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While working in the MBA in the Harvard Business School, Colombian immigrants Stephanie Murra and Lorenza vélez Most of the workers in the canteen were Spanish. In conversations in conversations, how difficult it was for people who are legally moving to the United States to the United States to find their first job in the United States. English was not talking well or in general, a surprising, greatest problem.
“But then we look at the news and see the United States facing an unprecedented way industriousnessEspecially in general, the Murra interviewed to Techcrunch for this type of position you will see in general low-qualified immigrants.
The rooms have become investigating and many potential employers will use traditional business boards such as “not intended for Spanish immigrants.”
“Many are not speaking English and are not really good with technology,” he said, “he said. In addition, they are often confused by online applications and feared the idea of meeting in English.
The idea for Pante lab was born. Duet working together for two years before Colombian Fintech Additis – Miami founded a Miami-based company in April 2023 during his last semesters in Harvard.
“In hospitality, construction, retail and other blue-collar industries, millions of working immigrants are struggling to find a stable job due to language and cultural barriers,” Vélez said.
“We will communicate with them where the employees will be found and speak their language and communicate with them through the preferred channel, WhatsApp. So we saved this gap from the bridge.”
The founders, the platform of the recruiting platform, claims that the safeguards are legally brought to authorized employees of the “traditional methods faster and more effectively”.
Employees only provide a larger pool of potential employees to choose not only employers, but to choose a larger pool of potential employees. On the flip side, “employees get access to incredible business opportunities, which are difficult to access,” said Vélez.
Ponte only works with documentary immigrants: Each candidate was pre-called for legal work permission before reaching the employer.
The starting whatsapp and voice-based AI interviews hired a house that hires a house with previous candidates. So far, only aimed at the hospitality industry, but in the future, it also plans to expand in other sectors such as construction or great care.
Rapid growth
Murra and Vélez, in November 2023, began a perte performing platform since the placement of about 800 employees in grain and hospitality roles in more than 60,000 candidates. His annual net revenues increased by $ 70,000 to $ 550,000 in 2024. Not profitable yet, but the couple says they work with high contribution margins, so their model is wider. So far, they say they burn less than $ 1 million.
Today, using Ponte, platform platform, using platform platform, as well as hotel management companies such as hotel and resorts, as well as the Pyramid Global, Peachtree Hotel Group and Atrium hospitality.
Recently, the $ 3 million seeds led by Begin Harlem Capital, in the $ 15 million assessment, was reported in TechCrunch. The financing also took part in the better tomorrow, 81 collections and wischoff enterprises. Ponte previously better tomorrow, the other 1.5 million dollars combined tomorrow, mint accelerator, NFX’s rapid competition and 81 collections.
The company’s income model is based on success. Ponte receives up to 10% of an employee’s monthly salary to 12 months. Because if the employee leaves within the first month, the hotel does not pay.
There are currently 15 full-time employees.
Ponte’s social media and hiring channels are in Spanish, more than 95% of their candidates are Spanish immigrants. Along with the use of WhatsApp, it also places the ads in Facebook and Instagram.
“This focus has helped us to establish deep confidence in society and approach our approach to their special needs.” “But we can easily adapt to other immigrant communities, including language-agnostic and future Portuguese Brazilians.”
He added that the starting portuguese also supported his native English, who found a pante named after the word “bridge”.
Looking at the founders Ponte’s goal “The purpose of the US is to create a place to create a place to help with Spanish immigrants.”
“Thus, this does not only help them find the level of access. We also want to help when we grow up in this work,” Vélez said. “We see one of the greatest opportunities to help candidates learn English, because it is currently stuck in places where they are and are the place where they are propaganda for their next job.”
Harlem’s partner Henry Pierre-Jacques the capital, Ponte, said that Ponte would watch the founders of the days before the seeds.
“I liked that Lorenza and Stephanie were their former colleagues in the Addi and then there were roommates in HBS before starting Ponte.” “We have received more positive references from their products. They managed to see strong traction at a small time. He was known that he could do a lot with much.”
Pierre-jacks also believes that Ponte is a “great difference” to direct the Spanish hospitality employees.
Indeed, the Spaniards made about one halfAccording to the US Department of Labor, in the United States in 2023, in 2023, 47.6% of the workforce of foreign origin.
“With the talent market, we always plan to manage the supply side of our founders,” he said. “In this community, we saw the power of WhatsApp and Stephanie and Lorenza, the employer was the best channel to find the workflow of work.”
