Endeavor

We’re headed to Cambridge, England! 🇬🇧✨ For our 104th in-person International Selection Panel (ISP), we’re gathering in the city where centuries of tradition meet the cutting edge of innovation. Here, world-class universities, science parks, and a tight-knit community of founders, investors, and academics collide to create a one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial ecosystem. Over the next three days, entrepreneurs from around the globe will pitch their companies to a panel of leading business minds for the chance to join Endeavor’s community. 🌍 Follow along at #EndeavorISP for highlights! #Entrepreneurship #MoreThanScaleMultiply

What happens when you bring Endeavor Entrepreneurs from around the world to Harvard Business School? You get a week of powerful learning. Not only from world-class professors, but also from the person sitting next to you. Because connection is as transformative as any case study. Some highlights from the week: ✈️ Culture drives performance. Professor William Kerr showed us how Southwest Airlines aligned every employee around a simple motto: “wheels up.” 🤖 AI: hype vs. reality. Entrepreneurs agreed that AI boosts productivity, but the real opportunity lies ahead in transforming industries. 💡 Building extraordinary teams. In a fireside chat with our partner Payoneer, CEO John Caplan shared how radical transparency and simple frameworks keep talent front and center. 🙏 What really matters. Professor Shikhar Ghosh left the room in silence with a powerful reminder: don’t sacrifice what you cannot afford to lose for what you do not need. As Endeavor Entrepreneur Alejandro Artacho (Spotahome) put it: “Before coming here I was wrestling with a few key decisions. Now I have much more clarity on what I’m going to do… Identify the few little things that really matter and move the needle.” That’s what this program is all about: pausing, connecting, and returning to build with more clarity and conviction. We have loved seeing the reflections shared by participants this week. What’s the greatest insight you’ve learned from another entrepreneur? #Endeavor #ExecutiveEducation #Entrepreneurship #HarvardBusinessSchool

The next generation of financial services needs a new kind of money. M0 is building it. With $40M in new Series B funding, Endeavor Entrepreneur Luca Prosperi and co-founder Gregory Di Prisco are pioneering the “Stripe for money”: a transparent, decentralized way to issue stablecoins. Luca and Greg saw a gap: fintech builders today don’t have real control over their digital dollars and existing stablecoins are too limited to power the financial services of the future. So they set out to build a universal stablecoin platform, one that gives developers the freedom to design safe, programmable, and interoperable digital dollars. From day one, they thought globally, building a distributed team with hubs in New York and Berlin. This new round will accelerate adoption worldwide. Congratulations to Luca, Greg, and the entire M0 team on this milestone! #EndeavorEntrepreneur #MoreThanScaleMultiply #Crypto

The next global leaders aren’t coming from the usual tech hubs. 🌎 Since 1997, we’ve believed innovation can come from anywhere. Through Endeavor Catalyst, we’ve made 375+ investments in 35+ countries. — and now rank among the top 2.5% of investors in EMEA on Dealroom.co’s 2025 Power Law Investor Ranking. Meet a few of the leaders shaping the future: 🇮🇹 Bending Spoons built a $1B+ revenue machine by acquiring products like Evernote and Filmic Pro and scaling them with an AI-native M&A engine. 🇹🇷 Codeway reached $100M+ in revenue and millions of users worldwide, all without raising outside funding. 🇺🇦 Jooble scaled into a job search platform serving 30M+ monthly users across 67 countries. 🇵🇱 Docplanner became a category leader connecting patients and healthcare professionals in Poland, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico. We know “elsewhere” markets aren’t a risk. It’s where the next wave of category-defining companies is already being built. #VC #PowerLaw #EndeavorCatalyst #Entrepreneurship #Elsewhere

She set out to build the Airbnb of Saudi Arabia, now her company owns 44% of the market 👀 Latifah Altamimi discovered Airbnb while studying in the US. But she didn’t just see a booking platform, she saw a business model that could reshape tourism in her home country. That model didn’t yet exist in Saudi Arabia. So Latifah took action: 🔹 Had a 7-hour call with her co-founder to plan the launch of Gathern | جاذر إن 🔹 Returned to Saudi and found a budding startup ecosystem 🔹 Took time to build trust with users and hosts 🔹 Became the first company in Saudi to be licensed by the Ministry of Tourism for P2P rentals Once they cracked the model, they changed the market. Today, Gathern is profitable, holds 44% of the Saudi tourism sector, and has opened destinations like Al-Ula to thousands of new travelers. Latifah didn’t just grow a company, she created a new industry category in Saudi Arabia. With Endeavor’s support, Latifah is preparing for the next chapter: taking Gathern beyond Saudi. 👉 Check the comments for the full story of how one founder turned a single room into a national movement. #Entrepreneurship #EndeavorEntrepreneur #SaudiTourism #MultiplierEffect

