Medellín, Colombia – Bogotá’s Chamber of Commerce will welcome near 25,000 entrepreneurs, innovators, traders and know-how lovers audio system from world wide for the seventh version of Gofest from August 28 to 30.
12 months after yr, Gofest serves as an inclusive and open platform for efficient enterprise, and has develop into a benchmark on the earth of innovation and entrepreneurship since its first version was held in 2018.
This yr, contributors embrace Hernán Kazah, co-founder of Mercado Libre and KASZEK Ventures; Daniel and Andrés Bilbao from Truora; Freddy Vega, co-founder and CEO of Platzi; and Pablo Hermoso, an AI engineer for Amazon Internet Providers, amongst many others.
In keeping with Ovidio Claros Polanco, President of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, “We imagine within the significance of strengthening the enterprise community with an progressive and futuristic imaginative and prescient the place data and new applied sciences develop into gasoline for progress and competitors.”
Every year a rustic is invited to take part as a particular visitor. Brazil was chosen for this yr’s version, and will probably be bringing greater than 12 high-growth-potential startups. Mexico, Argentina and the US are additionally closely represented at this yr’s convention.
The various actions and areas supplied by Gofest 2024 embrace an internet platform by way of which entrepreneurs can showcase their services (BazzarBog), workshops and masterclasses by way of which contributors can study new instruments and rising applied sciences (Progress Lab), and a stage for pitch competitions amongst start-ups (Fireplace Stage).
What occurred at Gofest 2023?
Final yr, Gofest welcomed over 180 audio system, mentors and traders, together with Chris Barton, founding father of Shazam, Vic Keller, founder and CEO of KLV Capital, and René Lomelí, companion at 500 International. The occasion additionally counted with 81 stands, 83 workshops, 70 collaborating companies, and 9 areas for coaching and connection.
“The [business] atmosphere wants highly effective and private platforms that resonate with the Latin American ecosystem and suggest better showcasing to attain the purpose of turning into the Latin American capital of entrepreneurship,” Gofest notes.
As per the Chamber of Commerce, 55% of Colombian startups are concentrated in Bogotá, in addition to 60% of the nation’s raised capital. The capital metropolis additionally has 23 accelerators, 16 incubators and 11 entrepreneurship facilities.
Within the 2024 version, Gofest and its group, together with Jorge Mario Hurtado and Juan David Castaño, Vice Presidents of Enterprise Strengthening for the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce promise to ship connection, inspiration and data for start-up leaders, entrepreneurs, entities that search to help the enterprise ecosystem, these considering innovating inside their firms, traders, innovators.
Gofest continues to be accepting inscriptions for attendees. These can go to this link.
