LatAm Tech Forum (LTF)

How can Product & Engineering (P&E) drive the next wave of growth across Latin America? The LatAm Tech Forum (LTF) 2025 Report reveals how P&E are turning vision into execution: leveraging AI, agility, and focused investment to drive innovation across the region. Grounded in insights from 200+ tech leaders, the report explores three pillars shaping success: 💡 Product Portfolio: clarity and customer focus ⚙️ Operating Model: agile, cross-functional, and AI-ready 🤖 AI & Agentic Capabilities: embedding intelligence into every layer Regional pioneers show how disciplined focus and strong culture enable scalable, AI-powered growth. ✈️ Read more in the LTF 2025 Report – Product & Engineering in Latin America, co-authored with Riverwood Capital: https://lnkd.in/dX-W42Zv Francisco Alvarez-Demalde (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Julian Herman (Managing Director & Partner), Federico Storani (Executive Director) #ProductEngineering #FutureOfGrowth #EngineeringInnovation #TechTransformation

From Miami to Times Square, the energy of the LatAm Tech Forum (LTF) 2025 was undeniable.   It’s incredibly rewarding to see Nelogica featured at leading global tech forums. We're working hard to ensure this is just the beginning.   Congratulations once again to the Riverwood Capital team, and a special shout-out to Cassandra Seier, Nicolas Arino and the entire team at NYSE for their amazing partnership.   #LatAmTech #Innovation #GlobalExpansion #Fintech #NYSE #Nelogica

During LTF 2025, our friends at NYSE sat down with some of the incredible founders in our community to talk about growth, vision, and what’s next for Latin America’s tech ecosystem.   We were proud to see their faces light up Times Square on the NYSE billboards! If you’re passing through, look up—you might spot a few familiar faces!   Watch the full set of interviews here under the section "NYSE Floor Talk": https://lnkd.in/dYMx9gAK Each one is a powerful reminder of the talent, ambition, and momentum shaping LatAm tech.   Huge thanks to the team at NYSE for the partnership and for spotlighting these voices on such an iconic stage. Martin Migoya, Antonio Soares, Sebastian Ruales, Mike Packer, Paulo Passoni, Ale Zuzenberg, Allen Taylor, Gaston Irigoyen, Pedro Arnt, Adalberto Flores Ochoa, Daniel Vogel, Lara L., Justo José Ferraro, Santiago Zabala Travers, Patricia Pomies, Sebastian Thrun, Marcos Boschetti, João Del Valle, Thibaud Lecuyer, Olivier Aizac, Sergio Furio, Gerry Giacomán Colyer, Roberto Oliveira, Diego Barreto, Cassandra Seier, Nicolas Arino, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Caitlin Mitchell, Martina Valotta, Riverwood Capital  

Innovation lifts off at #LTF - great to see Sebastian Thrun’s insights spotlighted by NYSE

LTF would not be possible without the commitment of our Supporting Organizations. Thank you for being part of the LTF community with your continued partnership and for making this private forum a reality year after year. Aleph Group, Inc, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Citi, Foley & Lardner LLP, ItauBBA, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Santander, STARK BANK, UBS, Bank of America, BBVA Spark, BlackRock, Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Evercore, Globant, Goldman Sachs, iFood, Inter, Mastercard, WhatsApp, BNY, Bradesco, Cooley LLP, FM/Derraik, Gunderson Dettmer, Jefferies, KPMG, LKC Capital, NYSE, Oliver Wyman, Endeavor, LAVCA

We ended LTF2025 with words of wisdom from Peter Guber — legendary entertainment executive, producer of iconic films like Rain Man, Batman, The Kids Are All Right, and co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, LA Dodgers, LAFC & more — for a candid and wide-ranging conversation with Alex Bettamio, Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at Bank of America. It was an energizing and inspiring close to LTF2025.

Thank you Tito Arciniega (President Latin America, Microsoft), Marcelo Lombardo (Founder & CEO, Omie), Sergio Rosengaus (Founder & CEO, Bleeding Edge Technologies), Ross Saario (CEO, Intelipost), and Philip Drury (Head of Global TMT, Citi) for an insightful discussion on the shifting landscape of B2B technology in the region. 

One of the most anticipated sessions at LTF2025 brought together three outstanding leaders: Diego Barreto (CEO, iFood), Martin Migoya (Co-Founder & CEO, Globant), and Daniel Rabinovich (COO, Mercado Libre), for a powerful conversation on how product innovation drive long term success. CEOs and founders at LTF left the session with clear insights into how leading companies are organizing for innovation, scaling product and technology, and nurturing engineering cultures that create real competitive advantage – laying the foundation for the closed-door executive session that followed.

Payments and financial services are rapidly transforming Latin America. A sincere thank you to Linda Kirkpatrick (President, Americas, Mastercard), João Vitor Menin (CEO, Inter), Jeff Sloan (Former CEO, Global Payments Inc.), Antonio Soares (Founder & CEO, Dock), and David Goldstein (Vice Chairman, Jefferies) for sharing your invaluable insights into the evolving payments and Fintech ecosystem.

At LTF2025, we had the unique opportunity to hear from Carlos Del Toro, 78th United States Secretary of the Navy, on the critical intersection of technology, artificial intelligence, and global geopolitics. In a moment where AI is redefining everything from military strategy to economic influence, Carlos Del Toro’s perspective helped frame the deeper conversations that unfolded in the executive sessions.