Top 50 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Colombia in October 2023

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• Fairplay — Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.
• Destácame — Destacame is the first behavior-based credit score in Latin America.
• HealthAtom — HealthAtom is a healthcare software platform that design innovative healthcare solutions that allow the clinical industry to advance in the use of administrative technologies. They dentalink and medilink software for better healthcare services for patients.

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• dipp, inc. — Scale your eCommerce design for free. With dipp's design automation and analysis, your brand can have beautiful visual content that drives conversion.
• FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
• Galactic Holdings — Galactic Holdings offers a series of digital finance products.

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• RobinFood — RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018
• Merqueo — Merqueo specializes in delivering groceries and home essentials using its own dark-store infrastructure. Merqueo users can order from a selection of 2,000 to 10,000 products, which include fresh fruits and vegetables, imported products, liquor, household items, personal care, and packaged goods.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquarteredin Bogotá, Colombia.
• MUNCHER — Muncher is an end-to end platform that partners with restaurant brands globally to help them succeed at off-premise dining.

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• Natilus — Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+.
• Get Spiffy — On-demand car cleaning technology and services company with the mission to redefine the car washing experience everywhere.
• Bionaut Labs — We developed microscale robots to deliver biologics or small molecule therapies locally to targeted disease areas to help patients suffering from severe brain disorders.

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• Syscap — Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source managementprocesses, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.
• Vioo — Vioo is a professional visual content creation marketplace for companies on demand. The solution automates the creation of visual content.
• Momento — Momento is an insurtech company with the objective of revolutionizing the insurance industry in Latin America, starting with car insurance. We want to make insurance easy and accessible for the underserved population in LATAM.

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• YoFio — YoFio
• Koibanx — KOIBANX is a software company focused on Smart Contracts and Blockchain Services.Koibanx solutions cover a wide range of use cases defined by their Transparency, Security, LowCost and Efficiency of applying Blockchain technology.These new decentralized software solutions have the potential to disrupt several industries rangingfrommarketing rewards to financial inclusion, allowing a democratic access to new opportunities formillions of new consumers across the world.
• Wynwood House — Wynwood House offers a network of apartments and villas for short and long term stays, located in the best neighborhoods of the main cities in Latin America.

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• JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
• Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
• Rocket.Chat — Explore Rocket.Chat, where we put data privacy into every conversation and enable teams to collaborate seamlessly.

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• MUNCHER — Muncher is an end-to end platform that partners with restaurant brands globally to help them succeed at off-premise dining.
• NameCoach — NameCoach is a platform for cultural and gender inclusion, which empowers organizations to easily collect audio name recordings, gender identity, and other identity-related info via customized links or widgets - and embed this critical info in online systems through a web application, API, and 3rd party integrations.It was founded in 2014 and isbased in Stanford, California.
• Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform

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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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• Feel — We make the cleanest, potent supplements in the world. Delivered straight to your door. Designed by nutritionists for energy, sleep, stress and hair, skin & nails.
• Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
• Mobilo Card — Share your contact details with a tap. The best digital business card for teams. This is a real business card, no app. The best and cheapest digital business card.

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• MUNCHER — Muncher is an end-to end platform that partners with restaurant brands globally to help them succeed at off-premise dining.

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• Foodology — Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery.The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers.The company was founded in 2019 by HarvardBusiness School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.

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• Praso — Praso is a business-to-business platform that connects large food service producers with small shops such as bars, restaurants, cafés, and bakeries, offering a data-driven approach to demand generation, last-mile logistics, understanding purchase behavior, and a credit solution.
• Liquido — Liquido is an online payment platform developer that provides turn-key mobile payment solutions. The platform of company provides instant transactions, cross-border technical support, and pay-in and pay-out solutions, allowing clients to make payments with ease.
• Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.

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• Plenna — Plenna offers face-to-face and online gynecology check-ups and services. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico.
• Blind Creator — SaaS with embedded finance for Content Creators
• HealthAtom — HealthAtom is a healthcare software platform that design innovative healthcare solutions that allow the clinical industry to advance in the use of administrative technologies. They dentalink and medilink software for better healthcare services for patients.

