Concora, the platform opening doors for young LATAM talent, and its journey through the IFE Accelerator

Mexico City — What if any young Latin American could see, right from their phone, every career path open to them? That’s the question that gave rise to Concora, the platform connecting young talent across Latin America with their first professional opportunity, and companies with that talent through recruitment challenges.

Behind the project is Fátima Gaytán, a 24-year-old CEO and founder who built Concora on the belief that access to opportunities shouldn’t depend on where you were born or who you know.

How does Concora work?

The platform is free for young people. It starts with a quiz that identifies each user’s profile and creates a personalized pathway: courses to close skills gaps, opportunities tailored to their profile (scholarships, jobs, internships, work placements, and entrepreneurship programs), and recruitment challenges with real companies, where participants can win anything from a job offer to international scholarships.

For companies, Concora lets them launch challenges and then matches them with talent suited to each one, reducing a process that takes months to just weeks. 

The figure that best sums up its impact: 8 out of every 10 users who engage consistently access an opportunity in their first month.

Concora’s evolution from community to platform

Concora didn’t start out as a startup, but as a community. During the pandemic, Fátima began interviewing young people who had secured international scholarships and jobs at global companies, with the goal of democratizing access to that knowledge. The interest and impact were such that the community grew to 18,000 people and has run more than 10 challenges with organizations such as Hult Prize and the United Nations. 

The move to a platform came in 2024, after Fátima took part in the Hult accelerator and met founders from around the world who were using technology to close gaps. Together with Hugo, a co-founder who had come from a hackathon at Harvard, she built the product. The platform launched just 2 months ago and already has 2,000 active users.

IFE Accelerator 2025: the turning point

A key chapter in Concora’s recent growth has been its time in the IFE Accelerator, an acceleration program focused on edtech companies run by the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Fátima arrived as the youngest founder in her cohort, with just a prototype; she launched the public platform during the program.

“I achieved more in 2 months than I had in 3 years. The word ‘accelerator’ really fits.”, Gaytán said.

Her experience was complemented by her participation in the IFE EdTech Summit, where Concora had its own booth and took part in Demo Day in front of active investors. “I went from feeling like nobody cared about education to having 5,000 people seek you out at an event. It sped up the whole process,” the founder added. She left the event with 100 strategic contacts, including investors, potential clients, and partners.

IFE Accelerator 2026 is accepting applications through July 26, 2026. If you’re interested too, apply here.

Concora’s future

The startup’s goal is ambitious but concrete: to grow from 18,000 to 50,000 community members by 2027, bring on more companies willing to bet on junior talent, and establish itself as the go-to resource for any young Latin American who doesn’t know where to start.

"“What sets us apart, and I can say this with complete confidence, is the community we have. Everyone in our talent pool has one thing in common: they all have a dream. And that’s the most powerful thing there is,” Gaytán concluded.

Companies interested in connecting with Concora’s talent or posting recruitment challenges can learn more at concora.mx.