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She quit her job at the NYC mayor's office to fix the credit gap for Latin America's unbanked entrepreneurs. Now she's won the Aurora Tech Award 2026, and we bombarded her with questions the very next day. We're talking about Mercedes Bidart, founder of Quipu. In this YouTube video you will learn what it takes to believe in your young startup so much it'll make you quit a profitable and promising job in the US, what it's like to have your entire family as entrepreneurs, and what would change if there were more women in the room, on both the investor and founder side: [https://lnkd.in/e5zp_geE] We held this conversation the day right after the 2026 Aurora Tech Award Demo Day and ceremony. Which means she shared with us everything: her emotions about being a winner (she took all three: the 1st prize, a prize from inDrive Money, and an inDrive Ads special prize), her backstory (her parents normalized entrepreneurship for her since childhood), and her expectations for the future of the industry. For those who were in the room that day: it is Mercedes whose mom and dad were cheering as she was crowned with the Aurora, something that warmed our hearts and that we'll never forget. For anyone else reading this right now: Aurora Ventures is here for exactly this: to build tables for women founders like Mercedes Bidart who overperform in emerging markets. Go watch the full interview on our YouTube channel, we're absolutely delighted to invite you there: [https://lnkd.in/e5zp_geE] Tell us in the comments which part of her journey amazed you most, and please share the interview with your co-founders and fellow investors, because this is a fantastic interview that will elevate your day.

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