José Calderon is already one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in Latin America at just 33 years old, having co-founded and led three of the most disruptive food-tech startups in the region: Domicilios.com, Merqueo, and currently RobinFood, perhaps his most ambitious venture yet. 

José Calderon

The Man Disrupting LatAm's Food Industry

Since 2009, Ruta N, with a team of 120 people, has been able to increase local government investment in STI from less than 0.5 percent to 2.3 percent of the GDP, helping Medellín attract 366 international companies to the city that have provided over 10,500 jobs and have helped thousands of local companies in their digital transformation.

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How Medellín Became LatAm's Hub for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In 2015, Latin America had around 387 fintech startups. Five years later, there are currently around 1,300.

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São Paulo

Five LatAm Fintechs Disrupting the Banking Industry

Celsia has 47,690 km of transmission networks, longer than earth’s equatorial circumference, and serves more than 1.2 million clients on a daily basis by relying on internal innovation and sustainability initiatives. 

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How an Electric Culture Transformed this Colombian Energy Giant

In LatAm alone there are more than 750 B Corps, a movement first led by Sistema B in 2012. The initiative has become so powerful in the region that legislation has been changed in some countries like Colombia and Chile in order for companies to be legally constituted as a B Corp. 


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Five LatAm B Corps Using Business as a Force for Good

Historically, most of the startups that have gone through YC have been from North America, but this is changing. Participation of South American companies is increasing significantly.

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Making the Cut: South American Startups Selected by Y Combinator 

We spoke with MercadoLibre to gain insights into how it became the most valuable company in Latin America with an estimated market value of over $59B. 

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MercadoLibre: The Online Marketplace That is Now Latin America’s Most Valuable Company

Latin America is no stranger to a delivery culture. The food delivery industry in LatAm has become a giant market in the last decade, valued at $6.5 billion USD. Here are the most relevant players tackling the industry today.

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The 5 Food Delivery Apps Taking a Bite of the Latin American Market

For centuries, holding a job was tied to one’s ability to physically show up for work to execute the role’s requirements. However, as technology has evolved over the last decade,  this requirement has begun to change. Forward-thinking companies have realized that focusing on deliverables, not time spent-in-seat, sends a message to employees that they are actually trusted to complete the work they’ve been hired to carry out, in turn making them more proactive, motivated and committed

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