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