Connect33 Newsletter | July 2024
August 1, 2024 • 3-minute read
Hi readers, welcome to our July edition covering Latin America’s technology trends, expansions, and M&A. We have updated our newsletter frequency from quarterly → monthly updates for our readers. Please subscribe to receive future updates directly in your inbox.
As always, our goal with our newsletter is to provide quick, concise monthly updates in an easy-to-read format, so our readers are better informed about what is happening in Latin America. ¡Vámonos!
Terminal 2024 Developer Hiring Trends in Latin America: Terminal released its yearly hiring trends report highlighting clarity on company direction, job search intentions, equity concerns, time zone challenges, interview process, and top criteria for choosing a company.
Our take: With 78% of surveyed engineers saying they plan to look for a new job within the next 12 months, retention tactics have never been more crucial for companies. The interview with Carlos below offers invaluable advice on the best tactics for growth and retention.
Scaling Engineering Teams in LatAm: Read the full interview with Carlos Quirarte, C3 AI’s Country Manager in Guadalajara, Mexico, who shared his insights on successfully building and scaling an engineering organization in Mexico.
Datapro, a leading provider of core baking systems and digital solutions, collaborated with Mastercard to expand the integration of Mastercard's cross-border services. (Yahoo Finance)
Crowdstrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) announced partnerships with technology distributors Ingram Micro, M3Corp, and TEAM Mexico to accelerate the adoption of the AI-native Falcon platform across Latin America. (Business Wire)
Blend, an AI solutions provider, announced its acquisition of nuvu, a leading data engineering firm in Latin America. (PR Newswire)
Generix, a global software company offering SaaS solutions and services in supply chain, finance, commerce, and B2B Integration, announced its expansion into Latin America. (PR Newswire)
Nubank, (NYSE: NU), the Latin American digital banking platform, announced a partnership with LA-based Lightspark to continue evolving its crypto solutions for customers. (PR Newswire)
Bridge49, a nearshoring tech alliance, was launched by bringing together six leading B2B tech companies to tackle critical industry challenges in logistics, procurement, supply chain technology, modern finance, and manufacturing. (GlobeNewswire)
Outlier Ventures and Morgan Creek Digital partnered to launch a LATAM Base Camp Accelerator program for Web3 startups. (PR Newswire)
Diligent, a GRC SaaS company, announced the opening of its new operation in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Yahoo Finance)
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) the challenger network built to transform marketing, has announced an agreement to acquire PROS Agency, a Brazil-based brand and marketing consultancy. (PR Newswire)
Revolut, the London-based fintech, announced plans to move forward with an expansion into Argentina. (Bloomberg Linea)
Connect33, an Austin-based consulting firm, launched LatAm Partners an exclusive marketplace for helping businesses discover and engage with LatAm’s top software development companies. (Business Wire)
EBANX, announced a partnership with Zuora in 15 countries across Latin America and Africa (Yahoo Finance)
Additional stories we’re following
Billionaire Founders Make Uruguay a Growing Hub for Tech Talent
Caliza lands $8.5 million to bring real-time money transfers to Latin America
Job Board
LatAm-focused roles at top tech companies.
Qt Group is hiring an Account Manager
Okta is hiring a Trilingual Sales Development Representative
Atlassian is hiring an Account Executive
Everest is hiring a Senior Treaty Underwriter
Abnormal Security is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive
Relex Solutions is hiring a Business Development Associate
Stubhub is hiring a Supply Manager
Datadog is hiring a Commercial Account Executive
C3 AI is hiring an AI Solution Manager
Bandwidth is hiring a Carrier Relation Manager
Worldcoin is hiring a Social Media Lead
HashiCorp is hiring a Corporate Account Manager
Nuix is hiring a Sr. Account Executive
Cloudflare is hiring a Mid-Market Account Executive
Bird is hiring an Account Manager
Crowdstrike is hiring a Growth Marketing Specialist
Databricks is hiring a Solutions Architect
Circle is hiring a Senior Manager, Partner Marketing
TaskHuman is hiring a Head of Sales
Duetto is hiring a Customer Success Manager
Matter Labs is hiring a Growth Lead
Contentful is hiring a Customer Success Manager
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