Next week, Latin America’s leading Fintech event – Finnosummit – will return to Miami for its second edition, bringing together leading industry experts, investors, innovative startups, and financial institution executives. The conference – organised by Finnovista, in association with LAB Ventures – aims to provide an inclusive space for over 400 participants to explore Fintech potential
With an average of 550,000 new businesses starting each month, raising your head above the crowd, and getting brand visibility in today’s crowded startup ecosystem is becoming a real challenge. After investing blood, sweat, tears and a shed load of capital in their projects, every startup out there wants to spread the world about their
ESPACIO announces today the launch of LATAM.tech, an English-language news publication devoted to startups and innovation around Latin America. This will be the space where Latin American entrepreneurship and innovation can have their say. Although enthusiasm and optimism runs high among many of the ecosystems, the numbers still don’t match up on a global scale
Fintech startups are finding their voice across the continent and Sura AM Mexico, the asset management giant in Mexico, is paying attention. Latam.tech spoke to Gabriela Garcia, manager of the open innovation program at Sura AM Mexico, on why fintech startups are a sound bet. According to KPMG’s most recent report Pulse on Fintech, investment
Christine Chang is the programme director at the innovation programme Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech Mexico City and will soon be speaking at Finnovista’s 2018 Miami Finnosummit for Latin American fintech startups. Latam.tech spoke with Chang on innovation and fintech in Latin America. After seven years in the New York City rat race, Chang decided to study
Kelcey Gosserand is working to turn blockchain into a sector that inspires rather than bewilders. She is the founder of Trellis NYC, a community-based hub for cryptocurrency and blockchain developers, of Women + Blockchain, a weekly newsletter aimed at driving female presence in the blockchain community and, most recently, she became general manager at The
Inoovi is the Brazilian crypto startup hoping their IVI tokens can link football fans and cryptocurrency. The startup identifies football fans as the effective ‘investors’ of the sport: buying merchandise, tickets to matches and in turn generating billions in sales per year, keeping the game alive. Similarly, cryptocurrency investors are what help sustain the digital
After three months of intensive scouting and talent searching, the team for 2018’s LatAm Startupbootcamp Fintech has been revealed. 10 startups across six different countries have been chosen to participate, having attended selection days run by Startupbootcamp Fintech – in association with impact organisation Finnovista – in cities across Latin America. The intensive three month
Thanks to the recent launch of automated crypto trading startup Gimmer’s decentralised platform, it is now possible for anyone to get involved in the digital currency trade, regardless of their level of experience or knowledge. In 2016, São Paulo developer Persio Flexa saw an opportunity to create a cryptocurrency startup that was somewhat different from
Paraná’s Atlético PR and São Paulo’s Corinthians have become the first Brazilian football teams to sign partnerships with Hong Kong-based crypto startup Inoovi. The bitcoin startup has created digital currency ‘IVI’ tokens for specific use within football. “IVI is a simple and utility token,” explained Inoovi PR director Anthony Marie, who claims that they represent