Endeavor Miami, an affiliate of the global Endeavor organization supporting entrepreneurship, has announced the nine startups selected for their upcoming EndeavorLAB cohort for female-led companies, presented by Mastercard. The final EndeavorLAB cohort of the year will focus on women leading businesses with strong scalability potential seeking to grow in the South Florida market. All entrepreneurs selected for this cohort will receive a scholarship, in part provided by Mastercard, to participate in the program.
“I understand the uniqueness and magnitude of the challenges that come with being a female founder, and I am excited to help these incredible entrepreneurs create long-lasting relationships and scale their companies,” said Claudia Duran, Managing Director of Endeavor Miami. “Our goal is to continue to serve our community and help diverse groups of entrepreneurs achieve success.”
EndeavorLAB is a two-month, audience-specific, accelerated growth program designed to support local early-stage companies in establishing strong business foundations post-revenue generation through network building, practical education, and mentorship sessions. Since its inception in 2019, Endeavor Miami’s Programs have gone on to accelerate 115 companies, which have generated over $207 million in annual revenues in 2022, employed 2,000 people, and raised $240 million.
The Programs hold an NPS score of 97, consistently deliver over 60 hours of curated content to each company and leverage the expertise of 30+ Endeavor network members, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, for the benefit of participating entrepreneurs. At the end of the program, participants will showcase their growth to an audience of local community members, investors, and panelists at the program’s closing event on November 29th, 2022.
The cohort consists of founders from different industries and over 50% of participants are of Latin and Hispanic origin.
“At Mastercard, we believe in the power of agile innovation that is born from entrepreneurship,” said Janet Rivera-Hernandez, Vice President of Communications for Mastercard Latin America & Caribbean. “We are thrilled to partner with Endeavor to support game-changing Latina-founded startups. This partnership builds on our global commitment to connect 25 million women entrepreneurs to the digital economy by 2025. By harnessing our technology and forging key partnerships with organizations like Endeavor, we’re actively reimagining what it means to take part in today’s digital-first environment and enabling access to the tools and resources needed by this ambitious segment of the economy.”
EndeavorLAB Cohort for Female-led Companies:
Binibi: Binibi makes bilingual education products for children ages 0-5. The product is designed to make introducing a second language at home easy and fun from day one. The company is led by Ana Sofía Guzmán, Co-Founder & CEO and Luciana Yarhi, Co-Founder & COO.
Chefpost: Chefpost is a marketplace to book chefs on-demand, on a mission to make people’s lives easier and better. The company is led by Diana Arango, Co-Founder & CEO and Summerlee Theodoro, Co-Founder & CTO.
ClearCloser: ClearCloser is changing the mortgage industry by bringing an innovative approach powered by advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and emerging financial technology to convert traditional mortgages into secure digital assets, helping to modernize one of the largest asset classes in the world. The company is led by Kristine Viera, Founder & CEO.
Journey: Journey connects users with the best health coaches and nutrition experts to help them live better for longer, improve their health, and achieve long-lasting results. The company is led by Laura Barrera, Founder & CEO.
Nala: Nala is a SaaS talent management platform that helps companies minimize top talent attrition in an agile and scalable way. The company is led by Ximena Paul, Co-Founder & CEO, Maria Fernanda Castillo, Co-Founder & CPO and Fabián Prado, Co-Founder & CTO.
Ola: Ola aims to help the 42M Spanish speakers in the US make better financial decisions by providing educational tools and access to financial products. Ola enables members to invest for retirement, build credit, and increase loan approval rates. The company is led by Isabel Penzini, Co-Founder & CEO and Jerome Leclanche, Co-Founder & CTO.
People Clerk: People Clerk is a web platform that empowers people to file, serve, and prepare for their small claims disputes. The company is led by Camila Lopez, Co-Founder & CEO and Gustavo Lozano, Co-Founder & CTO.
Pivot: Pivot is a new sales channel that gives brands access to customer, inventory, and sales data and allows independent stores to sell products without purchasing inventory. The company is led by Valeria Savino, Co-Founder & CMO, Álvaro de Jesús, Co-Founder & CEO and Juan Montes de Oca, Co-Founder & COO.
Redress: Redress is a digital marketplace where users can trade in their used garments for second-hand pieces that will be “new for them”. The company is led by Rossanna Ceccato, CEO, Alfredo Ferrari, COO and Matias Hercovich, CLO.
Learn more about the companies here.
About Endeavor
Endeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 1997, Endeavor is a global organization with a mission to unlock the transformational power of entrepreneurship by selecting, supporting, and investing in the world’s top founders.
Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,300 entrepreneurs leading 1,465 companies, whose companies have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2021, raised over $42 billion USD in capital. Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs. Learn more about Endeavor at https://endeavor.org/.
About Endeavor Miami
Endeavor’s Miami affiliate was established in 2013, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as the first U.S. affiliate of the global Endeavor organization. Miami’s Endeavor Entrepreneurs generated over $700M in revenues and employed over 5,000 individuals in 2021. The affiliate currently supports 32 companies and 51 entrepreneurs, such as Boatsetter, Momentus Surgical, NovoPayment, and Tissini. Learn more about Endeavor Miami at https://endeavormiami.org.
About Mastercard (NYSE: MA)
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
