PEOPLE & PROGRAMS
> Register here for LAVCA’s 2019 Venture Investors Annual Meeting on Sept. 26 in New York.
> ABVCAP is hosting the annual Conferência Brasileira de Venture Capital in Florianópolis on August 12-13. Details here.
> BayBrazil hosts its annual conference on Aug. 22 in Silicon Valley, with speakers from DST, GGV, SoftBank, Qualcomm, and more. Tickets here.
> BlastU is hosting a 2-day festival on ecosystem and innovation in São Paulo, August 13-14. Details here.
> Polymath Ventures is organizing a Latin American Tech Expedition to China, September 2-8. Visit Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou to connect entrepreneurs and investors with leading Chinese tech giants and top Chinese VC/PE funds to explore cross-border collaborations. 📧 Contact Ms. Yuan Li (yuan.li@polymathv.com), Director of China Initiative of Polymath Ventures, for more info.
> LatinSF is accepting applications to join the Latin American Innovation Tour, September 9-13 in Colombia, Chile, and Argentina. Details here.
> Save the date for the Peru Venture Capital Conference, hosted by COFIDE, Ministerio de Producción, Startup Perú, BID Lab, UTEC Ventures, ESAN on October 16-17 in Lima.
> Scotiabank is hosting the Latin America Innovation & Disruption Forum in Mexico City on November 12-13. Topics include retail, tech media & telecom, food & beverage, cannabis, and financials. Details here. Contact Marcela Villarreal to participate.
> Cisco partnered with Endeavor to help startups in retail, manufacturing, finance, and transport partner with Cisco business units. Apply by July 19.
> Women entrepreneurs with tech-based and STEM startups are invited to apply to the WeXchange Pitch Competition. READ LAVCA’s interviews with past winners including Lab4U, Semka Biomedical Technologies, and Agruppa. Apply by July 31.
> Puerto Rican accelerator Parallel18 is accepting applications for its 7th cohort. Startups receive US$40k (equity-free) and up to US$75k in follow-on funding. Apply here.
> Globant partnered with Acámica to offer 500 coding scholarships in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico through Code Your Future.
> Google Launchpad partnered with Corporación Ventures in Colombia on an acceleration program.
> Endeavor selected 31 high-impact entrepreneurs at its 88th International Selection Panel in Tokyo this month. Congrats to Latin American entrepreneurs from NotCo (Chile) and HYP3R (Puerto Rico).
> Chilean VCs hosted the first Co-Investment Day Chile to facilitate co-investments and dealflow among local investors, which included Wayra Chile, Génesis Ventures, Manutara Ventures, Chile Global Ventures, Dadneo, Chile Ventures, and Beagle Ventures. Details here.
> Investors from MAYA Capital, Innova Capital, Positive Ventures, Wayra Brasil, Google, and others are offering free mentoring for female entrepreneurs through Female Force LATAM. XX entrepreneurs, sign up here for free mentoring and spread the word. #CHANGETHERATIO
> Quasar Builders Trocafone & Restorando alum Andy Freire joins SoftBank as a Managing Partner.