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Join Rockstart’s 180-day Emerging Tech LatAm Program to grow your company and get ready for investment. Rockstart supports entrepreneurs with a strong purpose by connecting them with the brightest minds in the industry. We’re looking for startups with a great founding team, a well-built product and early traction to create solutions for big problems.
We’re interested in startups that are creating the future, using promising new technologies (AI, Blockchain, sensors) to make a positive impact. Focus areas include:
- Sharing economy concepts – to address the under-utilization of assets.
- Enterprise software and SaaS solutions – tools for niche target audiences that are cheaper, faster, smarter than e.g. traditional players in the market.
- (Niche) online marketplaces – connecting supply&demand from old industries to the digital world.
- 3D printing and modeling – inventing the future of manufacturing.
- Fintech – disrupting the large financial institutions.
- Logistics & transportation – creating efficiencies in the economy.
- Cybersecurity – increased connectivity leads to an increased risk of being hacked.
- Education – if you don’t learn, you don’t grow;
- Make programming reachable – make software development easier and more accessible.
- Cryptocurrencies & blockchain technologies – this is a whole new game changer.
- Recruitment/hiring platforms – products that help us find, screen and hire the best talent faster, cheaper and better.
- CRM, sales & lead generation tools – making it easier for companies to find and close new customers.
- Legal tech – looking to improve and standardize (employment) contracts, Investment deals, etc.
- Productivity tools – getting the most out of our day-to-day work or personal life.
- Interruptions are at an all-time high – what types of products will let us live on our own terms?
- Wildcard concepts – use novel initiatives to focus on big problems/inefficiencies in our society.
As a member of the 2020 Emerging Tech LatAm cohort, your team will work with mentors, industry-specific experts and fellow founders to build, validate and scale your business.