How we got here and where (we think) we're heading The origin story: In 2012 Brazilian entrepreneur Thiago Alvarez and his American co-founder Ben Gleason created Guiabolso. The idea was bold and innovative for the time: banks were starting to create online portals and apps where users could

Quando pousei em São Paulo pela primeira vez, em Setembro de 2022, tive que correr do aeroporto para nossa primeira reunião presencial com um potencial cliente em solo brasileiro. O prospect era uma locadora de veículos baseada em Pinheiros, focada exclusivamente no aluguel de carros para motoristas do Uber e

When I first landed in São Paulo in September 2022, I rushed from the airport to get ready for our first in person meeting with a potential client in Brazil. The client was a rental car company based in Pinheiros called Cashly, focused exclusively on renting cars for Uber drivers.

Conhecendo a Palenca: quem nós somos e o que fazemos? A Palenca é a startup que está construindo a primeira API de emprego da América Latina. Nós queremos permitir que qualquer empresa possa verificar os dados de trabalho e renda de seus clientes e parceiros. Por exemplo: com a Palenca,

Who are we and what are we trying to do? Palenca is a startup building the first payroll API for Latin America. We want to allow any company to verify income and employment data from clients and partners. For example: with Palenca, a motorcycle rental company could validate the earnings

Nos mencionaron en el reporte anual de Finnovista: Radar Fintech 2021. ¿No se ve? Aquí estamos. Más allá de esta broma, el reporte vale mucho la pena. En un artículo pasado hablé de cómo este año hay más capital de venture en México y LatAm que en cualquier año anterior.

Además de expandir nuestra cobertura en número de integraciones, crecemos nuestra cobertura de manera geográfica. Ahora, todas nuestras integraciones del gig economy funcionan en Perú. Perú tiene 32 millones de habitantes y se estima que el 1% de la población económicamente activa trabaja en el gig economy. Con Palenca cualquier

We're always expanding our coverage by adding new integrations, now we're also  expanding our coverage geographically in a meaningful way. All our gig economy integrations are live in Peru. Palenca is a Payroll API for Latin America. We make it possible for any worker to share