{"id":18983,"date":"2016-02-04T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavca.org\/colombian-fintech-startup-alkanza-closes-round-of-us3m-en-espanol\/"},"modified":"2016-02-04T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:45:00","slug":"colombian-fintech-startup-alkanza-closes-round-of-us3m-en-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavca.org\/colombian-fintech-startup-alkanza-closes-round-of-us3m-en-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian FinTech Startup Alkanza Closes Round of US$3m (en espa\u00f1ol)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinero.com\/edicion-impresa\/negocios\/articulo\/alkanza-la-corporacion-de-asesoria-financiera-que-opera-desde--silicon-valley\/218791?utm_source=dinero&amp;utm_medium=correo&amp;utm_campaign=2016_02_05\">Dinero<\/a>) After two rounds of 15 venture capital investments, Alkanza has raised over US$3m innovating the financial services industry in Colombia with plans, Brazil and Mexico with plans to expand across Latin America. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Aunque la f\u00edsica lo atrajo cuando estaba terminando sus estudios de bachillerato en Cali, el camino que Andr\u00e9s Villaquir\u00e1n tom\u00f3 lo condujo por el mundo de las finanzas en Estados Unidos y hoy est\u00e1 al frente de Alkanza, un emprendimiento que inici\u00f3 en Silicon Valley y que est\u00e1 proyectando al mercado de Am\u00e9rica Latina.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Empez\u00f3 estudiando f\u00edsica en MIT, pero decidi\u00f3 dar un giro y adelantar tres carreras simult\u00e1neamente: econom\u00eda, ingenier\u00eda mec\u00e1nica y una mezcla de finanzas e ingenier\u00eda industrial. Durante el verano del tercer a\u00f1o trabaj\u00f3 en JP Morgan y una vez finaliz\u00f3 sus estudios se fue por el lado financiero a trabajar en esa entidad construyendo modelos matem\u00e1ticos de la mesa de dinero como, por ejemplo, estructuras de derivados.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Despu\u00e9s de varios a\u00f1os de trabajar en entidades como JP Morgan, Credit Suisse y de asesorar empresas como Terpel, la Federaci\u00f3n de Cafeteros, Ecopetrol, Banco de Bogot\u00e1 y Bancolombia, empez\u00f3 a ver una oportunidad alrededor de la tecnolog\u00eda financiera y la posibilidad de desarrollar un modelo de compa\u00f1\u00eda m\u00e1s escalable que el de asesor\u00edas en el que estaba posicion\u00e1ndose.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Decidi\u00f3 viajar a Silicon Valley y montar Alkanza, junto con un grupo de socios. \u201cQuer\u00edamos trabajar bajo un esquema de valor agregado, con asesor\u00edas de m\u00e1s bajo costo de lo normal, un modelo m\u00e1s accesible y con un universo m\u00e1s amplio, usando matem\u00e1ticas y tecnolog\u00edas\u201d, dice Villaquir\u00e1n. En 2014 inici\u00f3 el desarrollo del modelo matem\u00e1tico y de tecnolog\u00eda, profundiz\u00f3 las investigaciones de mercado y puso a punto el producto de asesor\u00eda financiera para lanzarlo.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Alkanza es una corporaci\u00f3n que opera desde California y est\u00e1 registrada ante los entes regulatorios de Estados Unidos. En su modelo no administra directamente la plata, pues sus clientes deben tener cuenta en una instituci\u00f3n financiera, con las que tiene alianzas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">El negocio de administraci\u00f3n y manejo de activos trae una tendencia creciente: diversos analistas proyectan en el mediano plazo un sector que puede estar manejando unos US$20 billones (millones de millones) y que en los pr\u00f3ximos cinco a\u00f1os este tipo de empresas va a manejar recursos por US$4 billones a US$5 billones.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Hoy por hoy, tras dos rondas de capital con 15 inversionistas, Alkanza ha \u2018levantado\u2019 m\u00e1s de US$3 millones en recursos. En t\u00e9rminos de asset management, la firma maneja unos US$40 millones y tiene registrados m\u00e1s de 500 clientes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">2015 fue el a\u00f1o de la tracci\u00f3n del negocio, de generar clientes y de analizar c\u00f3mo llegar al mercado de Am\u00e9rica Latina. \u201cYa hemos avanzado y tenemos una versi\u00f3n light en Colombia y M\u00e9xico y una completa en Brasil\u201d, agrega este emprendedor. En Am\u00e9rica Latina su expansi\u00f3n ha sido a trav\u00e9s de alianzas con socios locales \u2013como comisionistas de bolsa, fondos de pensiones y fiduciarias\u2013, reguladas localmente. \u201cEn Colombia le ayudamos a la gente a generar sus alcanc\u00edas digitales y sus planes de ahorro con comisionistas o en fondos de pensiones voluntarias\u201d, dice Villaquir\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Entre sus planes est\u00e1 tener en menos de dos a\u00f1os US$400 millones de activos bajo administraci\u00f3n y llegar a US$3.000 millones en tres a\u00f1os. Aunque la empresa ya est\u00e1 en la mira de algunos de los grandes administradores de activos en la regi\u00f3n y en Estados Unidos para una posible adquisici\u00f3n o capitalizaci\u00f3n, por ahora la meta es consolidarse y crecer en medio de las turbulencias del mercado y cuando m\u00e1s se requiere de una asesor\u00eda adecuada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Dinero) After two rounds of 15 venture capital investments, Alkanza has raised over US$3m innovating the financial services industry in Colombia with plans, Brazil and Mexico with plans to expand across Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colombian FinTech Startup Alkanza Closes Round of US$3m (en espa\u00f1ol) - 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