Gust and El Observatorio Nacional Del Emprendedor (One) Announce Partnership to Support the Financing of Mexican Startups
September 4, 2014 – NEW YORK, NEW YORK and MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – Gust, the global platform for the sourcing and management of early-stage investments, and El Observatorio Nacional del Emprendedor (ONE), have entered into a long-term strategic partnership that gives the venture capital industry in Mexico access to Gust’s global deal flow management and collaboration platform, helping venture funds more easily identify and invest in talented entrepreneurs.
Established by El Instituto Nacional del Emprendedor (INADEM) and Asociación Crea México (CREA) to support Mexico’s burgeoning entrepreneurial community, ONE’s partnership with Gust makes it easier for early-stage investors to support skilled entrepreneurs and attract new ones to the early-stage investor ecosystem. Already, almost 2,000 entrepreneurs in Mexico actively use Gust to access funding. This partnership will bring increased and immediate access to venture funds, collaboration capabilities, and support to Mexico’s early-stage financing community.
The Gust platform is endorsed by the world’s leading business angel and venture capital associations. It powers over 1,000 investment organizations in 100+ countries, facilitating collaboration among more than 200,000 startups and 45,000 investors. Gust is the official platform of the world’s leading national angel investor federations, including those in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe (EBAN and BAE), Ireland, Scotland, Spain, France, Portugal, Turkey and Russia, among others.
“ONE is a key driver in the creation of a successful startup ecosystem in Mexico, and we are thrilled to help contribute to the growth of the startup community and its early-stage investors” said David S. Rose, Founder and CEO of Gust. “Our strategic partnership will enable any entrepreneur and venture capital firm in Mexico to connect and manage the investment relationship, from initial pitch to successful exit.”
“We are very excited to partner with Gust and open the door for Mexico’s early-stage investors and entrepreneurs to a global ecosystem of opportunities,” said Giulliano Lopresti, President of ONE. “Entrepreneurs – the men and women behind micro, small, and medium businesses – are the backbone of our national economy. This partnership will further our objective to support entrepreneurs with increased and immediate access to the funds they need to grow their businesses and support their communities.”
About Gust
Gust provides the global platform for the sourcing and management of early-stage investments, enabling skilled entrepreneurs to collaborate with the smartest investors by virtually supporting all aspects of the investment relationship, from initial pitch to successful exit. Gust is endorsed by the world’s leading business angel and venture capital associations, and powers over 1,000 investment organizations in 100+ countries. More than 200,000 start-ups have already used the platform to connect and collaborate with over 45,000 individual investors. Gust is based in New York, NY, with a European office in London, UK. Please visit www.gust.com for more information.
About ONE
The Observatorio Nacional del Emprendedor (ONE, by its initials in Spanish) is an autonomous Mexican institution that monitors entrepreneurial activities, generates and disseminates information regarding entrepreneurial practices, and supports entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial projects. ONE aims to be the reference institution for the information related to the entrepreneur ecosystem in Mexico, as a permanent, interdisciplinary and appropriate initiative on a specific domain of the economic development, with national and international knowledge. This will be accomplish through statistics information, generation and analysis; a catalogue of the government entrepreneurship programs; studies about the management and impact of these entrepreneurship programs; development of enterprise tools for the entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium sized enterprises; and finally, creating mechanisms of dissemination to advise the entrepreneurs, micro, small and medium sized enterprises about financial products, programs and non-financial resources.
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