Techstars have partnered with Visa and Stellar for a startup weekend Blockchain LATAM. Techstars is about having entrepreneurs succeed. Anyone based in Latin America is welcome to join this event, more specifically developers and enthusiasts in the fintech and blockchain space.

Gabriel Bizama, International Policy Lead at Stellar Development Foundation expressed, “The collaboration with Techstars and Visa for this Startup Weekend opens unprecedented opportunities for participants to create and implement solutions towards a more inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable financial system in Latin America.”

LATAM means Latin American.  The virtual event will be working with Latin American participants to nurture ideas based on blockchain, which will generate innovation in Fintech, crypto, digital currency, global payments, micropayments, and a lot more.

The participants will get the knowledge and skills, which are required to innovate in the financial sector.  They will also learn methodologies to gravitate from concept to creation and they will connect with entrepreneurs and peers in the space.

The Participants will leave the Techstars Startup Weekend with feedback from experienced mentors and blockchain experts from the Visa and Stellar Development Foundation teams and a process for bringing any idea to market.

Techstars is an operational investor supporting one in their entrepreneurial journey from idea to building the most successful business possible.  Built and run by entrepreneurs themselves, they understand the complexities of putting your ideas into action and scaling them.

The global network supports users by providing access to capital, mentoring, finding customers, hiring talent, choosing the right infrastructure, and so on.

No matter what phase of building your business you are in, Techstars can support you. Techstars does the job of connecting investors with the most promising start-ups to create real change around the world.

Their investment approach is fundamentally driven by their worldwide network of managing directors. These passionate leaders interact with startup founders daily, guiding, mentoring, and cultivating them along their journey. The sheer scale of their reach results in a diversified strategy that provides investors with a uniquely qualified deal flow.

They are focused on helping solve major problems like food shortages, climate change, and poverty.

Since 2006 they have supported more than 1,900 start-ups by connecting them with corporate partners to bring innovative thinking to a range of industries. They have invested with start-ups across a range of verticals, from aerospace to finance, from logistics to retail, connecting them to a network of successful mentors and partners.