On May 29, 2021, the 3rd edition of the International Pitch Competition took place. The event was organized by the Spring Network, a Latin American network of graduate schools recognized for their focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, of which the Graduate School of Business (EPN) at Universidad ORT Uruguay a member.
Representing Uruguay was Alexis Valín, co-founder of Workifit and a graduate of ORT’s Systems Engineering program and Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.
On this occasion, the event was hosted by the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile. The following are the nine finalist entrepreneurs who presented their pitches to a jury of international investors and then held one-on-one meetings with each of them:
Argentina
ICO: María Agustina Hiriart and Inés Hiriart
Urban Miners: Lucas Peverelli
Chile
Farma: Hernán Opazo, Sebastián Brant, and Ana Canales
EasyFactor: Ximena Hormazábal, Mariela Candia, Gabriela Leiva, Nicole Bravo, and Lorena Mariángel Quiroz
Colombia
Aurora: Diego Barbosa, Santiago González Vélez, and Juan David Pérez
Bitsafe: Daniel Lora Aguirre and Nicolás Villamil
Ecuador
Elixir: Vanessa Morán
Peru
WICUK: Diego Romero Weninger
Uruguay
Workifit: Alexis Valin – Graduate School of Business, School of Management and Social Sciences, Universidad ORT Uruguay.