WeXchange 2020
Women STEMpreneurs Thriving in Challenging Times
November 10 and 11 I Virtual Forum
Agenda
November 11th I Virtual Forum
November 10th – Office Hours for Women STEMpreneurs – Powered by WISE (by invitation only) |
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10:00-10:15 am. | Welcoming remarks Tomás Lopes Teixeira, CIO, IDB Lab |
10:15-11:00 am. | Mentorship hacks: The Dos and Don’ts to create meaningful relationships with mentors Silvia Torres Carbonell, Director, Center of Entrepreneurship, IAE Business School |
11:00-12:00 am. | Office Hour – Round 1 (by tech industry) |
12:00-13:00 pm. | Office Hour – Round 2 (by key business themes) |
13:00-14:00 pm. | Making new connections: Virtual networking |
November 11th – Open to the ecosystem |
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9:00-10:00 am. | Making new connections: Virtual networking |
10:00-10:10 am. | Welcoming remarks Mauricio Claver-Carone, President, IDB Group Irene Arias Hofman, CEO, IDB Lab |
10:10-10:40 am. | Keynote fireside chat: The rise of female co-founded unicorns in Latin America Loreanne García, Co-founder & Chief People Officer, Kavak Mariana Paixao, Co-founder, Loft Tomas Lopes Teixeira (Moderator), CIO, IDB Lab |
10:40-11:15 am. | Women STEMpreneurs Competition Finale Part 1: Seed stage Elizabeth Acuña (Moderator), Associate, Angel Ventures IDB Lab + 10 partner funds (Jury) |
11:15-11:55 am. | Building scalable startups: Women STEMpreneurs´ war stories & lessons learned Daniela Espinosa, Co-founder & COO, Kushki Marta Forero, Co-founder, Ubits Deborah Dana, Founder & CEO, Canasta Rosa Ximena Dure (Moderator), Co-founder, Muv Omaira Saucedo Bendek (Moderator), Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Tu Gerente |
11:55-12:05 pm. | Short break |
12:05-12:40 pm. | Women STEMpreneurs Competition Finale Part 2: Pre-Series A to Series B Elizabeth Acuña (Moderator), Associate, Angel Ventures IDB Lab + 10 partner funds (Jury) |
12:40-13:20 pm. | How can female-led startups attract more VC funding in LAC? Perspectives from women investors (Powered by WeInvest) Susana García-Robles, Venture Partner, Capria. Executive Advisor, LAVCA Marta Cruz, Managing Partner, NXTP Ventures Juan Pablo Cappello, Partner, PAG Law Antonia Rojas, Partner, ALLVP Carol Strobel, Operating Partner, Redpoint eVentures |
13:20-13:30 pm. | Closing Remarks Wendy Teleki, Head, We-FI Secretariat Mariano Amartino, Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups Latam Tomas Lopes Teixeira, CIO, IDB Lab |
13:30-14:30 pm. | Making new connections: Virtual networking |
*This agenda is tentative and subject to change
**Please take note that all hours are in Eastern Standard Time (USA).
Meet the Finalists of the Seed Category!
Seed Category

Cynthia Villar
Founder and CEO MiBolsillo

Ivonne Quiñones
Co-Founder and CEO Aimo

Mariana Boot
Founder Akredito

Omaira Saucedo
Co-Founder and CSO tuGerente

Renata Betti
Co-Founder Talent Academy

Victoria Blanco
Founder and CEO Abaco
Meet the Finalists of the Pre-Series A and Series A/B Category!

Anabel Perez
CEO NovoPayment

Daniela Izquierdo
Co-Founder Foodology

Juliana Sarmiento
Co-Founder and CRO EnvioClick

Oriana Fuentes
Co-Founder and COO Emptor

Pamela Scheurer
Co-Founder and CTO Nubimetrics

Tatiana Malvasio
COO Kilimo
Jury
Meet the jury who participated in the selection process of the competition
Mentoring
On November 10th, a selected group of female entrepreneurs participated in group mentoring sessions by industry and business topic. Meet the experts who lead the mentoring sessions.

Alejandro Dillon
Senior Partner Columbus Zuma Investment Banking

Alexander Torrenegra
Shark Thank Investor - Founder & CEO Torre

Avi Warshavsky
CEO & Founder MindCET

Bernardo Milesy
Managing Partner GLOCAL

Carlos Arredondo
CFO Konfio

Cecilia Waismann
Vice President of R&D MindCET

Christian Van Der Henst
Co-founder & COO Platzi

Dolores Alonso
Marketing Professor IAE

Eduardo Carrizo
Business Strategy Advisor & Angel Investor

Federico Angel Vega
CEO Cargox

Fernando Valenzuela
Managing Partner Global Impact EdTech

Gabriela Ruggeri
Managing Partner Kamay Ventures

Gerardo Marchesini
General Partner Cites

Guillermo Castelli
CEO & Founder QuadMinds

Gustavo Nusenovich
CEO D/sruptive Consulting

Hanna Schiuma
CRO Belo

Héctor Shibata
Investments & Portafolio Manager AC Ventures

José Ugarte
Managing Director Orugga Mobile Innovation

Juan Nervi
Investor Angel

Manuel Tanoira
Founding Partner Tannoira Cassgne Abogados

Maria Jose Compte
Business Development Manager SAP Latinamerica Region Sur

Maria Renner
Partner GIRDX

Mariano Mayer
CEO Marea Venture Partners

Mark Ramondt
Co-founder MultiplAI

Matias Peire
Founder GRIDX

Maximiliano Landrein
Co-founder & CEO Agrofy

Pablo Poza
Business Development Consulting Edrans

Pablo Sola
Partner EY

Santiago Sosa
Co-founder & CEO Tienda Nube

Sebastian Stranieri
CEO Vu Security

Sofia Ramirez
Adjunt Partner AgFunder

Tania Zapata
CEO & Co-founder Akily
Speakers 2020

Adrian García
Partner Carao Ventures

Allan Jarry
Partner Vulcano Capital

Antonia Rojas
Partner ALLVP

Carolina Strobel
Operating Partner Redpoint eVentures

Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Partner Magma Partners

Daniela Espinosa
Co-founder & COO Kushki

Déborah Dana Beyda
Founder & CEO Canasta Rosa

Eduardo Clave
Partner Dila Capital

Elizabeth Acuña
Associate Angel Ventures

Hernán Fernández
Managing Partner Angel Ventures

Irene Arias Hofman
CEO BID Lab

Laila GJ Choe
Senior Investment Officer IDB Lab

Loreanne García
Co-founder & Chief People Officer Kavak

Mariana Paixao
Co-founder Loft

Marta Cruz
Founding Partner

Marta Forero
Co-founder Ubits

Mauricio Claver-Carone
President IDB Group

Santiago Zavala
Partner 500 Startups

Silvia Torres Carbonell
Excecutive Director, Entrepreneurship Center, IAE Business School.

Susana García-Robles
Venture Partner at Capria Ventures and Executive Advisor to the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). Co-founder, WeXchange.

Tomas Lopes-Teixeira
CIO IDB Lab

Wendy Teleki
Head We-Fi Secretariat

Ximena Dure
Co-founder MUV
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