Miami-based startup Inversiones.com, an Angellist or Gust for Latin Americans, launched only six months ago but already has 6,000 members. With no marketing except on its active Facebook page, the social site for connecting entrepreneurs and investors in Latin America and U.S. Hispanic communities recently launched a business plan competition with a $5,000 cash prize.
In less than four weeks, Inversiones received 150 entries from 12 countries, said Inversiones.com’s founder, Michael Konig. The entries were narrowed down to five finalists, including Elebev from Miami, and today Inversiones announced its winner: Vientos de Energia from Colombia. Meaning "Winds of Energy," the plan was presented by a consortium of university professors who propose to use new technologies to bring energy solutions to indigenous and rural areas of Colombia and other Latin American countries. The plan offers an innovative approach to funding and profitability through public and private partnerships. The other finalists were Tubepol from Mexico, GoodEnergy from Argentina and Easy Pizza, also from Argentina.
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