Every November 19, the International Day of Women Entrepreneurs is celebrated after the United Nations (UN) assigned this date in 2014 to make women visible, contribute to their empowerment and put an end to the inequality of their representatives in the world.

That´s why we want to invite you to Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED Women’s Entrepreneurship Day) together with four women who create impact. Next Friday, November 19 at 9:00 a.m. (Venezuelan time) in a free online event where we will welcome women and men alike. 

Get to know the stories of three Venezuelan women, connected with their purpose and passion, who work every day to create positive impact. This event will be hosted by Claudia Valladares, President and Co-Founder of Impact Hub Caracas.

These women will blow your mind.

Ileana La Rosa Oramas – Founder and Executive Director of Aliadas en Cadena. Bachelor in Arts, with a long career in teaching. She acquired and consolidated knowledge on feminist theory, the analysis of gender equality and its approach to the design and implementation of public policies. She did a major in “Women’s Studies” at Universidad Central de Venezuela.

Helena Carpio – Head of innovation at Prodavinci. Investigative journalist, data analyst, photographer, and audiovisual and podcast producer, interested in the changing relationship between societies and the environment. Her video work has been recognized with two News & Documentary Emmy nominations, her virtual reality project was selected by La Biennale di Venezia – College Cinema, and her research projects have been recognized by the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Ibero-American Journalism (Gabo Foundation), the Thomson Foundation and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), among others. She also received two grants from the Pulitzer Center for Journalism and is a member of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF).

Lisseth Escalante – Research Coordinator ANOVA Policy Research. Master in Economics with a specialty in behavioral economics from the University of Tilburg. Economist from Universidad Central de Venezuela. Her main research topics include poverty, labor market and education. She has participated in projects based on empirical evidence to study the gender gap in Venezuela, identifying the economic and labor situation of women in the country, and the feminization of poverty.

Hosted by Claudia Valladares – Social Entrepreneur, consultant in innovation, intrapreneurship and Design Thinking. 

Co-founder and president of Impact Hub Caracas and Ambassador for Venezuela of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO).

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day @womenseday is a non-governmental organization that empowers, celebrates, and supports women entrepreneurs around the world🌎. With its international #choosewomen #eligemujeres campaign, WED works on a global scale to empower women and girls. Aiming at turning them into active participants in the economy by initiating a network of women leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs to create startups, drive economic expansion and promote communities around the world to reduce poverty.

This event will also be part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week Venezuela.

 

For the fifth consecutive year, Impact Hub Caracas, in partnership with Technovation, will run Technovation Girls Venezuela program. And our mission is to encourage girls between 15 and 18 years of age, from vulnerable communities in Caracas, in the field of technological entrepreneurship through the development of mobile applications aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Technovation Girls, the world’s largest global technology entrepreneurship competition for young women, operates in more than 100 countries and offers them the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to emerge as entrepreneurs, businesswomen and technology leaders.

During 14 weeks, via online and in person, girls will receive classes in ideation, coding, pitch (short presentation), business plan and entrepreneurship. And later, they will present their mobile application before an international jury through the Technovation platform. In addition, they will be accompanied by pro bono professionals who will assume the role of mentors. They will guide the girls in the process of finding a problem in their community, developing a mobile application and a business plan to help solve problems in an innovative way, responding to one of the SDGs. They are going to work in teams and will communicate with different audiences.

Claudia Valladares, regional ambassador of Technovation Girls Venezuela and co-founder and president of Impact Hub Caracas -the organization responsible for executing the program- said that the program aims to bring more young women into technology so that in the near future they will be motivated to study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers, closing the existing gaps in computer science.

“We wish to train leaders through technology, and contribute to achieving gender equity, and we are sure this program is one of the best ways to do that. During past editions in Venezuela, we have prepared almost 300 young women as technology entrepreneurs, we managed to get 11 Venezuelan teams to represent us in the semifinals and we earned the regional award in Latin America in 2019.

65 Apps have been created with the help of 100 pro bono mentors who have helped us to positively impact these girls and their communities,” said Valladares.

The program will begin next December 2021 and will end in May 2022. Teams must present their proposals to an international jury, and if chosen, will have the opportunity to represent the country in San Francisco, California, as participants in the global competition (World Pitch) where the winning team of Technovation Girls 2022 edition will be announced.

Those willing to participate in this program may apply until November 26, 2021 at: https://caracas.impacthub.net/technovation-girls-2021/.

