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500 Mexico City Unveils Startups

14 November 2013

(PEHub) 500 Mexico City has announced the 17 new companies that will be part of its acceleration process for Latin America. There have been 45 companies that have gone through the selection process in the offices in Mexico City.

500 Mexico City announces the 17 new companies that will be part of the batch Winter 2013 being the third on of its accelerator for Latin America. With this Startups, there has been 45 companies that have gone through this process in the offices in Mexico City such as Cine+, Rubberit, Yaxi, Conekta and MyCoffeBox.

Of the total number of applications received through Angelist, only about the 5% were accepted after been interviewed by the investment team, trying to find the best entrepreneurs in the region.

Each batch of companies has unique characteristics that separates them from earlier, with a group truly diverse and international, with founders from around 20 cities of Latin America such as Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Mexico City, Hermosillo, the first company founded entirely by women.

The 17 selected companies will go through a acceleration process of 5 months in
the coworking space Chihuahua 230 where will work with the 500 Mexico City team issues of distribution, product and fundraising, will also have weekly meetings from the network of more than 200 mentors who share their knowledge both faceto-face and remote.

Juan López Salaberry the accelerator manager comments “We are very excited about what is happening. We have companies from such different places as Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, San Luis Potosí or Bogota working under one roof and all looking to solve important problems, not only for their own countries, but also understandin the impact for the region.

Mexico today offers companies a macroeconomic stability, allies of the private sector, qualified and competitive talent and of course the largest Spanish-speaking market that all companies eager to conquer. That is why Mexico becomes a strategic place for the development of their business, with proximity to the United States and a privileged context from which they can lead regional operations.”

Here they are 17 companies:

Company Descriprion Link

Soukboard El asistente de ventas y marketing online

inteligente para las tiendas en línea.

http://soukboard.com/

Cotiza &
Contrata
Plataforma que contacta personas que
necesitan un servicio con profesionistas que lo
realizan.

http://cotizaycontrata.com

Growlers Te lleva las mejores cervezas de barril
nacionales e importadas a la puerta de tu casa.

https://growlers.mx

Aiotra Producción de videos publicitarios de marcas
de consumo masivo a través de una comunidad
curada de productoras audiovisuales.

http://aiotra.tv

Nubity Plataforma que permite integrar nubes públicas
y privadas como AWS Amazon, Rackspace,
Softlayer con el concepto de: “una nube para
todas sus nubes”.

http://nubity.com

Auto
Chilango
La aplicación para conductores con todo lo
importante: alertas de circulación, gestión
n de tu seguro y consultas sobre infracciones y
reglamentaciones.

http://autochilango.com

Survmetrics Aplicación web para crear encuestas
interactivas y análisis de resultados con
herramientas de georreferenciación y
visualización de datos en tiempo real.

http://survmetrics.com

Novelistik Herramienta para crear y publicar libros
electrónicos sensoriales junto con una red social
para acercar lectores y escritores.

http://novelistik.com

FirstJob El marketplace de jóvenes profesionales de
Latinoamérica. Facilitamos la entrada al mundo

http://firstjob.me

laboral de estudiantes y egresados.
Compañía Descripción Liga
99 Minutos Un marketplace con una promesa: envío a
cualquier lugar del DF en 99 minutos.

http://99minutos.com

Obzes Tienda online con las mejores soluciones y
productos de belleza a un click de distancia.

http://obzes.com

Wavestack La primera herramienta en línea que permite la
colaboración musical de artistas de todo el
mundo.

http://wavestack.com

Liichi Los analytics del mundo offline al servicio de
cualquier negocio.

http://liitchi.com

Fullbox Conecta personas que necesitan muebles de
manera temporal con aquellos que tienen
extras: el AirBnB para muebles.

http://fullbox.mx/es

Geniously Proporciona a pequeñas y medianas empresas
de logística una herramienta para evaluar y
minimizar los riesgos de su envío.

http://geniusly.co