BecaLab
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BecaLab uses AI and strategy to connect Latin American students with international education opportunities, offering tools to search and match against a curated database of over 1,000 scholarships. It also provides talent recruitment services to universities looking to attract Latin American students.
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Ana Raquel Aquino SmithinFounderAna Raquel Aquino Smith is a Guatemalan lawyer and founder & CEO of BecaLab, an EdTech platform that uses AI to connect Latin American students with international scholarships and provides recruitment services to universities. She is a 2025 MIT Innovator Under 35, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a 2024 YLAI Fellow, and a participant in Cambridge Judge Business School's Ignite Programme, with research focused on algorithmic bias in educational systems.
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- What does BecaLab do?
- BecaLab uses AI and strategy to connect Latin American students with international education opportunities, offering tools to search and match against a curated database of over 1,000 scholarships. It also provides talent recruitment services to universities looking to attract Latin American students.
- Who founded BecaLab?
- BecaLab was founded by Ana Raquel Aquino Smith.
- Who are BecaLab's investors?
- BecaLab's investors include Techstars.