LatAm Startups -- Helping Startups Scale

Nasser Rahal

Co-founder/Head at AIHive at York University

Nasser Rahal has over 20 years of experience working in international technology transformation and management. Throughout his career he has built a reputation as an innovative and charismatic leader who understands how to build, manage, and scale global delivery teams. His primary expertise lies in the ability to both build new organizations from the ground up and to digitally transform legacy businesses.

Nasser is a graduate of The American University of Beirut where he earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and the Edinburgh School of Business where he received an MBA. Since attaining these degrees he has built a career at some of the largest companies in the world including CGI, GE, and IBM. Nasser clients included companies such as Bell Canada, Rogers, T-Mobile, Virgin Media, Charter, Time Warner, CIBC, RBC, and many fortune 100 companies.

Currently, Nasser is the Founder and CEO of fazeZERO with offices in Toronto and Dubai. He is the driving visionary behind this innovative new startup that is charged with solving real world problems with IoT, Blockchain and AI technologies. In addition, Nasser teaches graduate courses at York University in the Blockchain and AI domains.

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.