For further information and interviews, please contact Impact Hub Caracas Communications team at this email address: [email protected]

 

Caracas, September 6, 2021 – After four months of preparation at Impact Hub Caracas, Accelerate2030 Venezuela -a high-impact acceleration program for ventures framed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-, chose the candidates who will represent our country in the selection process in Geneva. From which the 10 international finalists will be designated to participate in the global phase of the program, starting with the Global Scaling Week in the coming weeks.

Apetoi, WeZenz, Eposak and YombaSuperFood are the projects that will move on to the second phase of this scaling program and that stood out among the seven that participated for their impact aligned with the SDGs, their business model, their scaling strategy and the skills of their team in the development of the venture.

This fourth edition of Accelerate2030 Venezuela sought to support solutions for any SDG, however, given the COVID-19 crisis and its economic impact, special emphasis was placed on solutions related to SDG 3 Health and Wellbeing, SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation, in addition to projects with a focus on Circular Economy.

President and Co-Founder of Impact Hub Caracas, Claudia Valladares, made a special acknowledgement to those companies that explicitly or anonymously decided to support the program. “Thanks to the support of the United Nations Development Program in Venezuela (UNDP) and the sponsorship of Fondo de Valores Inmobiliarios, EY Venezuela, Nestlé Venezuela, among others, we were able to execute the fourth edition and give our entrepreneurs the opportunity to represent us abroad and make a good name for our country”.

Valladares also highlighted the importance that the program offers to entrepreneurs in established companies. The expertise and support to shape their strategies, conquer international markets, work with key partners, work with consultants and locate experts.

Get to know some Venezuelan ventures that will attend Accelerate 2023.

Apetoi: Marketplace of technical services for home and office. In addition, they offer an e-learning module for the certification of professions. They are the easiest, fastest and safest way to get home and office professionals to help with day-to-day technical tasks. For professionals, they are the safest option to find new sources of income and quality education for their training.

 

WeZenz: Is the “World’s First Sustainable Tourism Multi-Platform”, which allows to guarantee, measure and compensate the environmental impact in every travel experience and travelers. Creating an opportunity to consciously choose destinations and services with intelligent, certified and guaranteed solutions.

Eposak: the name means “achievement” in the Kamarakota indigenous language. They are experiential project of sustainable tourism with impact. They promote and execute travels that foster the development of unique and rural communities, and derive in travel experiences (face-to-face or virtual) so that tourists get to know the impact generated by Eposak. With their flagship project Tourism Action since 2020, they developed Virtual Tourism and a local education program for tourism-dependent rural communities in Latin America, starting with Venezuela. In order to overcome the global pandemic crisis and reactivate their tourism activities, they offer digital experiences that connect tourists with amazing destinations and local leaders who are helping to change and shape these remote communities. This is not just virtual traveling, they are transformative experiences that connect emotionally and open up immense possibilities for travelers to reach a new dimension of sustainability and purpose.

YombaSuperFood: is an enterprise that produces, processes and markets organic food in Sacamanteca, Sucre, Venezuela. They are awaiting international organic certification under the parameters of the United States, the European Union, Canada and Japan. The vision was developed around the “Sustainable Development Goals”, United Nations (2018), focused on providing sustainable livelihoods to our employees and the communities near our production centre. As well as devoting our agricultural vocation to the cultivation of superfoods, which provide high nutritional level to consumers. We are committed to providing quality food, creating social impact, and raising agricultural awareness of environmental conservation, setting an example with our own operations. An important part of our crops are perennial plants, which promote the recovery of the ecosystem, reducing the concentration of CO2. They are plants that recover the soil, and since they are not treated with agrochemicals, they do not deteriorate the environment.

From now on, our teams continue their preparation and training process to go to Geneva and present their ventures to personalities, institutions and investors, as Agrocognitive did in 2019.

 

Caracas, September 3, 2021 – After five months of preparation, and the creation of sustainable business opportunities based on biodiversity, Innovation Eco – incubation program for entrepreneurship and ecosocial innovation of the Small Grants Program (SGP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), already has competitors selected from this first edition.

Fundación Senderos with its eco-enterprise: Momoy Soluciones Energéticas; Rutas Turísticas Surandinas, Cultivo Sostenible de Cocuy en Venezuela and Línea de Biopreparados para la Agricultura, were the ones that stood out in the pitch day before a jury of 10 eco-enterprises that participated in Innovation Eco 2020.

These sustainable businesses for biodiversity won a crowdfunding campaign on Green Crowds, the first crowdfunding platform for socio-environmental initiatives in Ecuador, as well as a specialized advice for the formulation of the proposal for the application of their projects to obtain PPD funds and a visibility campaign.

