Jefa, Inc. (2020) es la primera plataforma móvil liderada por mujeres facilitando servicios financieros justos, asequibles y seguros a las mujeres en Latinoamérica. Respaldada por los inversionistas detrás de compañías disruptoras de la industria como Netflix, Robinhood y Rappi, con miembros del consejo como la co-fundadora de Kiva, Jefa está revolucionando la industria bancaria, cambiando el paradigma de cómo las mujeres guardan, manejan, gastan e invierten su dinero. Nuestro objetivo es empoderar a las mujeres no bancarizadas y tradicionalmente desatendidas en América Latina usando datos desagregados por género para informar nuestro producto, canales de distribución para llegar a las mujeres en los sitios en que confían, y construyendo un servicio adaptado al distintivo comportamiento financiero de las mujeres. Jefa es liderada por Emma Sánchez Andrade Smith(reconocida por Forbes 30 under 30 y NASDAQ) y un equipo internacional con empleadas y empleados de cuatro continentes. Nuestra visión para el futuro es un mundo en donde las mujeres lideran la revolución tecnológica financiera. Entérate de más sobre Jefa en http://jefa.io Danos Like en http://facebook.com/jefa.io y síguenos en http://instagram.com/jefa.io
Location: United States, California, El Monte
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $2M
Investors 8
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.11.2021 | - | $2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
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| 26.11.2021 | Jefa raises $2 million to offer digital accounts for women in LATAM | Fintech startup Jefa has raised a $2 million seed round to build a fintech startup offering digital accounts with a product specifically designed for women living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company has managed to attract 115,00... |
| 07.10.2020 | Adding Claire Díaz-Ortiz to its partnership, Magma Partners launches initiative to invest in female founders in LatAm | Claire Díaz-Ortiz has been many things over the course of her career — an angel investor, an early Twitter employee (who notably got the Pope on Twitter), the founder of a nonprofit, a published author and an entrepreneur. Now, the globe-tr... |
| 28.09.2020 | Open Banking, Data Protection Laws Bring in New Challenges for Digital Banks and Incumbents | Open banking, one of the hottest topics in financial services today, is bringing in new challenges and risks that both traditional financial institutions and fintech companies must address swiftly, said Frederik Mennes, director of product ... |
| 19.09.2020 | Disrupt 2020 Startup Battlefield Winner | The Disrupt 2020 Startup Battlefield started with 20 innovative startups on 14 September. After 4 days of pitching, 5 top teams were selected. The startups presented themselves in front of various reputed VCs and tech leaders, fighting for ... |
| 18.09.2020 | And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020 is… Canix | We started this competition with 20 impressive startups. After five days of fierce pitching in a wholly new virtual Startup Battlefield arena, we have a winner. The startups taking part in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked t... |
| 18.09.2020 | And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020 is… Canix | We started this competition with 20 impressive startups. After five days of fierce pitching in a wholly new virtual Startup Battlefield arena, we have a winner. The startups taking part in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picke... |
| 17.09.2020 | Meet the five startup Battlefield finalists at Disrupt 2020 | TechCrunch hosted an unusual Startup Battlefield this week — the founders, judges, audience and moderator (me) were all in different locations, doing our best to interact over WebEx. But the 20 startups still demonstrated their products and... |
| 16.09.2020 | Jefa is a challenger bank for women without a bank account | Meet Jefa, a startup that is building a challenger bank specifically designed for women in Latin America. The company is building a product that focuses on solving the problems that women face when opening a bank account and managing it. It... |
| 10.09.2020 | Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 | TechCrunch is thrilled to announce the 20 companies pitching in Startup Battlefield. Founders from around the world will be connecting in remotely to pitch live on the virtual TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 stage. Our most competitive batch to dat... |