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Hilos (YC S21) — Close and activate your customers on WhatsApp

Platform for WhatsApp API that allows you Profile leads, automate follow-ups and integrate with your favorite tools to increase conversion. Hilos allows startups and SMBs to run their entire business on WhatsApp, without code.

Hilos is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Close and activate your customers on WhatsApp. The founder listed is Alfonso Lizárraga (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, August 12, 2021).

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Hilos

New accelerator entry · 2021-08-12 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
5
people
Early
stage
Mexico
region
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BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-08-12
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size5
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Marketing
SectorsSaaS, B2B, Productivity, Messaging
RegionsMexico, Latin America, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedMexico City, CDMX, Mexico; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttps://hilos.io
Previously known asInstatienda, Quid

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Platform for WhatsApp API that allows you Profile leads, automate follow-ups and integrate with your favorite tools to increase conversion. Hilos allows startups and SMBs to run their entire business on WhatsApp, without code. We focus specifically on letting businesses build apps within WhatsApp that integrate with other systems (CRMs, Databases, Payment providers, etc.).

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