Alexis Bermúdez, National Coordinator of the Small Donations Program (PPD) Venezuela, described this program, which is setting the tone and creating precedents in the country, as a unique opportunity. He said, “This is just the beginning of the incubation program for PPD partners. We want to strengthen the execution of the Eco-Entrepreneurships that are part of the PPD and focus them towards sustainability. You are not just any project, you are doing things differently… We are communities that are changing the world”.

Meanwhile, Claudia Valladares, President and Co-Founder of Impact Hub Caracas – a community that promotes triple impact, financial, social and environmental entrepreneurship, and who were also responsible for the design and execution of Innovation Eco, highlighted the importance of the work of the teams. “You are an example that in Venezuela it is possible to create innovative, sustainable and impactful projects. You are a showcase of inspiration for the whole country, a role model for more people to follow the path of entrepreneurship with sustainable development”.

Innovation Eco concluded with a PPD knowledge fair in the facilities of Fundación La Salle, where entrepreneurs had the opportunity to present their initiatives and eco-products, to think about future actions, increasing distribution and getting visibility. 

 

Get to know the winners.

1st place-Fundación Senderos (FUNDASEN) with its eco-venture: Momoy Soluciones Energéticas. They proposed the construction of Top Lit-Up Draft (TLUD) cookstoves and solid biomass fuels as a resilience and sustainability strategy for Andean communities and ecosystems threatened by climate change. This technology releases clean energy for cooking and controlled combustion of biomass while giving Biochar as a by-product. It is important because it avoids (mitigation) greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere, emissions reduction (ER). It promotes adaptation because the sequestration of Biochar in soils favors regenerative agriculture and the sustainable management of agricultural and forestry waste as renewable fuel. And it also allows the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) of emissions that are already in excess at the atmosphere. FUNDASEN is partnering with Paul Anderson, PhD and Juntos Energy Solutions in the USA, to implement the “WoodGas Impact” strategy in Venezuela.

2nd place- Fundación Programa Andes Tropicales – Rutas Turísticas Surandinas: they expand and diversify the tourist offer in the southern towns, one of the least known regions of the Venezuelan Andes with the greatest potential. Not only in terms of biodiversity and cultural content, but also in terms of a fastest growing tourism modalities in the world. They offer a network of tourist services and products that covers three municipalities and at least nine communities. Where climate-smart agroecology and climate change management are practiced under biosafety standards and in an environment of social equity and high participation of women. 

3rd place- Cocuy Chumaceiro – Sustainable Cocuy Cultivation in Venezuela: promotes the sustainable cultivation and commercialization of Venezuelan cocuy, through export quality products that promote the development of communities. And at the same time, create positive environmental impact for the preservation of the basins and soils where it is grown in the semi-arid region of Lara and Falcón.

4th place- Fundación para la Agricultura Tropical Alternativa y el Desarrollo Integral – They are a line of Biopreparations for agriculture: they offer a line of liquid organic fertilizers obtained by anaerobic fermentation of organic waste in the production centre. They also offer two types of biological controllers for the agroecological management of traditional coffee plantations under shade, and this favors the microbial flora of the soil and facilitate the availability of nutrients for coffee plants.

Innovation Eco was an initiative of the Small Grants Program (SGP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), together with Impact Hub Caracas. The event strengthened triple-impact enterprises dedicated to preserving biodiversity. Empowering communities and promoting self-employment, quality employment, and favoring the insertion of women and young people from different states in the country. Who also work in initiatives to preserve the environment with the support of the PPD.

These are the winners of Innovation Eco, promoting sustainable businesses in biodiversity.

 

 

Caracas – August 2021 – Impact Hub Caracas – a community that promotes triple impact entrepreneurship: financial, social and environmental – launched  the ImpactGirls Gender-Based Violence program.

ImpactGirls GBV is an educational program specially designed by women and aimed at girls between 13 and 17 years of age, from vulnerable communities in Caracas. And was designed in the prevention of Gender Based Violence (GBV). Our slogan “together let’s break the silence” speaks of the sorority approach that this program intends to promote in the face of such difficult and unacceptable situations. This program, is facilitated exclusively by trained educators, psychologists and mentors, mostly from the participants’ communities, and will address issues related to their rights and how to react to aggressions that affect their dignity, their physical, sexual and psychological integrity.

