Shaman sponsors startup that gives credit to motorcycle couriers: ‘It was my first job’

Rapper Xamã is the godfather of fintech Trampay in the popular category of the Social Entrepreneur Award 2024. Led by Jorge Júnior, the initiative is among the six finalists of the 20th edition of the competition promoted by Sheet and Schwab Foundation, which recognizes leaders in social innovation in the country.

“My first job was as a delivery man on Estrada do Campinho, at my uncle’s pizzeria. It was a huge rush to get some money, because we didn’t have much credit. Sometimes, a tire goes flat, and you can’t fix it. Go buy it hot and have to order a Pix”, he says.

“A guy called Jorge Júnior, son of an office boy, created an app called Trampay. It’s a digital bank that anticipates the delivery man’s money. If you cheated yesterday, you get paid today.”

With more than 20 thousand users on the app, the fintech has already lent R$200 million and moved a total of R$1 billion on the platform

• See the Social Entrepreneur 2024 finalists

The rapper released a video on Instagram in partnership with the newspaper’s profiles, asking for donations to Trampay through the MobilizAção platform, at Folha.com/plataformamobilizacao2024, where it is possible to learn about and support the work of this and other organizations.

“These workers go to the streets every day and return home with the needs of their children. They face rain and cold, the rush, the risk to their lives, and are unable to pass through the doors of a bank”, says Jorge Júnior, CEO of enterprise.

The initiative that mobilizes the largest number of donors and the one that raises the most resources between October 11th and November 8th will be awarded on November 12th in a ceremony at the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, when the nominees by the jury will also be announced.

For every R$1 donated, Ambev will donate another R$1, up to a limit of R$30,000, and will offer another R$30,000 distributed among the finalists who get the most donors. The proposal is to encourage the culture of donation in the country.

Among the other finalists are Belterra Agroflorestas (startup that restores degraded lands with agroforestry systems) and Letrus (startup developed a school writing program based on artificial intelligence).

Also competing are Revolusolar (NGO that combats energy poverty with solar installations in favelas) and Super Nina (startup that combats sexual harassment in urban transport), as well as Ficam Sabendo (NGO that promotes public transparency).