Colombia's Women Tech Leaders Make Gains in 2026

Colombia's tech scene just hit a milestone worth celebrating: women now occupy 40% of executive leadership roles, and female founders are building companies that are changing lives across Latin America.

The numbers tell an encouraging story. One in five Colombian founders is now a woman, and these leaders aren't just filling seats. They're securing millions in funding, partnering with major brands, and solving real problems for millions of people.

Isabella Fernandez Abraham leads MiDi, Colombia's only fintech connecting remote workers to U.S. financial infrastructure. The company just raised $10 million to help Colombian freelancers get paid without the usual barriers. For a country ranking among the world's top outsourcing talent hubs, that matters.

Florence French co-founded Leal 360, which now serves seven million users across eight Latin American countries. Her AI-powered customer engagement platform earned recognition from Gartner's Capterra in 2025 as the best ease-of-use CRM platform, partnering with 1,000 brands along the way.

At just 25, Valentina Valencia raised $5 million for Vaas and landed on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. She's simplifying private debt processes after managing $150 million across top Latin American fintechs.

Zaira Hurtado built Daxus LATAM to make data analytics accessible to everyone. In three years, 30,000 people have learned data skills through her platform. Throughout her career, she's impacted over one million people building their analytics capabilities.

Gabriela Tafur took an unexpected path from law and TV hosting to founding Idilio TV, Colombia's first vertical streaming platform. After completing her Stanford MBA, she spotted a gap: everyone was watching Spanish-dubbed Asian micro-dramas, but no one was creating original Spanish content. Now her team produces short-form novelas designed for smartphones.

Valentina Agudelo founded Salva Health to democratize breast cancer detection in Latin America, where the disease accounts for 27% of cancer cases. Her technology, Julieta, uses safe electrical currents to assess breast tissue, making early detection accessible to communities that desperately need it.

The Ripple Effect

These leaders aren't just building successful companies. They're creating jobs, improving healthcare access, and opening doors for the next generation of Colombian women in tech. Manuela Gutierrez directs projects at 360 Health Data, transforming medical knowledge access across Latin America. Estefania Molina Ulgar built Addi's entire legal and compliance function, guiding one of Colombia's biggest payment apps through complex regulations.

Their success shows what happens when talent meets opportunity, and when countries commit to closing gender gaps in leadership. The momentum is real, the progress is measurable, and the future looks brighter for Colombia's tech ecosystem.