Investor Network

Alliance of the Americas.

An alliance to reduce funding gaps and
gender, connecting Latin American founders
and the Caribbean with strategic investors.

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IMPACT STARTUPS

This network mobilizes investments to stimulate economic growth, strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem and foster sustainable regional development.

APEP

In November 2023, President of the Republic Luis Lacalle Pou participated in the First Leaders’ Summit of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity of the Americas (APEP), convened and led by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, which was also attended by the Presidents of Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Peru, the Prime Ministers of Barbados and Canada, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and Panama.

During the Summit, which took place in Washington DC, APEP members announced the plan to boost inclusive growth and strengthen the region’s supply chains, which includes -among other initiatives and actions- the creation of an accelerator program to support and boost investment in emerging entrepreneurs, under the leadership of the governments of the United States, Canada and Uruguay.

The objective is to benefit hundreds of startups and mobilize additional capital to promote economic development in the region. This initiative reflects Uruguay’s positioning as a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship at the regional level.

APEP seeks to strengthen regional competitiveness and mobilize investment in the region. At the launch of APEP in 2023, Uruguay committed to support the implementation of a regional accelerator program in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and lead the creation of a network of venture capital investors. Through this Regional Accelerator and Investor Network, the program will bring together promising entrepreneurs from the region, provide training, seed capital, and facilitate connections with private sector investors.

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Investor Network

InApep

Led by the Uruguay Innovation Hub program (Uruguay), the Alliance of the Americas Investor Network will convene face-to-face events designed to bring together investors from all Alliance of the Americas countries, facilitating connections for high-impact startups from across the region, and will feature a digital platform for visibility and access for ventures and founders.

InApep is a new opportunity for Investors to support entrepreneurs participating in APEP's regional accelerator programs, as well as other selected deep tech, green tech and biotech startups offering innovative solutions to humanity's and the planet's challenges.

Objectives of the creation of the Network

We expand the IMPACT of regional entrepreneurship by connecting Startups with Investors, infected with purpose. Investments to scale fast, grow, foster jobs and prosperity.

What do we do?

Select, curate and give visibility to scalable and impactful technology-based startups in the region. On the other hand, it will encourage and connect these ventures with angel investors, venture capital funds, family offices and other entrepreneurial capital organizations.

How do we do it?

Within the framework of the APEP initiative, we consolidate regional efforts of the public, private and academic sectors. We promote an agenda of meetings, foster new alliances, offer new networking opportunities, gather wills and develop a digital platform in pursuit of the prosperity of the ecosystem.

Who do we do it?

In November 2023, President Biden brought together the leaders of the Americas Partnership countries at the White House to “Increase opportunity and decrease inequity; to harness the incredible economic potential of the Americas; and to make the Western Hemisphere the most economically competitive region in the world. (Read the full remarks).

The 12 countries forming the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity comprise 90 percent of the Western Hemisphere’s GDP and nearly two-thirds of its population: Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and the U.S.

What is the Investor Network?

The Americas Partnership Investor Network is a key initiative under the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (Americas Partnership). It aims to bridge funding and gender gaps by connecting Latin American and Caribbean founders with strategic investors. This network will mobilize investments to stimulate economic growth, strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and foster sustainable regional development.

Launched at the White House on July 17, 2024, with an initial anchor investment pledge exceeding $1 billion, the Americas Partnership Investor Network was established to advance Americas Partnership’s goals of promoting economic competitiveness and integration across the region. Uruguay, as a co-leader, is executing this initiative through its Uruguay Innovation Hub (UIH) program, in collaboration with IDB Lab and with the support of Endeavor Miami. The network will facilitate connections between Latin American and Caribbean founders and strategic investors, ensuring a robust and inclusive entrepreneurial landscape.

Who participates in the Network?

Within the framework of APEP’s governmental activity, we work for the prosperity of the region by consolidating regional efforts in the public, private and academic sectors. Through an agenda of meetings that promotes the initiative, drives alliances, offers new networking opportunities, brings together wills in pursuit of the ecosystem’s prosperity.