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RAÚL POLAKOF Uruguay Scanntech Scanntech is creating the first integrated ecosystem of independent grocery stores coupled with Consumer Products and Services (CPG) companies. Scanntech offers a superior point-of-sale and complete SaaS ERP and store management software for independent grocery stores; provides market data at SKU level per store and in real time for CPG partners (including Unilever, Coca Cola, Abinbev, and Pepsico); and enables clients in financial services, banking, transportation, government, and telecom to directly and efficiently reach end-consumers. Scanntech is the first Latin American company to receive funding from Sequoia Capital. DIEGO SAEZ-GIL Colombia WeHostels Based on the belief that booking travel should be as social as traveling itself, WeHostels, founded in 2011, offers a social-mobile platform through which users can not only browse and book hostels on the go but can also see who else will be staying at each accommodation. Even before arriving at their destinations, WeHostels travelers can connect with others who will be staying at the same hostel, as well as find travelers with shared interests, friends, or travel destinations in order to interact, share tips, and plan activities together. FRANCISCO SANDOVAL Chile Betazeta Founded in 2008, Betazeta is a network of online virtual communities, including some of the largest blogs in the Southern Cone. Betazeta's network of blogs makes up the second largest independent internet community in Latin America. With a steady stream of online traffic and pioneering interconnectivity among its content and classified sites, the firm is well-positioned to tap into Latin America's market for online advertising. MARTIN SCHRIMPFF Colombia Pagosonline As a financial services provider, PagosOnline offers payment solutions (credit cards, bank transfers, and cash) to international merchants that wish to sell in Latin America but that have no physical presence there. The company processes approximately 500,000 month transactions, collectively worth close to US $100 million. Currently, PagosOnline is present in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. 25