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Sobre Andrés Moreno

Andrés Moreno se ha convertido en una reconocida figura del emprendimiento a nivel global por haber creado Open English, la empresa líder en la enseñanza del inglés en más de 20 países. Como Director General de su empresa, ha levantado más de US$120 millones de capital de inversión y ampliado sus operaciones de manera explosiva,sirviendo a casi 500.000 estudiantes.

Al mismo tiempo, Andrés es Fundador de Next University, institución de educación superior online, dirigida a la clase media emergente latinoamericana, para desarrollo de destrezas prácticas que permiten ingresar de inmediato al mercado de trabajo. 

Andrés es un pionero en llevar proyectos latinoamericanos a Silicon Valley. A pesar de todos los obstáculos, demostró el potencial que tiene nuestra región para dar vida a empresas de alto crecimiento. Hoy en día invierte su tiempo en apoyar emprendedores a perseguir sus sueños, no solo como inversionista ángel sino también como mentor, y a través de su rol en la junta directiva de la Fundación Endeavor, dedicada a potenciar empresas de impacto global.

El crecimiento explosivo de Open English y el pujante rol de emprendedor de Andrés, ha sido ampliamente reseñado en los medios más importante de las Américas como el Wall Street Journal, CNN, El Mercurio, Miami Herald entre otros.

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I'm Andres Moreno, founder and CEO of OpenEnglish.com. Growing up I lived in 8 different countries, from Slovenia to Chile, and I'm currently working to roll-out our online English school in over a dozen emerging markets. The following is an account of the people, experiences and ideas that spark along the way.

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I'm Andres Moreno, founder and CEO of OpenEnglish.com. Growing up I lived in 8 different countries, from Slovenia to Chile, and I'm currently working to roll-out our online English school in over a dozen emerging markets. The following is an account of the people, experiences and ideas that spark along the way.

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May132011

Open English Brings Total Raise To $10+ Million  

DateFriday, May 13, 2011 at 5:32PM

Latin American entrepreneurs: It’s possible and it’s our time.

There’s never been a shortage of good ideas or talented people in our region but now there are also venture capital firms looking to turn some of those ideas into world-class companies. Open English is just one example of the types of initiatives that investors are looking to fund.

Here’s a link to the press release on our latest round of funding: Latin American Entrepreneurs Bring Total Raise to $10+ Million for Online English School

Also including a good article that El Mundo ran this morning on the financing (see below). 


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