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REFINANCIA , which purchase loans and offers customer service to consumers in Colombia and Peru, was acquired by Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ, ECPG). IN 2014 , Endeavor Colombia held its first fundraising Gala and honored legendary Argentine football player Jorge Valdano. ANDRÉS ANGULO , Alvaro Hoffmann and Hugo Fernando Nova of CampoAlto, a leading provider of vocational programs for health care and technical profession- als, opened an office in Miami that has already launched two programs. ALEX TORRENEGRA of Bunny Inc. was fea- tured in the Financial Times special report, "Understanding Entre- preneurs." Alex also wrote an op-ed on Endeavor and Bogotá's tech sector that was published in The Wall Street Journal. IN 2013 , Endeavor Insight released a report entitled "Building An Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Bogotá's Tech Sector" which examined the evolution of the tech sector in Bogotá. The report was featured in one of Colombia's biggest newspapers, El Espectador, and was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal's Accelerators blog. Endeavor Colombia supports 41 entrepreneurs leading 23 companies. ENDEAVOR MAIN OFFICE Bogotá (2006) FOCUS Nicolás Loaiza Galeano & Gigliola Aycardi Batista COMPANY Bodytech INDUSTRY Consumer YEAR SELECTED 2007 EMPLOYEES AT SELECTION 1,000 EMPLOYEES 2014 3,700 REVENUE GROWTH SINCE SELECTION 337% WHAT BEGAN as a business plan written for an MBA thesis has become the largest fitness chain in Latin America with 70 locations in Colombia, 48 in Chile, and 15 in Peru, and plans to enter Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Panama. From the start, Gigliola and Nicolás posi- tioned Bodytech as a Medical Sports Center rather than merely a gym. Bodytech's medical team offers personalized health services, edu- cating members on and helping them develop and achieve personal health goals. Bodytech is the second largest firm in Endeavor Colombia's port- folio. The company employs 3,700 people and boasts 216,000 members across its locations. Founders Nicolás and Gigliola are active members of the Endeavor community, serving as mentors and participating in initiatives including an Entrepreneur Summit, the eMBA program, and MIT Sloan G-Lab. Nicolás ran a workshop at last year's Endeavor Colombia conference. Gigliola served as a panelist at the Dell Women's Conference alongside Endeavor Co-Founder & CEO Linda Rottenberg in June 2014. Both entrepreneurs shared their success stories during Endeavor Peru's first-ever board meeting. Bodytech founders Nicolás Loaiza Galeano and Gigliola Aycardi Batista in front of the first Bodytech gym, which opened in Bogotá in 1998. 43 NETWORK