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Financial Inclusion Lab, Development Bank of Latin America | CAF

We are looking for digital solutions for the financial inclusion of women in LATAM and the Caribbean


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The Development Bank of Latin America - CAF organizes the fourth edition of the Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF 2022) with the aim of supporting technological solutions that improve the financial inclusion of small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with the participation of women in Latin America and the Caribbean. This year's edition has 80 partners from CAF member countries in the public and private sectors.

Winners 2022

Zumma

MEXICO · FINTECH

Zumma

Investment platform that supports women in their financial journey from financial planning to investment.

VISIT WEBSITE

Easy For You EFY

COLOMBIA · LOGISTICS

Easy For You EFY

Home beauty products and services app that offers independence to beauty professionals.

VISIT WEBSITE

INCLUIRTEC

COLOMBIA · AGRICULTURE

INCLUIRTEC

We make it possible to provide loans to small farmers and micro-entrepreneurs.

VISIT WEBSITE

Sofi

BRAZIL · FINTECH

Sofi

Our goal is to deeply understand the behavior of our audience to prevent default and develop predictive credit risk models against sex and gender bias and improve women's access to financial services.

VISIT WEBSITE

Primer Latam SAS

COLOMBIA · FINTECH

Primer Latam SAS

PrimerCloud connects women-led businesses with philanthropic funds to finance their projects within minutes.

VISIT WEBSITE

Velara Fintech

COLOMBIA · FINTECH

Velara Fintech

Community-based financial empowerment platform for women entrepreneurs in LATAM.

VISIT WEBSITE

Munay

BOLIVIA · EDTECH

Munay

We are a community to financially include women entrepreneurs by providing them with visibility, funding and knowledge through an AI-powered platform.

VISIT WEBSITE

Warmi

ECUADOR/MEXICO · FINTECH

Warmi

Eradicate gender-based violence by promoting female empowerment through comprehensive wellness and financial protection.

VISIT WEBSITE

Mujeres WOW

ECUADOR · FINTECH

Mujeres WOW

We are Mujeres WOW, a crowdfunding platform to finance women-led businesses.

VISIT WEBSITE

Super Pagos (Refacil)

COLOMBIA · FINTECH

Super Pagos (Refacil)

We accelerate the digitalization and financial access of women-led microbusinesses with differential commissions and flexible credit scoring.

VISIT WEBSITE

This year the LIF CAF focuses in three areas:

  • Solutions to improve women's financial and digital education and skills.
  • Solutions for the design of financial products and services with a gender perspective.
  • Solutions for financial inclusion with an impact on the productivity of MSMEs less and/or owned by women

Ready to grow?

  • The 10 best fintechs will be accelerated by Seedstars and Endeavor, and all the participants will be able to receive financing from CAF and the allies of the LIF 2022

Application Steps

  1. Create an account at https://latamlifbycaf.charly.io/ - if you already have an account log-in.
  2. Once logged in, click on the green button "apply now" .
  3. You will find two forms that you must fill out completely, click on the "submit application" button and your application will be successfully submitted.
  4. Once your application is completed, you will receive a confirmation email, don't forget to check your spam.

Remember that you have until September 9th to send the form completely and be part of the CAF 2022 Financial Inclusion Lab.

Program Timeline

LAUNCH CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

25th of July 2022

APPLICATION DEADLINE

9th of September 2022

PROJECT REVIEW

12th of September 2022 - 30th September 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESELECTED STARTUPS

3rd - 7th of October 2022

PITCH DAY AND WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

20th of October 2022

ACCELERATION PROGRAMME BY ENDEAVOR AND SEEDSTARS

First semester 2023

Prizes for the 10 winners of the LIF 2022:

  • The 10 winning proposals will participate in the Endeavor or Seedstars acceleration programs, which will start in January 2023 and will last between 3-6 months
  • The first winning proposal will receive 1 year of membership to the Financial Alliance for Women
  • The two proposals with the highest scores from Panama will receive seed capital from AMPYME - Panama according to the conditions established by the institution.

Prizes for the finalists of the LIF 2022:

  • All finalist proposals will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual workshop on how to develop Fintech with a gender approach organized by the Financial Alliance for Women.

Prizes for all LIF 2022 participants:

  • All proposals will have the possibility of entering a round of financing by CAF and the private sector allies that are part of the laboratory, after showing interest by the actors involved.
  • All proposals will have the opportunity to enter the mentoring program of the laboratory's public and private partners.
  • All proposals will be able to enter MentorDay and use a scoring service to assess the applications that are submitted.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Project Team

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REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER AT SEEDSTARS

Paula Garcia Malpica

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PROGRAM MANAGER AT SEEDSTARS

Paulina López Zibara

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GLOBAL MARKETING PROGRAMS MANAGER

Maria Camila Albornoz

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SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE AT CAF, DEVELOPMENT BANK OF LATIN AMERICA

Robert Valls

None

SENIOR SPECIALIST, FINANCIAL INCLUSION AT CAF, DEVELOPMENT BANK OF LATIN AMERICA

Diana Mejia

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CAF - Development Bank of Latin America

The mission of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, is to promote sustainable development and regional integration by means of financing projects in the public and private sectors, providing technical cooperation, and other specialized services. Created in 1970, it is made up of 19 countries, 17 Latin American and Caribbean, together with Spain and Portugal, and 13 private banks, it is one of the main sources of multilateral financing and an important generator of knowledge for the region.

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Call for applications for the Financial Inclusion Lab 2022 powered by the Development Bank of Latin

LATIN AMERICA •

Call for applications for the Financial Inclusion Lab 2022 powered by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)

CAF - Development Bank of Latin America- is organizing the fourth edition of the Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF 2022) focused on finding digital solutions for the financial inclusion of women.

Abren convocatoria del Laboratorio CAF de Inclusión Financiera 2022

LATIN AMERICA •

Abren convocatoria del Laboratorio CAF de Inclusión Financiera 2022

CAF - Development Bank of Latin America- is organizing the fourth edition of the Financial Inclusion Lab (LIF 2022) focused on finding digital solutions for the financial inclusion of women.

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