In addition, it will delve into topics such as: gender violence, sexuality, the female body and its functioning, women’s rights and autonomy, with a comprehensive approach to this issue.

Claudia Valladares – Director and Co-Founder of Impact Hub Caracas, pointed out that gender-based violence against women is an inadmissible attack on human rights and undermines their integral dignity. The UN defines violence against women as “physical, sexual or psychological harm to women, including threats of such acts”.

Valladares also commented on why Impact Hub Caracas decided to design the ImpactGirls GBV program. “In Venezuela, the economic and political crisis hinders addressing gender-based violence and has led to the closure of many sexual and reproductive health care institutions and services directed at the issue of GBV. Forty percent of Venezuelan women have been, or are at risk of being victims of some type of GBV. In addition, Venezuela ranks among the 15 countries with the highest number of femicides, the strongest form of gender-based violence against women. Feminicides here are 10% higher than the global rate”. We must put an end to this and the best way to combat it is through education in values at an early age.

ImpactGirls VBG will also help each girl develop a “life project”, in which they can dream and explore through practical examples what they want to be and achieve in life based on their talents, passions and needs.

 

It will also promote the social integration of hearing impaired young women through the creation of mixed groups of girls with and without special needs.

Impact Girls GBV will be executed by Impact Hub Caracas with the facilitation of the organizations Famsex in charge of Psychologist Neiva Hernández and Fundamad directed by Educator Rodriga Flores. It will provide the necessary tools to young women to help them question prevailing paradigms around this issue. And reinforce the values, self-esteem and future prospects of each of these girls.  The program intends to give the girls the necessary strength to break the silence in case they feel vulnerable, or are victims of gender violence and will help them to channel their experiences.

We hope that these 100 girls will be able to influence other girls in their community and that the effect will be multiplied. And if at some point they feel in danger, they will have the tools and values to deal with these situations. And also the support of other girls and the guidance of mentors in their communities.

 

Caracas – July 12, 2021 – Impact Hub Caracas -a community that promotes triple impact entrepreneurship: financial, social and environmental- in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands launched this Monday the program “ImpactGirls”. program. An educational program focused on the prevention of teenage pregnancy (adolescent pregnancy), through education and training in values for life. It was designed by women and aims to train 100 girls between 10 and 15 years of age, from vulnerable communities in the city of Caracas.

The opening ceremony of this activity was attended by the Head of Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ambassador Robert Schuddeboom and his wife, the Human Rights Officer of the embassy, Gerardo Gonzalez and the Co-Founder and President of Impact Hub Caracas, Claudia Valladares.

Ambassador Schuddeboom and Claudia Valladares were responsible for welcoming these girls who will be designing their life program during the next four weeks.

For Ambassador Robert Schuddeboom, this program is of great importance because “we all want the best for our children. Adolescent pregnancy still compromises the health, development and well-being of young girls, who are not yet ready to make clear decisions when it comes to deciding if and when they want to become mothers. We are committed to contributing to a better future and empowering these adolescents with projects like ImpactGirls. Let’s make a better future for every girl. Let’s empower every adolescent to know themselves, their world and their roles. So they become more assertive and confident”.

“This project that starts today is a good example of how Venezuelans are working to find solutions together. So it is crucial that this program is run by mentors and parents who will help the girls to focus on their goals and achieve them,” added Schuddeboom.

Meanwhile, Claudia Valladares commented on the reason that led Impact Hub Caracas to design ImpactGirls. “An approximate 15% of pregnant teenagers in Latin America are close to 15 years of age, and Venezuela unfortunately is at the top of that list. That’s why we want to be a source of inspiration for all of them. So that they can find educational tools for their lives and reinforce the values that will lead them to make the right decisions at the right time”.

“The ImpactGirls program aims to train girls in education and values, so they are better prepared to choose what they want to do with their lives and what they want to be in the future. It emphasizes the empowerment of young women and their need for greater self-esteem and inspiration to achieve their dreams. We are a society that still does not speak clearly about sexuality, reproductive rights and their consequences,” said Valladares. That is why the program includes adolescents and young mentors from the communities who will be trained to continue the work once the program ends. It also includes mothers, fathers and/or representatives of the girls.

This program executed by Impact Hub Caracas in alliance with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and with the support of the organizations Famsex in charge of Psychologist Neiva Hernández and Fundamad, directed by Educator Rodriga Flores, will work on the prevention of teenage pregnancy, question cultural paradigms around this issue and reinforce values, self-esteem and future prospects of each of these girls.

