Eco Mensajeria, the first Dominican ecological courier company, is one of 27 shortlisted start-ups selected from 2,500 proposals competing for the backing of a major international company with a US$1 million prize or part of the award in The Venture, a contest sponsored by the Chivas whisky company.
The Santiago-based Eco Mensajeria has been chosen as part of 27 start-ups from around the world using business to create positive change.
Young entrepreneur Edison Santos, president of the delivery service is looking for everyone’s vote in his efforts to win the international competition. His competitors are companies in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Estonia, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Peru, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
EcoMensajeria uses hybrid and electric motorcycles to deliver products, invoices, and documentation in general. The motorcycles help reduce CO2, smoke, noise and land and water pollution.
EcoMensajeria also offers its Eco Papeleria service, for packaging made from 100% recycled paper.
If the company wins the award, it proposes to use US$300,000 to set up 10 eco-solar recharge stations, and servers supplied by solar energy for ecological digital package delivery service. The funds would also enable the company to open branches abroad and research to ensure the company’s sustainable development.
The judges of Chivas’ The Venture are actress, businesswoman and philanthropist, Eva Longoria, the founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation Sonal Shah, LSTN Sound Co. founder Joe Huff and Pernod Ricard chairman Alexandre Ricard.
The Venture is inviting the public to vote for their favorite finalist before 13 June 2016. Over the course of the next four weeks the public’s vote will determine how the first $250,000 in funding is split among the 27 finalists.
The remaining $750,000 in funding will be awarded at The Venture Final on 14 July in New York City, after a high-stakes pitch in front of The Venture judges. The finalists will have just five minutes to impress Longoria and the other judges with their pitch in front of a live audience.
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Start-Ups Eco Mensajería, de RD, busca ganar competencia de 1 millón de dólares
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