Latitud Podcast

While the US is facing SaaS fatigue, the story of software as a service is still on page one in Latin America. The region has leapfrogged the on-premise stage, with companies looking for digitalization fixes that are easy yet personalized. This is where Vertical SaaS comes in.  Here at Latitud, we’ve seen how some soft

DOWNLOAD THE FULL STUDY HERE: https://www.latitud.com/latam-tech-report We just launched the newest edition of The LatAm Tech Report, our annual deep dive into the region’s startup ecosystem. It"s a powerful reminder that LatAm founders aren"t just building solutions. They"re building unique innovations for the global

What’s the best way to make employees have skin in the game? Giving them a true chance at ownership. This is what employee stock ownership plans are all about.  An impressive 85% of Latin American startups have already set up an ESOP. That’s the headline of a study by Caravela Capital, Norte Ventures, and Credit Saison

From his first days at university, Rodrigo realized he wasn’t going to follow a traditional path. An internship at the Brazilian payment company Stone was enough to inspire him to create his own startup.  Through a mix of expense management software and financial services, Conta Simples now helps tens of thousands of c

Groupon, VivaReal, Nomad: Lucas Vargas spent over a decade sharpening his growth playbook for startups in Latin America. The end result is the true embodiment of founder mode. Be it product or marketing decisions,  Lucas went against the grain and trusted his intuition on the road building Nomad, a bank for Brazilians

If you"re Brazilian or have lived in Brazil but you"ve never heard of Dr. Consulta, you"ve probably been living under a rock. So many people in the world don"t have access to healthcare plans, and this is definitely the case in Brazil. Over a decade ago, Thomaz Srougi started working on this problem. And now, Dr. Consu