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Jefa

Jefa is a digital bank for women that offers access to savings accounts, loans, insurance, easy payments, debit and credit cards.

United States, North America Disrupt 2020

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Founded Date

2020

Industries
Female-focused Finance and Fintech
Operating Status

Open

Website

www.jefa.io

Founders

Emma Sánchez Andrade Smith Founder

News About Jefa

Fintech

Jefa raises $2 million to offer digital accounts for women in LATAM

Romain Dillet

Fintech startup Jefa has raised a $2 million seed round to build a fintech startup offering digital accounts with a product specifically designed for women living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company has managed to attract 115,000 women on its waitlist and participated in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield last year. Investors in Jefa include […]

Startups

Meet the five startup Battlefield finalists at Disrupt 2020

Anthony Ha

TechCrunch hosted an unusual Startup Battlefield this week — the founders, judges, audience and moderator (me) were all in different locations, doing our best to interact over WebEx. But the 20 startups still demonstrated their products and explained their visions, then were grilled by expert judges. And those judges helped the TechCrunch team select our […]

Fintech

Jefa is a challenger bank for women without a bank account

Romain Dillet

Meet Jefa, a startup that is building a challenger bank specifically designed for women in Latin America. The company is building a product that focuses on solving the problems that women face when opening a bank account and managing it. It is participating in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. “There are 1.4 billion people […]

Startups

Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020

Neesha A. Tambe

TechCrunch is thrilled to announce the 20 companies pitching in Startup Battlefield. Founders from around the world will be connecting in remotely to pitch live on the virtual TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 stage. Our most competitive batch to date, startups will be vying for $100,000 in equity-free prize money and the attention of tier-1 investors and […]