1) Addi Addi is a technological firm that specializes in credit and financial services.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2018 Founders: Daniel Vallejo, Elmer Ortega, Santiago Suarez, Santiago Suarez Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $96,300,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 17 (Andreessen Horowitz, Foundation Capital, Union Square Ventures, 8VC, Village Global) You can find their website here
2) LAIKA LAIKA is a pet-related e-commerce portal with a wide range of products and services.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2017 Founders: Camilo Sanchez, Manuela Sanchez Villamarin Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Pet, Retail Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $17,000,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 (Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, JAM Fund, Streamlined Ventures) You can find their website here
3) La Haus La Haus is a residential marketplace that assists consumers in finding the perfect home.
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State: Antioquia City: Medellín Started in: 2017 Founders: Jeronimo Uribe, Rodrigo Sanchez-Rios, Rodrigo Sánchez-Ríos, Santiago García, Tomás Uribe Industries: Information Technology, Marketplace, Real Estate, Residential Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $58,174,998 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 12 (Greenspring Associates, Acrew Capital, Kaszek, David Velez, NFX) You can find their website here
4) UBITS UBITS is a Latin American online learning platform for upskilling employees.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2013 Founders: Julián Melo, Marta Helena Forero Sepúlveda Industries: Corporate Training, E-Learning, EdTech, Education, Human Resources Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $7,450,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 (Venture Catalysts, Y Combinator, Owl Ventures, The Ark Fund, Stanford Graduate School of Business) You can find their website here
5) Bold Provides financial services to small businesses in Colombia.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2019 Founders: Jorge Ulloa, José Fernando Velez, Sergio Vergara Industries: Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, Payments, Point of Sale, Transaction Processing Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $15,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Global Founders Capital, Condor, InQlab, Simma Capital, INVX) You can find their website here
6) Liftit Liftit is Latin America's premier technology platform for automating and executing last-mile truck deliveries.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2017 Founders: Angel Celis Botto, Brian York, Felipe Betancourt Celis Industries: Freight Service, Internet, Last Mile Transportation, Logistics, Marketplace, Supply Chain Management, Transportation Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $39,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 27 (Monashees, Western Technology Investment, Jaguar Ventures, NXTP Ventures, Mercado Libre Fund) You can find their website here
7) Chiper Chiper is a Colombian e-commerce platform for small businesses that helps Latin American corner stores develop and thrive.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Cundinamarca Started in: 2018 Founders: Carolina Garcia, Jose Jair Bonilla, Oscar Sarria Guerrero Industries: B2B, E-Commerce, Retail Technology Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $25,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 10 (Alarko Ventures, FJ Labs, Monashees, Kaszek, JAM Fund) You can find their website here
8) Merqueo Merqueo is a grocery delivery service that uses its own dark-store technology and local businesses to deliver food and household supplies.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2017 Founders: Jose Guillermo Calderon, Miguel Mc Allister, Miguel Mc Allister, Sebastian Noguera Escallón Industries: Delivery, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Grocery Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $16,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Endeavor Catalyst, Mountain Partners, Velum Ventures, EWA Capital, Portland Private Equity) You can find their website here
9) RobinFood RobinFood is the largest cloud-restaurant company in Latin America.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2018 Founders: Jose Guillermo Calderon, Miguel Mc Allister Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Restaurants, Retail Technology Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $36,300,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 4 (Endeavor Catalyst, Seaya Ventures, ALLVP, MGM Innova Group) You can find their website here
10) Frubana Frubana is a B2B platform for restaurants and small retailers that sells agri-products and packaged goods.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2018 Founders: Fabian Gomez Gutierrez Industries: AgTech, B2B, E-Commerce, Logistics, Restaurants Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $102,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 10 (SoftBank, GGV Capital, FJ Labs, Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator) You can find their website here
11) MUNCHER MUNCHER is a delivery-only restaurant concept that specializes in dark kitchens in shipping containers.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2019 Founders: Andrés Villarraga, Juan David Jaramillo, Nimrod Molad Industries: Food Delivery, Real Estate Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $25,808,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 6 (TMT Investments, FEMSA, NETWORK VC, Amador Holdings, MGM Innova Group) You can find their website here