 

 

Caracas – June 03, 2021. – Four teams from the fourth cohort of Technovation Girls Venezuela represent our country in the semifinals of the great global competition.

The girls will represent our country in the semifinals of the global technology competition Technovation Girls.

News was announced this Wednesday, June 02, 2021, by the organization through its web portal TechnovationChallenge.org.

GET TO KNOW THE TEAMS OF GIRLS THAT REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY.

 

After the first round of evaluation, we present the Venezuelan mobile applications that are providing innovative solutions and also solutions to local problem in their communities:

 

Alert Driver: Led by Emily Palacios, Patricia Fernades, Sarah Bracamonte and Maria Jose Rodriguez. The App seeks to provide drivers and pedestrians with information and security about what is happening in their cities or communities, so they can be aware of any situation in their surroundings. The App also promotes awareness concerning traffic signals in order to reduce accidents. And offers daily driving tips.

 

All for Me: Represented by Wuinmelys Puerta, Gaudy Cardoza, Stephany Mendoza and Yoliandris Geraldi. It´s a mobile App created to help people who suffer from gender-based violence using tools like an emergency button for immediate help, and the Violentometer, which is a tool to prevent and measure levels of abuse.

 

Khalon: was designed by Abby Prieto, Luisana Argotty, Sofía Machado and Alexandra Nuñez. It is a mobile App developed to accompany and guide people who suffer from eating disorders (ED). And also can assist users on their way to recovery and overcoming this disorder. The App offers support to family members and friends of people with theseconditions.

Med + Care: was designed by Clarissa Garcia, KaterinGarcia, Franshesca Ortiz, Mariangel Rodriguez and Sofia Pecchio. It is a 24/7 telemedicine application that promotes access to medicine to Venezuelan citizens, through the creation of a platform that gives users access to online medical appointments while they stay at home. It also allows the acquisition of medicines at affordable prices, while keeping you up to date on the latest medical news and advances. It also allows users access to financial aid. They can fill out a form, that team members will use to organize a GoFundMe campaign to raise the funds needed for treatment.

The Regional Ambassador for Technovation Girls in Venezuela and President of Impact Hub Caracas, Claudia Valladares, pointed out that “in the next few days the finalists and regional winners will be announced”.

Now, these young ladies continue to advance in thecompetition, hopefully to be among the 12 finalist or among the 10 regional winners, which will be announced in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, the Coordinator of this program, María Alejandra Hernández, highlighted the work carried out by the young ladies, the teachers and the group of mentors -who, free of charge and on a voluntary basis- accompanied the participants in this process.

“Thank you for inspiring us with your passion and resilience, for seeing this project through to the end in spite of the circumstances and for wanting to make a positive impact on your community. You are already taking steps to change the world, so keep developing your potential to turn your ideas into reality.

 

For four consecutive years, Impact Hub Caracas, under the sponsorship of Total Energies, has carried out this social program that aims to train future entrepreneurs, businesswomen and leaders from vulnerable sectors of Venezuela. To train these young girls in the world of technological entrepreneurship through the design of mobile applications.

Caracas- June 9, 2021.- Impact Hub Caracas -community that promotes entrepreneurship with triple impact: financial, social and environmental- in conjunction with the Impact Hub of the Latin American region carry out the program of incubation of entrepreneurship Impacto Latam, which aims to provide the necessary tools to all those entrepreneurs who are in the ideation stage of their businesses or in the initial phase.

Impact Latam is a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration and opportunities for collaboration on a global scale to increase the positive impact of entrepreneurs. It consists of 8 modules in which topics such as “Problems and Solutions” will be dealt with, dictated by Claudia Valladares, president and co-founder of Impact Hub Caracas; “Business Models with Impact” by Mala Henriques, “From Exploration to Validation” by Federico Schnoller, “Project Sustainability” by César Sánchez, “Project Management” by Paula Guitierrez, “Finance with impact ”module by Patricia López,“ Team management ”by Denis Pavos and“ Communication strategies ”by Juan Artuso.

The program has an investment cost of $ 50 and is carried out online in order to offer the opportunity to participate to all entrepreneurs in any part of the region. If you want to know more visit the website Impacto-latam.com

Caracas, May 21st, 2021. Impact Hub Caracas -a community that promotes triple impact entrepreneurship: financial, social and environmental- invites entrepreneurs whose projects are framed within the Sustainable Development Goals to participate in the program “Accelerate 2030 Venezuela”, which aims to boost their international scaling, promoting social entrepreneurship in the world.