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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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• a55 — A55 is a developer of a financial underwriting platform used to offer a revenue-backed credit line system to companies with recurring revenue. Its platform underwrites small and medium-sized enterprises through a technology platform that connects bank accounts, escrow solutions, billing, payment means, and credit intelligence and enables borrowersto get a credit monitoring dashboard, an insights section on revenue and cost metrics, an integrated cash flow covenant management system and lenders to get a monitoring platform fed in real-time by transactional data.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• 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.
• Instaleap LLC — We help eGroceries to optimize order management, gain picking and packing efficiency, deliver on time and delight customers.One single platform with you every step of the way: from checkout to delivery and data insights.

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• Mercadoni — Mercadoni operates an online shopping platform that allows customers to purchase from stores and supermarkets from their homes. It sells groceries, alcoholic beverages, and more. Antonio Nunes, Pedro Freire, Margarita Freitas, Francesco Lanzi and Nicolas Fernández Talice founded Mercadoni in 2015. It has its headquarters in Bogota in Colombia.
• Instaleap LLC — We help eGroceries to optimize order management, gain picking and packing efficiency, deliver on time and delight customers.One single platform with you every step of the way: from checkout to delivery and data insights.

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• 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.
• Naya Homes — Proptech, real estate, vacation and short-term rentals, consumer finance
• Somos Internet — Somos Internet is a network and telecommunications startup that provides latest generation internet with a fast, secure, stable connection. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.

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• Pacto — Pacto provides technology to restaurants and bars in order to improve the customer experience and accelerate business growth. It seeks to be a catalyst for financial inclusion for small and medium-sized food and beverage companies by integrating them into digital commerce through technology-based solutions.
• Cayena — Cayena is a B2B marketplace for the $100b+ wholesale food industry in Latin America. The company allows restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens to procure their inventory from multiple suppliers with next day delivery and a comprehensive suite of add-on services.
• CLIVI — Clivi is a specialized digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes.

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• RobinFood — RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018
• Selina — Selina is one of the world’s fastest growing hospitality brands, combining beautifully-designed accommodation with coworking spaces, wellness, recreational offerings and local experiences for today’s nomadic traveler to live, work and explore anywhere in the world.With a design-centric, technology-first and socially-minded approach to travel,Selina currently operates 24 urban, beach, jungle and mountain-side locations across eight countries and is developing a global infrastructure for nomads who want to make the world their classroom, office, and playground.

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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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• Quaddro — We simplify and automate how service and knowledge-based solopreneurs in Latin America sell, book, retain, and charge their customers through one integrated solution, allowing them to prioritize their passions while we take care of the rest.
• Foodology — Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery.The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers.The company was founded in 2019 by HarvardBusiness School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.
• Cayena — Cayena is a B2B marketplace for the $100b+ wholesale food industry in Latin America. The company allows restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens to procure their inventory from multiple suppliers with next day delivery and a comprehensive suite of add-on services.

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• Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
• Kenzz — Kenzz is an e-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA.
• Meliora Therapeutics — Bringing together modern molecular fingerprinting, machine learning, and cutting edge biology

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• Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
• Altscore — AltScore offers Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) tools for MSMB lending that provide cutting-edge underwriting, client experience, and smart collections.
• RetryPay — RetryPay is an easy to use All in One solution to increase your E-commerce sales with less chargebacks or fraudulent transactions.

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• RobinFood — RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018
• PRoduce — Delivery de alimentos frescos y productos locales a 76 municipios de Puerto Rico. Ordena a tu casa, oficina o Airbnb y consume lo que la isla PRoduce
• Afia — Afia Falafel and Kibbeh are made from our family recipes and are prepared in the traditional way, with only simple ingredients, and no preservatives. Available frozen, Afia products fit a range of dietary needs, including gluten-free, halal, vegetarian and vegan options.

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• Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.

