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The IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator 2020, a multiyear global coalition between Village Capital and IBM, closed out the second and third cohort’s of data-driven entrepreneurs helping their clients protect, manage, and leverage data to transform access to finance, healthcare, and other critical digital services.
Cutting through the noise to clearly understand why investors keep saying “no” can be challenging. And let’s be honest, no one enjoys being rejected – especially when you don’t know the real reason.
Entender por qué los inversionistas continúan diciéndote que “no” puede ser realmente difícil. Además, seamos honestos, a nadie le gusta ser rechazado, menos aún, sin conocer la razón real.
Abaca forced Sandra’s team to have an honest talk, both as a team and as individuals, about the stages of their startup. The first – of many – evaluations they did following the framework, instantly demonstrated that they were more advanced where they thought they were less developed, and vice versa.
Various Latin American startups have recently become unicorns, while others have raised considerably large rounds of capital. But how do startups get to the point where they are able to raise capital? And more importantly, should all of them do so?
To date, Finance Forward has supported more than 90 ventures from over 20 countries with over 2,400 hours of direct mentorship, and engagement from 100 MetLife team members, and, in the process, given away more than $600,000 in grants.
Credit unions are a powerful player in the US financial services industry. With nearly two trillion dollars in assets, $1.16 trillion in outstanding loans and 120 million members, the five thousand federally insured credit unions play a particularly critical role in marginalized communities: they have a 50% higher proportion of branches in low income areas and are better connected with BIPOC communities than larger banks.
Estos emprendedores están creando productos y servicios innovadores en la Región Andina que tienen la capacidad de mejorar la calidad de vida y las viviendas de las familias latinoamericanas. ¡Conoce sus historias!
Read the stories of the founders that are creating innovative products and services that improve the housing conditions in the Andean Region.
