The Medellin Mayor’s Office launched a specialized training program with Platzi, one of Latin America’s most significant online education platforms, through which 15 startups, city businesses with significant growth potential, met investment expectations of $3 million with domestic and foreign investors.
The program began with 32 startups, in which two representatives per company were trained how to raise capital, how to negotiate with investors and how to pitch (presentation of your company). From this group, the best 15 companies were selected that went on to the next stage in which they participated in a virtual investment forum in which they pitched to 29 investors.
The top three were then picked: GoElegido, a digital platform that offers selected drivers; Megactivo, administrative and accounting software in the cloud to automate processes; and Sculapp, a virtual educational platform for professionals in the health sector. The finalists received, from the Mayor’s Office of Medellin, the opportunity to participate in the most important event in the country for startups “Startco”, which will take place on March 16 and 17 in Bogotá.