This initiative, created by Impact Hub Geneva in alliance with the United Nations Development Program comes to our country driven by Impact Hub Caracas. And was designed for entrepreneurs with established companies or institutions that provide innovative, scalable solutions to the main global challenges: poverty, clean water and sanitation, health and welfare.

Claudia Valladares, president and co-founder of Impact Hub Caracas, said that Accelerate 2030 offers entrepreneurs the expertise and support to shape their strategies and conquer international markets, work with key partners, take mentoring sessions and locate experts. Creating a before and after in their entrepreneurial career.

 

Valladares also told us that 10 finalists selected from more than 20 Impact Hubs participating around the world, will have the opportunity to attend a specialized international scaling program. They will also attend the Global Scaling week in Geneva, will have access to investors and will participate in the UNDP SDG Finance Summit.

Meanwhile, Maria Alejandra Hernandez, manager of Accelerate 2030 Venezuela program, explained that “ongoing ventures that offer successful and innovative solutions in the areas of Health and Wellness, Clean Water and Sanitation, and Circular Economy, may apply for this program until Sunday, June 13 through the website Accelerate2030.net/venezuela.

“We are looking for companies that are ready to enter new markets, develop successful business solutions to address one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals and we want to help them position their impact internationally,” said Hernández.

We want to mention that in 2019, AgroCognitive – a Venezuelan venture dedicated to precision agriculture – was selected among the 10 international finalists of Accelerate2030 in Geneva-Switzerland, after having stood out among 150 participating ventures and in the pre-selection of 70 finalist from 16 countries around the world.

You may also read: Impact Hub Caracas: 7 Years promoting entrepreneurship with positive impact. 

Caracas – May 21, 2021 – Impact Hub Caracas, a community that promotes triple impact entrepreneurship: financial, social and environmental, reached its seventh anniversary this last saturday May 15, overcoming local and global challenges that have allowed us to strengthen, innovate and create new opportunities for impact.

Our President and Co-Founder, Claudia Valladares, expressed her satisfaction about another year of operations. “We are extremely happy to be seven years old, a magic number that many authors talk about. And that is composed of the sacred number 3 and the earthly number 4, thus establishing a bridge between heaven and earth”.

 

“Just as seven are the days of the week, seven days is the duration of each lunar phase, seven are the wonders of the world, seven are the main chakras in the human body, seven the notes in the musical scale, and seven are the colors of the rainbow; seven are also the most important events that we have overcome in these seven years of operations. From each one of them we have learned a lesson that we have turned into strength:

1. Street demonstrations 2014.

           We acquired more clarity in our purposes.

2. High inflation and hyperinflation since 2014.

           We applied financial innovation.

3. We moved to a new location in 2016.

           We started to think big and working in collaboration.

4. Students and civil demonstrations in 2017.

           We started to rethink social and environmental innovation.

5. Crisis and food shortages.

           We started to promote resilience, a mentality of abundance and solidarity.

6. Introduction of the US dollar as currency to make payments (2018-2021).

            We have learned to be flexible and use creativity.

7. “Corona Times” the pandemic.

       Our president and Co-founder, Claudia Valladares, is convinced that we should         become anti-fragile.

 

 

 

It is important to highlight that in times of confinement and social distancing, Impact Hub Caracas managed to provide its entrepreneurial community with spaces with all the necessary biosecurity measures. In addition to offering community members the possibility of obtaining beverages and food right here, without leaving their workplace, with the catering service of Colibrí Café.

 

And when it comes to innovating and adapting, we are not far behind. And decided to create a virtual space “Avila 4”, where anyone can create and promote events at affordable prices. Our team offers the necessary advice and organization to make this online experience on the screen as similar as possible to a face-to-face encounter, with the necessary digital tools.

 

We also created “Hub Corporate”, a new membership that combines the best of the corporate world, an innovation lab, a business incubator and an office. How? Very easy. Corporations and companies can offer their members different, safe and alternative spaces to work at home.  “Hub Corporate” is tailored to the needs of each corporate client and by acquiring it, in addition to the benefits of being part of a local triple impact entrepreneurial community, work teams can be inspired and connect with the global Impact Hub community that has more than 16,000 members in over 50 countries.

Impact Hub Caracas continues to connect, inspire, empower and create positive impact. And if you don’t know it yet, we invite you to visit us at Torre Parque Ávila in Los Palos Grandes, 17th floor, and visit our website caracas.impacthub.net. 

And you can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn  @impacthubcaracas, and on Twitter @impacthubccs.