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Meet the Latitud Fellowship Residents: Mikael Lijtenstein played a key role at dLocal and AstroPay, all the way to being AstroPay's CEO when it processed $2B in TPV. Now? His 1st founder journey is about recovering failed payments across LatAm, with the help of AI. Stay tuned🚀

Running a startup? For Aqmen AI’s Miguel Casares, you gotta spend time and nail down these 3 things first: 1. The relevance of your market 3. Who are your competitors 3. Your ability to outperform inside that market A teaser straight from the Latitud Resident Fellowship? 🎥👇

🔦Know founders & startups from Fund II: Matias Umaschi, Bruno Cortinovis and Benito De Ruschi lived the pains, opportunities, and scale of financial services in LatAm. Now they're behind Payana, a fintech that helps 1,500+ SMBs handle financial management and invoicing. Day 1🚀

✍️ We kept a diary. The “what you can learn from top operators, founders, and VCs bridging LatAm and San Francisco” kind. Our H1 2025 Resident Fellowship just wrapped. And we figured you’d want a peek, learning some cheat codes for global scale.👀 Read: latitud.com/blog/the-latit…

Some metrics feel like a “later” problem. But you should keep tabs on these six from day 1, said Leandro Piano (Belvo) in a session for our Latitud Resident Fellowship. Which, how, and why? Watch his breakdown 🎥:

You think design is a luxury you can’t afford? Sry but you're wrong.🙄 Here’s why even the earliest, scrappiest startups need to care - courtesy of Diego Martins, principal product designer at Preply, in a masterclass for the latest cohort of The Latitud Resident Fellowship.

🔦Know Fund II founders: Pierre & Artur lead the AI transition in the old, complex industry of imports/exports🚢 The duo combined industry, scale & AI exp to build Agent Astra. Now, its AI automates *94%* of back-office ops. As proud early backers, we know that’s only day 1🚀

We all test products only to abandon them. Don’t let your startup suffer from that same fate. Diego Martins (Preply) gave a masterclass in ideation-stage Design & UX for The Latitud Resident Fellowship. Here are his 4 assumptions to test via UX before doubling down or pivoting:

No, you’re not too early. Maybe they’re too late. 💅 1 of our greatest convictions: the sooner someone bets on greatness, the further it can go. We’re unapologetically obsessed with pre-everything. Why? In the 1st post of our Latitud Principles series: latitud.com/blog/pre-every…

🔦Meet Fund II founders: Cipriano Echavarria, Nicolas Gomez del Campo & Felipe Monsalve are changing real estate with AI + Fintech + Software. Through Palomma, 70+ LatAm property managers & developers see 4x higher conversion. As their early backers, we know that's only day 1🚀

Take it from a product designer: As an early-stage founder, you SHOULD rely on AI as a design co-founder. How to do it right though? 👀 🎥Diego Martins, principal product designer at Preply, shared the insight at our latest Latitud SF Fellowship👇

🔦 Meet Fund II founders: Ezequiel Sculli & Lautaro Schiaffino didn’t just hop on the AI hype train. With Darwin AI, they built the tracks for LatAm SMBs🚂 How? Not only AI agents, but multi-agent orchestration that leads to 30-50% more sales conversion🎼 It’s only day 1🚀

Hiding cause that investor said you’re too raw, too early, too unknown? Well… we don’t buy it. Pre-everything is when your story begins. Scary but also... how every iconic company once looked?? Why we’re the pre-everything fund (and how it's working): latitud.com/blog/pre-every…

Some call it too raw, too early, too unknown. We call it the pre-founder phase. 4 different profiles, 1 thing in common: a commitment to drive something home (whatever it is, wherever it goes). Why we chose to write checks here & now, pre-everything?👉latitud.com/blog/pre-every…

Julian Bender entered our fellowship searching for a thesis. A few weeks later… Founder-product fit. An ambitious idea. Learnings. Selling to customers. That’s The Latitud Fellowship San Francisco. New applications will open soon. Join our waitlist: wht0w95j.paperform.co

The future is here and we’re living it. No better proof of that than hearing it from Brian Requarth as he took our fellows on a waymo trip ;) Sounds like you real soon? Applications to The Latitud Fellowship will reopen soon. Join our waitlist: bit.ly/lf-wailist

Miguel Morkin went from engineer to founder when he realized this: traction comes from choosing a space you’re genuinely curious about. Wanna do it? Bend reality with other dealmakers/builders in SP, CDMX, or SF. Join The Latitud SF Fellowship waitlist: bit.ly/lf-wailist

Antía fell in love with hypergrowth when she was chief of staff at Zubale. Now she’s kicking off her own startup. We’re damn sure this could be your story too. Applications for our 2nd The Latitud SF Fellowship cohort will open soon. Join the waitlist: bit.ly/lf-wailist

Growth or margin? Founders were told to pick one. That choice is dead⚰️ Fast, profitable, and transformative aren’t just possible. With AI, they’re inseparable. In our Latitud Principles latest article, we break down how early-stage is doing it: bit.ly/growth-margin-…

After a decade at AstroPay and dLocal, Mikael Lijtenstein kicked off his founder journey. At our fellowship, sessions gave accountability + fellows gave energy. Now, Mika's recovering payments in LatAm.⚡ Applications will reopen soon. Join the waitlist: bit.ly/lf-wailist