Fondo Sol will offer low-interest capital for business growth and development in El Yunque region. #NewsismyBusiness
The initiative supports Santurce entrepreneurs and aims to strengthen the local business ecosystem. #NewsismyBusiness
The workshops incorporate new subject matters to address the needs of entrepreneurs competing for more than $235,000 in prizes. #NewsismyBusiness
Local companies Konti, Libros787 and PRoduce received a total of $100,000 in seed capital thanks to the Xpand program led by parallel18. #NewsismyBusiness
Alternative medicine, agriculture and manufacturing companies win the top prizes in the EnterPRize competition. #NewsismyBusiness
Liberty Foundation and Grupo Guayacán awarded $250,000 in prizes to program winners. #NewsismyBusiness
The agency also announced the winner of the Puerto Rico INNOVA competition.
Business accelerator Startup.pr has opened a call for local innovators with technology-based projects to apply to the sixth edition of its Pre-Seeding Program by Aug. 8. Winning participants will receive training, prototype design consultancy services, and $5,000 each, said Amaury Malavé, Innovation and Technology Complex director. Six early-stage technology projects will be selected for this […]
T-Mobile, the T-Mobile Foundation and nonprofit Ashoka kicked off the second-annual T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge, a nationwide contest to mobilize the next generation of youth who are ready to create positive change in their communities. Through Sept. 26, youth teams can enter the challenge by submitting a project that drives social change in one of three […]
Grupo Guayacán Inc. has granted $50,000 in seed funding to three companies that graduated from the first edition of the SPRINGBOARD program, the nonprofit announced Monday.
With the goal of preparing college students to join the island’s business community, the Young Entrepreneurship Education System (YEES!), in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Products Association, recently held the second edition of the College Business Fair, during which 20 finalists received a combined $135,000 in seed funding for business creation.
Grupo Guayacán Inc. announced Tuesday the names of the 30 semifinalists that will compete for more than $100,000 through its EnterPRize competition, the largest business development competition in Puerto Rico that promotes the creation of companies and offers intense education to budding entrepreneurs who, more than developing an idea, seek to launch and grow successful companies.
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