5 Latinx-owned Companies Hiring Today
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Funding for LatinX startup founders grew from less than $2B in 2017 to nearly $7B in 2021. But despite this growth, LatinX-founded startups still receive little more than 2% of all VC investment.
Recognizing the need, Google recently launched an investment fund to promote better equity for Latino-led startups. Alongside the $5M in investment allocated to the fund, Google revealed that they will provide mentorship, cloud credits, and access to therapy sessions.
San Francisco-based BetterUp is helping people up-level their lives and careers with a mobile platform focused on personal and professional skills coaching. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh-based Duolingo is on a mission to enable us all to communicate better with each other. It’s now the world’s top downloaded education app, too. The company has helped more than 120M people learn a new language.
San Francisco-based Brex is a Y Combinator alumnus that provides all-in-one finance for small businesses. Boston-based Drift and Seattle-based Outreach are helping those businesses drive sales with their software.
Check out our list of top Latinx-founded tech companies hiring today.
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- http://www.betterup.co/
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- San Francisco
- About
BetterUP is the first mobile platform that provides evidence-based personalized coaching to boost your confidence and performance at work.
- Industries
Self DevelopmentDrug Development
- Responds within three weeksBased on past data, Brex usually responds to incoming applications within three weeks
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://brex.com/
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Brazil, Canada, United States
- About
Brex is all-in-one finance for growing businesses. We help companies spend, save, and earn smarter—and take every dollar further—by doing more than a bank, bookkeeping, or reward program could ever do alone.
- Industries
Jobs
- B2C
- Public StagePublicly traded company
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- 5.0Highly ratedDuolingo is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 5.0 out of 5 stars
- 4.5Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Duolingo 4.5/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- 4.9Strong LeadershipEmployees rate Duolingo 4.9/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
- Website
- https://www.duolingo.com
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Pittsburgh, New York, Bellevue, Chaoyang
- About
Duolingo is the world’s most popular way to learn languages online with over 120 million users.
- Industries
- Certification TestE Learn
Jobs
Senior Site Reliability EngineerFull-time7 days ago$182k – $247kIn office • Pittsburgh5 years of expSenior Marketing Analytics ManagerFull-time2 weeks ago$154k – $209kIn office • New York City5 years of exp
We use conversations to make business buying frictionless, more enjoyable, and more human201-500 Employees- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://www.drift.com
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Tampa
- About
Drift is the Revenue Acceleration platform that uses Conversational Marketing and Conversational Sales to help companies grow revenue and increase customer lifetime value, faster.
- Industries
Make your team a revenue-driving machine. the market-leading sales engagement platform201-500 Employees- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- 4.2Highly ratedOutreach is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.2 out of 5 stars
- 4.3Strong LeadershipEmployees rate Outreach 4.3/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
- Website
- https://www.outreach.io/
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- Seattle, San Francisco, Tampa
- About
Outreach, the sales engagement platform, delivers performance and insights that result in higher velocity and more efficient selling.
- Industries
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