David Poritz, Credijusto: Helping SMEs grow in Latin America, Ep 140

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David Poritz, Credijusto: Helping SMEs grow in Latin America, Ep 140 According to David Poritz, over six million SMEs in Mexico have historically lacked access to credit. That’s one of the reasons why in 2015, David decided to build Credijusto, a tech-enabled lender for SMEs in Mexico. David has always been a strong advocate for human rights, founding his own non profit early in his career. In his quest to build a social enterprise that would promote economic development while supporting a good cause, he discovered the power of fintechs and the potential to stimulate growth in emerging markets. I sat down with David to talk about how the SME lending space in Mexico has evolved since 2015 and the impact COVID-19 has had at Credijusto. We also talk about David’s lessons learned from the nonprofit sector and why working with impact investors is such an important part of Credijusto’s trajectory. <h3>Going into tech with a social science background</h3> Before venturing into tech, David had built an impressive career in the nonprofit sector. He had studied Anthropology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown, which naturally resulted in most of his work being focused on that region. It was during his Master’s in the UK that he observed the first wave of tech enabled lending startups that he became fascinated with the idea of financial inclusion as a concept and began looking into applying these technologies to emerging economies. Learn more about David’s transition into fintech from a social scien

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David Poritz, Credijusto: Helping SMEs grow in Latin America, Ep 140

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