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• 011h — 011h Sustainable Construction SL. Building a green future.
• Seabery — Seabery is a technological SME that helps professionals and trainees involved in industrial careers enhance their skills through the use of augmented training and simulations.The Ed-Tech resources management platform, Seabery Augmented Training, is a combination of 4D augmented reality, simulations, cloud-learning, teacher managementsoftware, analysis modules, and apps that supports several industries such as healthcare and military. The teacher software manages the training process and allows instructors to develop content, monitor in real time the activity of each student and evaluate it, and generate reports. The e-learning platform contains theoretical and multimedia content and can be accessed from anywhere and from any mobile device or PC. Video games and simulated environments allow users to train themselves. Augmented reality allows users to ""transform"" a physical object's behavior depending on their actions.The Augmented Training Technology received the Auggie Award for the best Augmented Reality Technology solution for enterprises at the Augmented World Expo AWE2014 in May 2014. It also won “the most innovative product for education” award by Worlddidac in June 2014. Seabery received “the most visited booth” and “the most promising technology” award at Weldindia and “the most innovative technology” award at HungExpo in Hungary.Seabery was founded by Alejandro Villaran and Basilio Marquínez in January 2008 and is based in Pesquero, Spain.
• Samara — Samara is a cleantech company.

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• Base — Base is a membership organization that brings together outstanding minds such as innovators, artists, and eccentrics from all backgrounds and industries for personalized social activities.
• Juno Medical — Juno Medical offers comprehensive, modern healthcare services for the whole family. Transparent pricing, inclusive and welcoming atmosphere. Learn more.
• Florence — Gain capacity to care. Maximize clinical capacity, reduce administrative burden, expand access, and increase patient satisfaction.

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• Language I/O — Lower the cost of providing multilingual support while boosting customer satisfaction with Language I/O's customer support translation.
• Forward Networks — Best-in-class network modeling for mission-critical networks | Breakthrough solutions for network security and reliability, powered by a network digital twin
• Elemental Machines — The Elemental Machines platform distills a lab full of data onto a single dashboard. Turnkey sensors and real-time data monitoring make setup a breeze and surprises a thing of the past.

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• AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
• Foodology — Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery.The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers.The company was founded in 2019 by HarvardBusiness School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.
• Elwood Technologies — Elwood Technologies is an established global fintech building institutional-grade digital assets trading infrastructure.

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• RobinFood — RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018

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• Wibo — wibo offers Mobile application so that your customers can order, pay and receive their orders through channels.
• 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.
• Somos Internet — Somos Internet is a network and telecommunications startup that provides latest generation internet with a fast, secure, stable connection. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.

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• Invopop — Invopop is a developer of invoicing management software built to integrate with businesses so they may deliver invoices where they're needed and in the formats demanded by clients, authorities, and finance teams. They are time-consuming, integrations are hard, and invoicing is a nightmare. Invopop helps companies meet their global sales taxreporting obligations.
• Work Today — Create one profile. Apply to thousands of jobs in minutes.
• Anagram — Anagram's software platform helps eye care practices automate vision insurance eligibility, claims, billing, and their supply chain from lab ordering, to instant rebates to help eye care providers differentiate themselves and advance their practices.

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• Instock — Instock offers a gravity-defying ecommerce fulfillment.
• ZipperTax — AI copilot for tax professionals and taxpayers
• EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups

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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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• Nuvocargo — Nuvocargo is your all-in-one digital platform for cross border trade between the US and Mexico. Book your shipments now
• Senzai AI — Senzai AI uses machine-learning and casual inference techniques to estimate the impact of different treatments on expected customer outcomes.
• Shinkansen — Shinkansen enables fintechs and startups to transport money automatically to consumers, suppliers, banks, and conventional networks. They free engineers, automate treasury, and reduce the cost of making transfers. Shinkansen is headquartered in Santiago, Region Metropolitana.

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• OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !
• Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Omnisient is a privacy-preserving data collaboration platform that allows businesses to collaborate on data insights on consumer behaviour and preferences without sharing consumers' identities or contact information.
• Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.

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• RobinFood — RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018

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• Ubanku — Tus finanzas simples, organizas y lejos de la inflacion
• DORA — Everything you need to know about the future of financial inclusion through rental property management. We solve the iconic Edgar Vivar character Señor Barriga in El Chavo del 8 Show main problem: -Rent collection.
• Ubanku — Enlau is a platform where University Community can order food on-demand in campus colleges in LATAM and get it delivered by students.

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• Mapbox — Integrate custom live maps, location search, and turn-by-turn navigation into any mobile or web app with Mapbox APIs & SDKs. Get started for free.
• Stack AV — Stack AV - Revolutionizing the Transportation of Goods
• Better.com — Buy or refinance your home with Better Mortgage for a seamless online mortgage experience backed by superior customer support. Not available in all states. See better.com/about-us/licensing-disclosure.

