This is the second time around for the WeXchange Pitch Competition, an initiative that is part of WeXchange 2014, a forum for dynamic women entrepreneurs who work in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The Pitch Competition will reward the most innovative female entrepreneur in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the finalists have just been chosen.
A group of experts conducted a pre-selection process involving all of the registered projects, and decided that the following six women will have the opportunity to present their companies to investors, mentors, and experts on December 11th in Miami:
- * Priscilla Maciel (Argentina): Co-founder of Almashopping, a virtual store that offers beauty products and cosmetics, and serves all of Argentina.
- * Sofía Giraudo (Chile): Founder of Firstjob.me, a site that recruits young professionals with 0-2 years of job experience.
- * Cecilia Retegui (Argentina): Co-founder of Zolvers, a platform designed to facilitate household chores of a wide variety, which may be used in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
- * Lorena Amarante (Argentina): Co-founder of OM Latam, the first Latin American interactive social network geared toward marketing professionals.
- * Carolina Medina (Colombia): Co-founder of Soko Text, an application that helps to improve the distribution of food products and other basic goods in impoverished neighborhoods.
- * Maria Leal (Guatemala): Founder of Zynn, a tool that facilitates precision in business, by means of mobile devices and working in the cloud.
The entrepreneur selected as the winner in this decisive competition will receive the following prizes: Four 1-hour mentoring sessions provided by NXTPLabs, an investment fund to speed up the growth of startups that is a major partner in WeXchange); a license toScopia, a videoconferencing platform developed by Avaya; a one-month subscription to the toolWideo; and a subscription to MSDN Ultimate, which offers more than 900 Microsoft products available for download; as well as other prizes.
The lucky winner will follow in the footsteps of the 2013 Pitch Competition winner, the Italian-Mexican Angela Cois, who received recognition for Lastroom, her application for making last-minute hotel reservations.
There is still time to sign up and take part in the entrepreneurial climate at WeXchange 2014: Registration is open until the 5th of December for those who wish to attend this forum in Miami. Additionally, women entrepreneurs across Latin America and beyond will be able to view all elements of this event live online, vía livestream,using their computers or mobile devices.
Information provided by WeXchange