12) Habi Habi is a digital platform aimed at making the process of buying and selling real estate in Colombia as simple as possible.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2019 Founders: Brynne Rojas, Sebastian Noguera Escallón Industries: Home Renovation, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Residential, Software Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $15,500,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 16 (FJ Labs, Tiger Global Management, 8VC, HOF Capital, Flybridge) You can find their website here
13) Rappi Rappi is a consumer technology firm that focuses on internet delivery services.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2015 Founders: Felipe Villamarin, Sebastian Mejia, Simon Borrero Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Food Delivery Number of employees: 5001-10000 Funding: $1,692,005,447 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 38 (SoftBank, SoftBank Vision Fund, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, FJ Labs) You can find their website here
14) Simetrik Simetrik is a fintech firm that provides finance automation tools to teams using Excel all over the world.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2017 Founders: Alejandro Casas Caro, Santiago Gomez Gonzalez Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $7,200,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 7 (Y Combinator, Monashees, Global Founders Capital, Cometa (Variv Capital), Mercado Libre Fund) You can find their website here
15) Tul Tül has an app that allows users to purchase hardware and construction materials directly from their phone.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2020 Founders: Enrique Villamarin Lafaurie, Juan Carlos Narváez, Nicolas Villegas Industries: Building Material, Construction, E-Commerce, Hardware, Mobile Apps Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $4,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Vine Ventures, Jose Llorens) You can find their website here
16) Omni Latam Omni Latam is a Latin American financial technology (fintech) platform that provides digital financial solutions.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2018 Founders: Andrés Abumohor, Charlie A Cliff, Diego Caicedo Industries: Commercial Lending, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Risk Management Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $201,650,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 2 (Magma Partners, BTG Pactual) You can find their website here
17) Elenas Elenas is Latin America's leading social commerce platform, enabling microbusinesses to launch their own online store.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2018 Founders: Thomas Harsch, Zach Oschin Industries: Beauty, Cosmetics, Direct Sales, E-Commerce Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $8,540,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 7 (FJ Labs, Meesho, Polymath Ventures, Leo Capital India, Cendana Capital) You can find their website here
18) Zinobe In the Colombian market, there is a digital financial services company. To better target underrepresented populations, we developed a data-centric credit model.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2011 Founders: Martin Schrimpff, Tarek El Sherif Industries: Big Data, Credit, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, Payments Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $30,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 4 (QED Investors, Martin Schrimpff, Ali Saadat Meli, Monachil Capital Partners LP) You can find their website here
19) Truora Truora offers a quick, creative, and secure background check and identity theft detection service.
Details of the startup:
State: Valle del Cauca City: Cali Started in: 2018 Founders: Cesar Pino, Daniel Bilbao, Daniel Bilbao, Maite Muniz Telleria Industries: Developer Platform, Information Services, Security Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $3,450,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 (Accel, Y Combinator, MAYA Capital, Kaszek, Magma Partners) You can find their website here
20) LifeMiles Avianca and TACA's frequent flyer program, LifeMiles, has been combined and upgraded.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2011 Industries: Air Transportation, Loyalty Programs, Public Transportation Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $343,700,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Advent International) You can find their website here
21) Valiu Valiu is working on a digital remittance infrastructure that will allow migrants to send money using cash, debit, or credit cards.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2018 Founders: Alberto Niego, Omar David Barinas Orjuela, Simon Chamorro Industries: Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $6,477,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 9 (Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Castle Island Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Blockchange Ventures) You can find their website here
22) Momentu Corporate Platform for Mental Health.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2020 Founders: Juan Pablo Montoya Industries: Health Care Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $400,000 Funding rounds: 1 You can find their website here
23) Ayenda Hotels The most rapidly expanding cheap hotel chain.
