LatAm Startups -- Helping Startups Scale

Tony Duckett

Director, xiVENTURES Fund

Tony Duckett has 40+ years in leadership roles in the Telecommunications, software development and consulting industries. He also has extensive international experience, having lived and worked in 6 countries and 5 continents. His current focus (as Managing Director of xiBOSS Corporation) is scaling their “Growth Services for Early-Mid Stage Companies” division. Tony is also a Director of xiVENTURES Fund Inc., a Toronto based boutique venture fund.

xiBOSS Corporation is a talent procurement, business consulting, and start-up advisory firm based in Toronto.

The xiBOSS division “Growth Services for Early/Mid Stage Companies” provides services focused on:

Talent
Business Guidance
Software Development

Since 2002 xiBOSS has been called on to help clients in Canada and 27 other countries, in a number of industry sectors including Finance, Telecommunications, Utilities, Media, Facilities Management and Health. xiBOSS customers range in size from start-ups to enterprise level multi-nationals.

xiBOSS has been recognized in 2016 on the Branham 300 list of top Canadian ICT Companies

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.