling employees in Latin America. Through education we empower every person and every organization in Latin America
• Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
• Foody — Foody provides healthy food to the vast majority of Latin Americans with affordable prices.

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• Z1 — Z1 is a digital banking app made for teenagers and young adults where teenagers can learn financial independence. Founded in 2020 by João Pedro Thompson (ex-Vereda Educação), Thiago Achatz (ex-Grow Pay), Sophie Secaf (ex-BOX 1824) and Mateus Craveiro (ex-Pagar.me), the company has already conquered important investors: the Maya Capital fund and 99founders , Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas. Now, the company announces that it has received a contribution from the American accelerator Y Combinator, which has companies such as Airbnb, Twitch, and Rappi in its portfolio.
• Glass | Government Ecosystems — GLASS is a software ecosystem powering high-performing governments. We build purposeful, transformative technology for XXI century governments, using Artificial Intelligence to digitize, streamline and scale good processes and decision-making.Regardless of size, public systems, or challenges, we make it easy for governments to do what'sright, empowering them to run efficiently and to offer high-quality public services that are universally accessible to all.We believe that a new blueprint for good governance is possible, and are creating the tools to make that happen, today.
• menta tech — menta ayuda a boleteras a aumentar ingresos, reducir costos y gestionar datos, con integraciones simples que proveen seguridad y eficiencia.

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• Auna — Auna engages in health care and wellness services.
• Griky — Griky is an agile and flexible technology solution that enables students and employees to adapt to the future of work. They are helping more than 1 million students in universities and companies to empower the skills of the future to respond to the speed of knowledge.

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• Licify — Licify, a procurement cloud-based platform specialized in the construction industry, has redefined interactions between developers, contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers. It creates a community developing transparent and efficient realtionships allthrough the value chain. This improves the procurement and supply processes, generating savingsand increasing profitability.
• Bababos — Bababos is a platform that allows SME manufacturers to quickly access a variety of high-quality raw materials, from polymers and chemicals to steel and other metal products. This eliminates the need to handle numerous suppliers. The company's platform streamlines the buying process by digitizing administrative duties. Additionally, Bababosprovides manufacturers with flexible payment options that lessen their financial burden and enable them to concentrate on what they do best—producing high-quality products. Bababos enhances the SME producers' supply chains.
• Channel19 — Channel19 is building a platform for small truckers to aggregate freight from all of their digital broker and load board relationships in one place and find the best freight to move for their business. Truckers using Channel19 earn up to 20% more revenue and can save over $3,000 per truck per year in dispatch.