PROJECT AMIGAS
Our community is made of Latinx founders, funders and entrepreneurs
Our mission is to increase opportunity for the Latinx community by providing resources for building and growing your entrepreneurial projects.
Latinx women received less than 0.4% of $400 billion in venture capital funding and only 58 Latinx women have ever raised over $1 million in venture funding. Together, we are going to close that gap.
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ORIGIN AMAZON RAINFOREST (BRAZIL, BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GUYANA, PERU, SURINAME AND VENEZUELA)
Acai Berry Oil Euterpe Oleracea
Vitamin rich Açaí has been used by Indigenous people of Brazil’s Oiapoque region for many centuries. Acai berries inhabit acai palm trees that grow to more than 80 ft tall.
The Acai Berry is loaded with antioxidants (those substances that fight free radicals responsible for aging) and abundant in vitamins A, B, C, and E.
The Acai Berry is loaded with antioxidants (those substances that fight free radicals responsible for aging) and abundant in vitamins A, B, C, and E.
ORIGIN MEXICO
Aloe Vera Aloe Barbadensis Leaf
Aloe Vera was introduced to South America hundreds of years ago. In Mexico, the plant found an ideal climate where it was then cultivated throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, becoming widely naturalized.
*Originates from the Arabian Peninsula. The Spanish carried Aloe from Europe to South America.
*Originates from the Arabian Peninsula. The Spanish carried Aloe from Europe to South America.
ORIGIN AMAZON RAINFOREST (BRAZIL, BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GUYANA, PERU, SURINAME AND VENEZUELA)
Chia Seed Salvia Hispanica
Chia oil comes from chia seeds, which are sourced from the Salvia Hispanica desert plant originally from Central America where the seed was a staple in the Aztec diet.
Chia seed oil is rich in the omega-3 fatty acid ALA and omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid.
Chia seed oil is rich in the omega-3 fatty acid ALA and omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid.
ORIGIN MEXICO, ANCIENT MAYANS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Jojoba Seed Oil Simmondsia Chinesis
Mayans are known to use Jojoba for everything from lightening skin to healing wounds. Jojoba is a perennial woody shrub that grows wild in Mexico. This drought-tolerant shrub can grow in regions with as little as 3 inches of irrigation per year.
ORIGIN BRAZIL, PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA
Maracuja Oil Passiflora Edulis
The Passiflora edulis fruit is native to Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. The gorgeous purple bloom is the source of the maracuja seed oil.
Rich in Vitamin A, B complex, C and E, also gamma linoleic acid which comes from essential fatty acid (omega 3, 6, and 9).
Rich in Vitamin A, B complex, C and E, also gamma linoleic acid which comes from essential fatty acid (omega 3, 6, and 9).
ORIGIN SOUTHERN CHILE
Maqui Berry Aristotelia Chilensis
The Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis) is a native berry that grows in the South of Chile, and has been consumed since ancient times by indigenous peoples. It's mainly harvested by the native Mapuche People of Chile, who have used the leaves, stems and berries medicinally for thousands of years.
ORIGIN ANDES (VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU, BOLIVIA, CHILE, AND ARGENTINA)
Papaya Leaf Carica Papaya
semi-woody herbaceous plant that grows with a thick central stem. It is native to tropical Latin American climates, from Southern Mexico through the Andes of South America. It was spread to the south by Indigenous people, and throughout the Caribbean with Spanish exploration
ORIGIN MEXICO
Cactus / Nopal / Prickly Pear Opuntia Ficus Indica
Opuntia ficus-indica, the Cactus / Nopal / prickly pear, is a species of cactus with origins in Mexico. Since the arrival of man in Mexico, about 20,000 years ago, opuntias have been used as a food source.
ORIGIN CHILE, SOUTHERN ANDES
Rosa Mosqueta / Rosehip Rosa Affinis Rubiginosa
For centuries, Rosa Mosqueta has grown wild in the Andean plains of southern Chile. It was used as a traditional remedy for burns and cracked skin among the Indigenous people of the Araucana region.
ORIGIN PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL
Yerba Maté Leaf Ilex Paraguariensis
The indigenous Guaraní and some Tupí communities (whose territory covered present-day Paraguay, the Misionesprovince of Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay) first cultivated and used Yerba Maté prior to European colonization of the Americas.