Scaling isn’t just growth. It’s reinvention. Last week, we held our second Executive Education program of the summer at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, connecting entrepreneurs and mentors with world-class professors and leaders. Through thought-provoking discussions, case studies, and peer-to-peer conversations, some lessons stood out: 💡 Culture must be defined, or it defines itself. 💡 Metrics only matter when they guide decisions. 💡 Storytelling is as strategic as pricing or product. 💡 Crises and pivots reveal true leadership. Our entrepreneurs were reminded that scaling takes more than numbers. It takes clarity, resilience, and reinvention. Thank you to the outstanding Stanford faculty and mentors for sharing actionable insights, and to our partner Payoneer for making this lifelong learning initiative possible. Meanwhile, our final program of the summer is underway this week at Harvard Business School. Stay tuned for more updates! #ExecutiveEducation #EndeavorEntrepreneurs #MoreThanScaleMultiply

94% of entrepreneurs have faced a mental health challenge. Yet most still feel they can’t talk about it. 💬 That’s why we launched Endeavor Untold: a collection of stories from founders behind some of the world’s most successful companies, sharing the emotional struggles that shaped who they are. Through seven raw, first-person narratives, we heard it all: 🔹 Paulo Veras learning to let go when everything felt like too much. 🔹 Tony Jamous turning childhood trauma into a purpose-driven journey. 🔹 Javier Vallaure de la Paz discovering that caring for yourself is not a weakness. 🔹 Tamim Khalfa pushing forward while the world around him was falling apart. 🔹 Daniela Binatti channeling anxiety into building a unicorn. 🔹 Juan Pablo Nebrera finding freedom after losing nearly everything. 🔹 Pieter de Villiers carrying the weight of a friend’s illness while leading. These aren’t stories of how they “made it.” They’re stories of what it took to make it through. 📖 Read all the stories through the comments. #UntoldStories #Entrepreneurship #FounderWellbeing #MentalHealth

Cargo theft costs global trade over $1 billion a year. Two Irish founders are leading the charge to change that. 🇮🇪 Barry Conlon and David Broe, both Endeavor Entrepreneurs, have a track record of scaling security-focused ventures. They first built, scaled, sold, and then reacquired FreightWatch International, setting new standards in the industry. Now with Overhaul, they’re redefining supply chain security on a global scale. 🌎 Using AI and real-time data, Overhaul safeguards over $1.4 trillion in trade with a 96% recovery rate for stolen cargo. 🚢 With their recent $105M Series C and the acquisition of FreightVerify, Barry and David are cementing Overhaul as a category leader, all while staying deeply connected to the Irish ecosystem. 🏠 Congratulations to Barry, David, and the Overhaul team on this milestone! 🎉 #Entrepreneurship #MoreThanScaleMultiply #IrelandTech #AI

A new leadership cycle for Endeavor Brasil 🚀🇧🇷 We are excited to welcome Maria Teresa Fornea as our Managing Director and proud to announce Cesar Carvalho as Chairman of the Board. We also extend our heartfelt thanks to Anderson Thees and Sergio Furio for their invaluable contributions as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board, and for their ongoing mentorship and leadership that will keep inspiring our community. As Maria Teresa shared: “Our vision for the ecosystem demands more than just ambition. We believe the next frontier will be not only creating new high-growth companies, but consolidating a network with international relevance and significant impact on Brazil’s GDP.” Welcome, Maria Teresa and Cesar! #MoreThanScaleMultiply #Entrepreneurship #Empreendedorismo #EndeavorBrasil

Your next breakthrough is a question away. 💬 Sergio Furio didn’t expect mentoring other founders to change the way he ran Creditas. But every question from a young entrepreneur became an invitation to look at problems differently and spot solutions hiding in plain sight. As Sergio says, "Forget the MBA. Just talk to people." You might just find your next breakthrough. #MoreThanScaleMultiply #MultiplierEffect #Mentorship #EndeavorEntrepreneur