Details of the startup:
State: Antioquia City: Medellín Started in: 2015 Founders: Andrés Sarrazola Industries: Hospitality, Hotel, Travel Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $10,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 7 (SoftBank, 500 Startups, Kaszek, K50 Ventures, Irelandia Aviation) You can find their website here
24) Cubbo Throughout Latin America, repurposing distressed urban real estate assets into micro-fulfillment locations.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2021 Founders: Brian York, Josu Gurtubay Industries: B2B, Logistics, Real Estate Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $2,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 22 (Graph Ventures, Magma Partners, Florian Hagenbuch, Ricardo Weder, Brian Requarth) You can find their website here
25) Leal Leal is a Latin American retailer's digital platform for identifying, engaging, and rewarding their most important consumers.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2016 Founders: Camilo Martinez, Florence Frech Industries: Analytics, Information Services, Information Technology, Internet Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $12,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 1 (FCP Emprendimiento e Innovación SP) You can find their website here
26) Tpaga Tpaga allows customers to send and receive money via their telephone.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2015 Founders: Andres Gutierrez, Juan Salcedo, Sebastian Ortiz Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile, Mobile Payments Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $5,070,000 Funding rounds: 11 Number of investors: 14 (Y Combinator, Greyhound Capital, Hack VC, CP Ventures, Zillionize) You can find their website here
27) Avista Avista is a technology-based financial services company that is transforming people's financial lives by providing a simple, digital credit ecosystem.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2019 Industries: Financial Services, FinTech Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $95,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 (Accial Capital) You can find their website here
28) Aflore Aflore is a tech-enabled direct sales channel that assists informal advisors in achieving their objectives through loans and financial goods.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2012 Founders: Ana Barrera, Manuel Jimenez Industries: Credit, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $29,092,905 Funding rounds: 12 Number of investors: 5 (Polymath Ventures, Accial Capital, Women's World Banking, Amador Holdings, Unreasonable Capital) You can find their website here
29) Finsocial Finsocial offers financial alternatives to teachers and retirees, including payroll loans.
Details of the startup:
State: Atlantico City: Barranquilla Started in: 2012 Industries: Banking, Financial Services Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $145,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 3 (Morgan Stanley, Symbiotics Group, Bancóldex) You can find their website here
30) Cobre LatAm is establishing workplace banks.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2020 Industries: Financial Services Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,200,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Canary, Atlantico) You can find their website here
31) FLUVIP Fluvip is a Latin American and American influencer marketing organization.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2013 Founders: Sebastian Jasminoy Industries: Advertising, Apps, Photo Sharing, Social Media Marketing, Video Streaming Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $7,496,821 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 4 (Wayra, TheVentureCity Fund, Velum Ventures, Cisneros Group) You can find their website here
32) Polymath Ventures Polymath Enterprises is a Digital Venture Group that creates and expands revolutionary technology ventures for Latin America's middle class from the ground up.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2011 Founders: Carlos Fernandez de la Pradilla, Wenyi Cai Industries: FinTech, Rental Property, Transportation Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $9,425,000 Funding rounds: 4 You can find their website here
33) Sempli Sempli is Colombia's most popular online loan platform for small enterprises.
Details of the startup:
State: Antioquia City: Medellín Started in: 2017 Founders: Esteban Velasco, Felipe Llano Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Lending, Online Portals, Small and Medium Businesses Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $24,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 11 (Oikocredit International, Incofin Investment Management, IDB Lab, Alphamundi, Impulsum Ventures) You can find their website here
34) 1DOC3 1doc3 is a Spanish-language e-health platform that links 490 million people with licensed and reputable doctors.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2013 Founders: Javier Cardona, Nicolás Durán López Industries: Health Care, Internet Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $5,050,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 12 (MassChallenge, Wayra, Mountain Partners, StartUp Health, TheVentureCity Fund) You can find their website here
35) Foodology Foodology develops and manages delivery-focused digital restaurant brands.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2019 Founders: Daniela Izquierdo, Gustavo Zuñiga, Juan Guillermo Azuero Industries: Delivery, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Restaurants Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,500,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Unpopular Ventures, Jaguar Ventures, Kayyak Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Innogen Capital) You can find their website here
36) MO Tecnologias MO Tecnologias is a Fintech company that intends to revolutionize credit scoring and promote financial inclusion.
Details of the startup:
State: Distrito Especial City: Bogotá Started in: 2016 Founders: Paolo Fidanza, Veronica Crisafulli Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Lending, Credit, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Micro Lending, Payments Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $5,495,697 Funding rounds: 3 You can find their website here
