Rodolfo Corcuera Explained

Rodolfo Corcuera is a Mexican Internet entrepreneur. He is CEO of Higo, a payments platform for businesses in Latin America, which he co-founded with Juan José Fernández and Daniel Tamayo.[1] He also co-founded Tandem, an office management platform,[2] and Aliada, a housekeeping booking service with backing from Mexican investment funds as well as Richard Branson, which was later acquired by their competition Homely[3] .[4] [5] [6]

Career

Corcuera graduated from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) with a law degree.[7] [8] After working as a lawyer for White & Case, Corcuera launched Aliada in 2014, which raised $800,000 in funding.[9] Corcuera and Aliada won "Pitch to Rich México 2016," a contest organized by Virgin Mobile and Laureate Mexico to promote projects of young Mexican entrepreneurs.[4]

In 2020, Corcuera co-founded Higo as an alternative to traditional banking for businesses to pay each other. Higo raised $3.3M from US-based venture funds Homebrew, Susa Ventures and Haystack in March 2021, and then announced a $23M Series A financing round backed by Accel and Tiger Global, just six months after.[10] [2] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Corona. Liliana. 2021-06-15. Higo gestiona el flujo de efectivo de tu empresa y aporta liquidez si te falta. 2021-07-12. Business Insider México Noticias pensadas para ti. es.
  2. Web site: Homebrew backs Higo's effort to become the 'Venmo for B2B payments' in LatAm. 2021-07-12. TechCrunch. 18 March 2021 . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021-11-23. Homely Acquires Aliada and Consolidates as a Cleaning Services Marketplace. 2023-07-25. Contxto. en-US.
  4. Web site: 2016-11-21. La startup mexicana que conquistó a Richard Branson. 2021-07-12. GoBizNext. es-MX.
  5. News: 2015-12-23. Maids in Mexico: Defending the rights of domestic workers. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-07-12.
  6. Web site: Harvard Business Publishing Education. 2021-07-12. hbsp.harvard.edu.
  7. Web site: Tinoco. José Roberto Pulido. 2016-08-01. Aliada revoluciona el concepto de empleada doméstica. 2021-07-12. Entrepreneur. es.
  8. Web site: 2017-04-20. Richard Branson Chooses First Winner of Pitch to Rich Mexico 2016. 2021-07-12. Laureate. en-US.
  9. Web site: Aliada, A Housekeeping Service With A Social Justice Slant, Raises $800,000. 2021-07-12. TechCrunch. 15 May 2015 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Medina. Alejandro. 2021-05-04. Esta startup quiere facilitar la (difícil) relación entre empresas y proveedores. 2021-07-12. Forbes México. es-MX.
  11. Web site: Accel, Tiger and Stripe's COO back Mexico City-based Higo as it raises $23M for its B2B payments platform. 2021-10-24. TechCrunch. 30 September 2021 . en-US.

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