Musings from Mexico City #6
Musings from Mexico City #6
Welcome to the sixth edition of Musings from Mexico City. A personal newsletter on tech, community, and happenings in Mexico City & Latin America! I can’t believe it’s been half a year since I launched the Substack! Thank you for following along with me.
This last month has shown me that there are individuals across the world activating to build the future of Latin America. I hosted a Summer Social in NYC with 150+ VCs, founders, and friends. We had the best time and united around our passion for the future of Latin America and mezcal.
To compete and win in the global digital economy, one must acknowledge that borders matter less and culture matters more inter-region and beyond. The era of worrying about differences in time zones, languages, and physical borders has diminished.
Welcome to the many friends in town for ETH Mexico City, including Vitalik! There are a ton of events happening, check out my Twitter for more adjacent ETH CDMX events and let me know if you need any restaurant recs!
💫 Big News
Mercado Libre hits record revenue in H1 2022 (more here)
Congratulations to Stori on your $50M raise at a $1.2B valuation. Mexico’s newest unicorn (more here)
In a year and a half, Nu México reached 2.1 million customers, equivalent to 2.2% of the country's total adult population (more here) & Nubank Earning Report came out this week (more here)
🚀 Opportunities
Techstars Payments Accelerator: Apply by Septemeber 28th (more here)
We are soft launching the Khora community Discord. We wanted to first invite our Substack fam to join. Many in the community have asked for more ways to be connected, so here goes nothing! Invite link here!
Soma Fellowship: World’s #1 Fellowship Deal & Program, $100k uncapped (more here)
🚀 Events
8/18: Better Tomorrow Ventures in CDMX (RSVP here)
8/19-8/21: ETH Mexico City (RSVP here)
9/1: 500 Startups Demo Day Batch 16 (RSVP here)
9/8: Rest of World: Future of Latam Forum (more details to come)
9/28-9/30: North Capital Forum (details here)
📚 What I’m Reading…
No Longer an Emerging Market — LatAm’s Investment Explosion by James Green (more here)
The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan (more here)
Sleepwalking Through Life in a Digital Haze (more here)
🎙️ What I’m Listening to…
20VC by Harry Stebbings featuring Fintech OG Sheel Mohnot (listen here)
Fintech Leaders Podcast by Miguel Armaza featuring Amanda Abrams, CEO of Fintech Masala (listen here)
Latitud Podcast with Bianca Sassoon of 17Sigma (listen here)
🌟 Khora Community Perks
Scape: use code KHORA25 for 25% off for at-home massage, facials, and beauty products
VIOO: use code KHORA15 for a 15% discount on all corporate photography services
Trendi: use code KHORA for 20% off of digital education programs
😺 Cat of the Month: Toni
This month we are shaking it up, and instead of our typical K-9 friends, we are highlighting our first ever, Cat of the Month! Please meet Toni, Cat of Alex Santana!
💜 Gratitude
Thank you to the many friends, peers, and mentors that have supported me in my Latam journey. We are stronger together.
Abrazos,
Kate Kiewel