I AM AN UNAPOLOGETIC DREAMER.
ENTREPRENEUR.
LOVE TO LEARN AND SOLVE THINGS.
ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
THE BIGGEST JOYS IN LIFE ARE MY PARTNER AND LOVE OF MY LIFE ALEX TORRENEGRA AND OUR KIDS AZUL AND NOVA.
About me
I am the CEO of Akily, a highly personalized child development service that wants to democratize child development by providing tools that support parents and caregivers with the complex task of nurturing children into fulfilled adults.
I also co-founded Voice123 and Bunnystudio, among other endeavors.
Along with my husband, Alex Torrenegra, we have invested in several companies throughout the entire American continent. Companies such as VivaReal, the largest real estate marketplace in Brazil, Cornershop, a grocery delivery app in Latam, Vaki, a crowdfunding platform in Colombia, and Kiwi, an autonomous robots delivery service among others. Lately, we have focused our investments on funds to amplify our impact. You can see a list of investments here.
My story
I was born 2600 meters closer to the stars in Bogota, Colombia. Like many Colombians coming to age during the ’90s, I wanted to find a place where I could realize my dreams, and at the time, Colombia was not the place. I was fortunate to be sponsored by a family member that had previously migrated to the US. I have been here since I was 18.
To support me, I worked tirelessly doing all sorts of non-qualified jobs while I learned English until I was hired as the receptionist at a Miami-based radio station. At the radio station, I fell in love with voiceovers. So, to learn about the trade and process, I began volunteering my time to know anything I could get my hands into.
Quickly, I found myself behind the microphone. As my popularity and love for the trade grew, so did my confidence. I eventually began working as a freelance voice artist, but this venture into the freelance world made me realize the inefficiency in the voiceover industry.
At this time in my life, I met Alex Torrenegra, a Colombian-born entrepreneur passionate about technology.
The combination of his love for technology and my passion for the voiceover industry helped us realize the possibility of revolutionizing the industry.
After marrying Alex, we combined our passions to create Voice123 (exited in 2021), the first marketplace of its kind, which allowed companies such as Disney, Pandora, Pixar, Spotify, History Channel, Warner Brothers, and many others to find voiceover artists without the use of agents.
With the success of Voice123, Alex and I found ourselves wanting further to expand the scope of our voiceover services. We launched several other services following the Voice123 model, convinced that they were going to do as well as Voice123. To our chagrin, they didn’t. The most important lessons as entrepreneurs have had come from our failures. RIP: Language123, Casting123, Letmego, and Localo.
To increase the efficiency of the voiceover industry, we founded VoiceBunny in 2012. VoiceBunny, now BunnyStudio, is an on-demand, high-speed, high-quality fulfillment service for creative projects.
The success of Voice123 and Bunny Studio and having bootstrapped the companies has allowed us to continue experimenting and finding new areas of impact. Along with talented partners, we continue creating value under our holding Emma.
Aspiration
More than half of the population of the world is already connected via mobile phones. My aspiration is that Akily will be able to positively impact millions of children, parents and caregivers around the globe, particularly those in underdeveloped countries where access to a good education is very limited. I would love for every child to have the opportunity to know and enhance their strengths while leveling up areas that could become problematic
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