LATIN AMERICA • TECH

Fifteen Tech Startups from Latinamerica Advance to Regionals of Seedstars World Competition 2020

Let’s take a closer look at some of the promising startups in the region that have made it to the LATAM Regional Finals of the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21.

GLOBAL • INVESTMENT

Seedstars Brings Its Startup Competition Online: 2020 Applications Are Open

We are happy to announce that Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 will be held exclusively online and the call for startups is open until July 31st.

OCEANIA • FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bringing Online Payments to the Population with 3% Credit Card Penetration | Celeste (Lupe) Solofa

AFRICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

Advancing Learning for Millions of Kids Through Entertainment | Lucrezia Bisignani

Lucrezia wanted to be an actress and started her entrepreneurial journey when she was 8 years old, selling crafts to give to those most in need.

LATIN AMERICA • TECHNOLOGY

Three Continents, One Data-Driven eCommerce Startup and a Baby | Ann Pichestapong

In this episode, we meet Ann, founder and CEO of DataCue, who not only launched her own company but did it with her husband as her co-founder whilst travelling across Central and South America for their honeymoon!

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

From $300 to $60K Monthly Revenue and Serving 400,000 Students Worldwide | Daria Kroshkina

With a passion for learning, growth and continuous development, Dasha turned the knowledge she used herself to secure scholarships.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • INVESTMENT

Winning Marathons and Advising Billionaire Impact Investors | Tenke Zoltani

From a Hungarian refugee family who emigrated to the United States, Tenke Zoltani is running fast as part of the Hungarian national running team.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • FOOD & BEVERAGES

What Gets Measured Gets Done: 200 000 Meals Saved and Counting | Anastasia Hofmann

Anastasia went to the hospitality school in Lausanne, where she met her business partner, Noemi, and in 2017, they decided to launch Kitro, a startup that focuses on food waste management.

LATIN AMERICA • OTHER

Digitalizing the Education Sector in LATAM | Federico Hernandez

One out of every two students in Latin America quits school before graduating, and Blended is trying to change these statistics.

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA • CONSUMER SERVICES

Launching a Lingerie Platform for Women in the Middle East | Christina Ganim

Christina was born in Jerusalem, moved to North Carolina, USA as a kid because of the tense political situation in Palestine, but came back to her home country as a teenager.

AFRICA • URBAN DEVELOPMENT

One Woman’s Mission to Bring Wealth to the African Continent | Hilda Moraa

In our episode, you’ll learn what a ‘chimba’ is and how Hilda is burning a trail for women as entrepreneurs in Africa.

LATIN AMERICA • HR

Bringing 1 Million Jobs to Latin America | Jessica Hammer

Ever since she can remember, Jessica has been walking the streets of Venezuela protesting with her family against various injustices Venezuelan people suffer.

AFRICA • TECHNOLOGY

How to Save 500 million Trees per Year? | Bethlehem Dejene

More than ever, environmentalists like Bethlehem are convinced that the government can, and must, take more drastic measures when it comes to sustaining our only planet.

GLOBAL • TECHNOLOGY

7 Women-Led Startups That Impact People’s Lives in Emerging Markets

Women make vast contributions to economies across the world, whether that’s in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs, or by doing usually unpaid domestic work.

AFRICA • ENTERPRISE

Rebecca Enonchong: To Be an Entrepreneur You Have to Be Crazy

“If a black African woman could succeed in America in 1999, then all the entrepreneurs across the world can succeed!”, Rebecca Enonchong, tech entrepreneur, founder and CEO of AppsTech and iospaces.

GLOBAL • ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES

Maanasa Mendu: Access to Clean Affordable Energy

Maanasa cares. She cares as much as you do about the well-being of our planet and its citizens. Inspired by her trip to India and seeing how many people don’t have access to energy,

LATIN AMERICA • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

Organising Secret Meetings with Guerilla Leaders and Transforming Education | Fabio Segura

Fabio Segura has been awarded “outstanding young persons of the world” by TOYP (Japan, 2008).

GLOBAL • TECHNOLOGY

Tania Douglas: HealthTech Is Not Only About Tech

In her speech, she addresses the global health issues and how they can be tackled with the technology in a smart way.

AFRICA • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER

10 Startups from Africa to Compete for 500,000 USD

During Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Seedstars selected 10 the most promising startups from the continent that proved their ideas to be innovative and scalable.

LATIN AMERICA • TECH

9 Startups that Will Represent Latam at the Seedstars Summit 2020 in Switzerland

On November 29th, the 7th edition of the Seedstars World tour in Latin America wrapped up with the Seedstars Summit Latam in Medellin, Colombia.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE • ECOSYSTEM ENABLER

Seedstars Summit CEE Will Gather 100+ Founders From 20 Countries Under One Roof

Kazakhstan, November 22. You would probably ask why Kazakhstan was chosen as the final stop for the Seedstars World Competition 2019?

GLOBAL • EDUCATION & CONSULTING

Seedstars Summit 2019: How It Was

“Who is Seedstars?” - with this question, Alisée de Tonnac, Co-Founder and CEO of Seedstars, opened the Seedstars Summit 2019. Who are we and what do we want to achieve? Where are we heading?