Project Makers
Alejandra Jiménez, Esq. currently serves as the COO and Operations Director at Project Makers since January 2024. Prior experience includes a role as Program Manager at the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) from January 2022 to January 2024, where Jiménez led the development of Puerto Rico's first investment readiness accelerator program, supporting 29 startups and facilitating the raising of $4.1 million in funding. Previous positions include Business Advisor at Centro para Emprendedores, where strategic support was provided to businesses, and various roles focused on legal assistance at organizations such as the U.S. Small Business Administration and Tribunal de Apelaciones. Jiménez holds a Juris Doctor degree in Corporate & Commercial Law from the Inter American University School of Law and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting and Entrepreneurship from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.
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Project Makers
Cultivamos e invertimos en emprendedores de Puerto Rico. Project Makers provee educación, recursos, tecnología, capital y acompañamiento a emprendedores. Contamos con programas de apoyo directo en la comunidad y la primera aceleradora de empresas de impacto social en PR. Nacemos del pilar de desarrollo económico de Vimenti por Boys & Girls Clubs de Puerto Rico para avanzar su misión de erradicación de la pobreza infantil en nuestra isla. Esta ambiciosa misión nos lleva a buscar emprendedores y proyectos alineados en los que podamos invertir y apoyar para seguir moviendo la aguja. Nuestro vehículo principal para eso es nuestro programa de aceleración "Project Makers: Impacto Social", la primera aceleradora de compañías de tecnología que además de ayudarte en tu negocio, también se enfoca en ayudar a escalar su impacto en la reducción de pobreza en nuestra isla. -- We foster and invest in entrepreneurs of all kinds in Puerto Rico. Project Makers provides education, technology, capital, and mentorship to entrepreneurs. Our work has both community-based support programs where our audience are mainly small-medium businesses, and the island's first social impact startup accelerator where our participants are mainly high impact tech entrepreneurs. We're born from the economic development efforts of Vimenti by Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico to advance their mission to eradicate child poverty in Puerto Rico. This ambitious goal brings us to this search for entrepreneurs who are aligned with this mission and can use our investment and support to keep moving the needle forward. Our main vehicle to achieve this mission is our flagship program "Project Makers: Impacto Social", the first startup accelerator of its kind that on top of helping you grow your business, also helps you scale its impact on our island.