LatAm Startups -- Helping Startups Scale

Luis Miguel Beristain

Director, Entrepreneurship Institute, Mexico City

Luis Miguel Beristain is a scholar and entrepreneur. He has established over twenty companies throughout his career and supported more than five hundred entrepreneurs in achieving their vision of the Entrepreneurship Division and Parque Tecnológico en Ciencas para la Vida del Campus Ciudad de México del Tecnológico de Monterrey. Currently, he is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Institute Eugenio Garza la Güera of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City. He has worked as the Director of the Division of Health Sciences, Director of Academic Support, Director of Entailment, Director of Administration and Finance, and the Director of the Division and Managing Director of the Central Campus of Veracruz.

He has a PhD in Administrative Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas, and he is a graduate in International Relations from Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

LatAm Startups Wins 2019 Startup Canada Award

Startup Canada joined forces with Startup Peel to celebrate and recognize the top entrepreneurs, businesses and support organizations in Ontario at the 2019 Startup Canada Awards – Ontario Region ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by two of Toronto’s top startup community builders – Edwin Frondozo, Host and Founder of the Award-winning The Business Leadership Podcast and Community Leader for Startup Toronto, and Theresa Laurico, Founder and Partner of SociaLIGHT Conference.

Ten winners from across the province were announced at the highly-anticipated ceremony held at The International Conference Centre. The evening’s guests included leading Canadian investors, innovators, anchor company executives, and government officials.

LatAm Startups CEO Myriam Lazarte received the Entrepreneur Promotion Award.

Scaleup Boot Camp São Paulo

With a population of 212 million people, Brazil is the most populous country in South America, and fifth in the world. Occupying 48% of the continent, it is vast in land and resources. Brazil's history of colonialism and immigration, combined with political and social changes, has resulted in a country rich in diversity ranging from its people, culture and its economy. Despite its economic and political turbulences, Brazil is constantly reforming and its people's entrepreneurial spirit have kept the country on the journey to reaching its full potential of a leading powerhouse both regionally and globally.

In preparation for the next Scaleup Bootcamp São Paulo, we'd like to give you some details about the trends in this ecosystem.

Brazilian Health Tech Company Joins Startup Visa Program at LatAm Startups

Athimos is a company providing solutions in the health sector. The company was a part of LatAm Startup’s Bootcamp 3rd Cohort in March 2018. Now, they are enrolled in the startup visa program, another step closer to expanding the business in Canada. The company will be officially launching their software during the LatAm Startups Conference 6.0 on May 16th 2019.