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• Sensate — Wearable technology using science to help you relax, reduce stress and anxiety and improve your mental health. Learn more about Sensate and our mission.
• Terraseed — Terraseed is the most sustainable and complete vegan vitamin, featuring 9 ethically-sourced nutrients in a fully compostable bottle.
• Savvos Health — Savvos Health is a marketplace of affordable cash prices for shoppable medical care, including imaging, outpatient surgery, labs, and more.

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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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• CoreZero — Unleash the potential of zero-waste
• DataRebelsMX — DataRebelsMX offers data literacy content & data project management software to improve data project adoption.
• Cargamos.com — Cargamos is a cloud-based logistics platform allowing businesses of any size to store and fulfill their inventory ultra-fast from a nationwide of independent distribution centers, all at a ridiculously low price.The supply chain is a fragmented industry with hundreds of independent companies and mini-bodegas that rely on analog systems tocompete. Cargamos provides these companies with a single platform that increases their competitiveness and ability to deliver the next-gen of supply chain.In other words, Cargamos blend the physical and digital worlds to create a delighted shipping experience

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• Cuéntame — Cuéntame develops tools designed for employees' emotional wellbeing.
• Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
• Konta — Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with itsheadquarters in Monterrey, México.

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• Elenas — Elenas is Latin America's top social commerce platform. Our platform has empowered tens of thousands of women across Colombia to launch online businesses and earn extra income by selling products on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media sites. Currently, 11 million women across Latin America sell consumer good products through direct salescatalogs and door-to-door sales. Elenas provides a digital solution for them to start an online store, manage clients, and grow their business from home, without having to worry about product sourcing, delivery, or payment collection.
• Talently — Talently offers an intensive program that helps software developers get a better job in the technology industry, anywhere in the world. It is the accelerator of the careers of Latin American tech talent.
• Tennders — Tennders is a SaaS company based out of Barcelona, offering on-demand road transport services. Shippers, carriers and freight forwarders optimise the way they work thanks to its team of experts and technological innovation. Its platform focuses on helping companies digitise their business and prepare them for future industry challenges,regulatory and otherwise. It makes it possible to reduce inefficiencies so that they can save costs and time. With their in-house sales team specialising in customised and urgent transport services, they can meet the needs of today's market. Tennders is committed to balancing people and technology to achieve efficient supply chains, increasing the visibility of digital and sustainable opportunities.

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• Merqueo — Merqueo specializes in delivering groceries and home essentials using its own dark-store infrastructure. Merqueo users can order from a selection of 2,000 to 10,000 products, which include fresh fruits and vegetables, imported products, liquor, household items, personal care, and packaged goods.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquarteredin Bogotá, Colombia.

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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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• 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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• JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
• Gem — Gem Security gives SecOps teams the tools they need to respond to cloud threats with context, fast, providing the industry's leading platform for cloud detection and response.
• Ronovo Surgical — Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Shanghai, Ronovo Surgical is founded by industry veterans from global leaders in surgical and industrial robotics, such as Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and KUKA. Aiming to transform how surgery is performed in China, Ronovo is leveraging robust R&D capabilities and strategicpartnerships globally to accelerate the development of a broad portfolio of MIS and digital surgery solutions that exemplifies the core themes of simplicity, precision, and intelligence.

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• The Duchess — The Duchess offers non-alcoholic gin, tonic and other beverages
• Planetarians — Why: When the alternative meat consumption grows from the current 2% to a projected 23%, where will the industry get proteins? Isolation, fermentation, cultured… all of them require it’s own ingredients for proteins. They might be not so readily available in the food system on the Earth…What: PLANETARIANS developed a new platform to makealternative meats from animal feed (Sunflower, Corn DDGS, Pulses). Skipping protein isolation it uses just 0.5:1 water (no chemicals). Product prototypes have umami taste, improved protein quality and lower costs than meats made from isolates and concentrates.How: Solid-state fermentation converts carbs in the ingredients into extra protein in addition to inherent one and improves PDCAAS. Wet extrusion works as a kill step and creates a meat-like texture.
• Appbar — Appbar is a mobile application through which it delivers different types of beer, distillates, wine and snacks.