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LatAm & Latinos in Fintech

Cross-border fintech: founders & investors from US and LatAm.

Tuesday, June 2 · 6:00 PM–9:00 PM ETFintech HQ · Get on the list to see address168 registered of 200

Latin America is the fastest-growing fintech market in the world, and Latino founders on both sides of the border are building the infrastructure. Latinos & LatAm in Fintech brings together fintech founders, investors, and operators from the US and Latin America into one room. The whole point is to connect the ecosystems — build relationships, close deals, make investments, and create the cross-border partnerships that move the industry forward. Panels, fireside chat, and networking. Last year Mastercard partnered with us to bring this event to life. Year two, bigger room.

Speakers

Sofía Mendoza

VP Growth · Mercado Pay

Operator

Scaled GTM 10→200 at two fintechs. Mexico City to NYC.

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Who was in the room

Andres Cano

Founder · Latino Tech Week

Operator

Host & curator of Latino Tech Week. Connecting the diaspora.

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Sofía Mendoza

VP Growth · Mercado Pay

Operator

Scaled GTM 10→200 at two fintechs. Mexico City to NYC.

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Lucas Ferreira

CEO · Bodega

Founder

Consumer commerce for the Hispanic household. YC W24.

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Agents Army
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AgentsArmy is the company that builds AI workers for US machine shops and Foreman, the first one, reads any drawing and tells the shop owner what's wrong before he wastes time quoting it.Omar Dominguez Mondragon · Commerce & Marketplaces
AgentShelf.ai
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AgentShelf helps business teams build and manage AI agents safely, with no-code creation, enterprise controls, and no model lock-in.Eric Flores · AI & Data
Agxes
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Credit intelligence infrastructure for agriculture lendingVictoria Eugenia Tostado Bringas · Fintech
Akua
Seed
We help fintechs and banks across Latin America accept payments without building their own payment infrastructureCarlos Marín · Fintech
Aloha
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We enable travel operators to accept local payments in the americasRodrigo Romero · Fintech
Alta AI
Pre-Series A
Alta is the system of record for enterprise technology and AI spendVanessa Heppner · AI & Data
All Fintech startupsAll Supply Chain & Logistics startupsAll Commerce & Marketplaces startupsAll AI & Data startups

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