Musings from Mexico City #14
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of Musings from Mexico City. A personal newsletter on tech, community, and happenings in Mexico City & Latin America!
It was great seeing so many fintech friends at FINNOSUMMIT! Congratulations to Andres Fontao & the FINNOSUMMIT team for a fantastic conference. I’m grateful to have participated this year on the Latam VC Trends Panel alongside Christine Kenna (IGNIA), Carlos Alonso-Torras (Fintech Collective) & Adriana Saman (Clocktower Technology Partners)
As I look ahead this month, I am looking forward to seeing many friends and the ecosystem come together for the inaugural, Mexico Tech Week. There are over 85+ events being hosted by firms like Monashees, Valor Capital Group, FEMSA Ventures, Nazca, La Neta del VC, Khora, AWS & more. I’ll be hosting a Founders & Builders in CDMX Event on the morning of Tuesday, October 24th (RSVP here). Come join me!
💸 Mexico Fundraising News
🔼 Promotions & Movement @ Latam VC Funds
Antonia Rojas & Iñigo Martinez Gil launch a new secondary fund for Latin America, Attom Capital (more here)
Cristian Raygoza joins Clara as Head of Startups & Venture Capital. He will continue to invest through Iluminar Ventures (more here)
Jan Heinvirta joins Platanus Ventures as a Visiting Partner (more here)
Natalia Gonzalez-Vela joins BIVA as Head of New Issuers & Entrepreneurship and will continue to write and run La Neta del VC (more here)
📅 Upcoming Events…
10/10-10/13: LAVCA Week in NYC (RSVP here)
10/12: Latam on the Rocks Happy Hour in NYC (RSVP here)
10/18: LatinoTech Mixer: building in the US & expanding in Latam in NYC(RSVP here)
11/03: AI & Crypto Futures 2023 - A Próspera Builders’ Summit (RSVP here)
10/23-10/29: Mexico Tech Week 2023 (Sign up for events here)
10/24: Khora’s Founders & Builders in CDMX (RSVP here)
11/22-11/23: OpenFinance 2020 (RSVP here)
3/4-3/7 (2024): FINNOSUMMIT Connect 2024 (RSVP here)
📚 What I’m Reading…
State of AI in Latin America by ALLVP (read here)
40 Companies that are Beating the West by Rest of World (read here)
LinkedIn Top Startups 2023 In Mexico (read here)
🎙️ What I’m Listening to…
La Neta del VC in Audio launched by Natalia Gonzalez-Vela (listen here)
Weightless by Marconi Union, ‘the world’s most relaxing song’ (listen here)
Latitud Podcast #159: Being and an angel and a VC in Latam: Derek Hall and Miguel Burger-Calderon - BFF (listen here)
👩💻 VC Firms & Startups Hiring
Growth Analyst @ Valor Capital Group (apple here)
Marketing & Brand Manager @ Stealth Startup (apply here)
🐶 Dog of the Month: Porfirio!
Congratulations to Porfirio, the king of naps, for being selected for Dog of the Month! Porfirio is the pup of Damaris Mendoza Loera of 500 Latam.
💜 Gratitude
Thank you to the many friends, peers, and mentors that continue to support me in my Latam journey. A special shout-out to Chris Schroeder, Ramon Escobar, Miles Montes, Daniel Cano, Nik Milanovic, Natalia Gonzalez-Vela, Cristian Raygoza, Andres Cano, Steph Greco, Bernie Cordero, Victor Noguera, Andres Fontaos, Amelia (Friedman) DeSorrento, Itzel Revuelta, Alex Santana, Shu Nyatta, Rafa Barroso, and Zalo Sanchez.
Abrazos,
Kate Kiewel