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Mexican Edtech Ginia, dedicated to connecting companies, educational institutions and students, using artificial intelligence to boost employability, has raised US$1.7 million dollars in a pre-seed round and will accelerate its expansion in Latin America.
The pre-seed funding round for the startup founded in 2025 by Melissa Manrique, Renata Millet and Antía Vázquez, was led by Wollef and also saw participation by NFX and Latitud.
Ginia connects students with employers before graduation, using artificial intelligence to guide them through every stage of their career path, from creating a resumé and preparing for interviews to finding job opportunities that match their skills.
“We closed this pre-seed round a few months ago and its purpose was to leverage the construction and launch of our artificial intelligence product to employers and educational institutions,” said Melissa Manrique, co-founder of Ginia, in an interview with Contxto.
The Mexican startup removes barriers and helps students start their careers faster so that companies hire better young talent and educational institutions strengthen their employability outcomes.
“At the beginning of 2025, we saw that every year, millions of young people graduate from technical high schools and universities ready to work, but face barriers to entering formal employment: low visibility, little guidance and complex administrative processes,” added Manrique.
Solving a disconnect on three fronts
For students, Ginia is a continuous accompaniment from before graduation to their next jobs. This facilitates procedures, preparation and access to real opportunities.
For educational institutions, it represents traceability of graduates and strengthening of their employability indicators. Finally, for companies, it means filling critical vacancies with young and reliable talent, at a lower cost and in less time.
OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, as well as different interaction channels such as WhatsApp, email and web interfaces designed with a robust data infrastructure and tracking of key events, are some of the types of technology that Ginia uses to offer its services. This has made it much easier for it to profile and identify the right candidates for the right vacancies within its algorithm.
Initiatives such as those offered by Ginia continue to contribute to the region’s development. According to figures from IMARC Group, the EdTech market size in Latin America reached US16.26 billion in 2024 and the market is expected to reach US50.44 billion by 2033.
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