Rodolfo Corcuera

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]

References

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

[1] Corona, Liliana (2021-06-15). "Higo gestiona el flujo de efectivo de tu empresa y aporta liquidez si te falta". Business Insider México | Noticias pensadas para ti (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[techcrunch_2021-03-18-2] "Homebrew backs Higo's effort to become the 'Venmo for B2B payments' in LatAm". TechCrunch. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[homely-acquires-aliada-consolidates-cleaning-services-marketplace-3] "Homely Acquires Aliada and Consolidates as a Cleaning Services Marketplace". Contxto. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[gobiznext_2016-11-21-4] "La startup mexicana que conquistó a Richard Branson". GoBizNext (in Mexican Spanish). 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[5] "Maids in Mexico: Defending the rights of domestic workers". BBC News. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[6] "Harvard Business Publishing Education". hbsp.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[7] Tinoco, José Roberto Pulido (2016-08-01). "Aliada revoluciona el concepto de empleada doméstica". Entrepreneur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[8] "Richard Branson Chooses First Winner of Pitch to Rich Mexico 2016". Laureate. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[9] "Aliada, A Housekeeping Service With A Social Justice Slant, Raises $800,000". TechCrunch. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[10] Medina, Alejandro (2021-05-04). "Esta startup quiere facilitar la (difícil) relación entre empresas y proveedores". Forbes México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[11] "Accel, Tiger and Stripe's COO back Mexico City-based Higo as it raises $23M for its B2B payments platform". TechCrunch. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-24.

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