Welcome to Tech Talents! In this newsletter, I share real-time key talent movements in the LatAm tech ecosystem, including founders entering and exiting stealth mode, executive-level movements in unicorns, and partner-level changes in local VC firms.
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Here’s a quick look at what you’ll find in this week’s edition:
🤫 Talents Entering Stealth: Founder with two previous exits, ex-Senior Vice President at Oracle, ex-Business Development Representative at Bitso & more
🦄 Unicorn Movements: Chief Financial Officer at Dock
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Let’s dive in…
🎊 Startup Launches
Founders who have just publicly announced what they are working on.
Legalb
Overview
Startup Description: Legalb is the first fintech company created exclusively for the legal world, supporting lawyers from client prospecting to fee collection.
Industry: Legal Tech
Time in Stealth: 1 year, 10 months
Founder Profile
Ademar de Proença Filho – Co-Founder at Legalb
Featured as a Stealth Founder in Tech Talents #4
Founder Highlights: Serial Founder, Masters, Top University, Unicorn Experience
Previous Experience: ex-Founder & CEO at Fiinco, ex-COO at Hash, ex-Regional General Manager and Strategic Project Manager at 99, MBA from INSEAD, LLM from Insper, Bachelor’s in Law from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas.
Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil
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Indash
Overview
Startup Description: Create remarkable social media content at scale without sacrificing quality or originality.
Industry: Marketing Tech, AI
Team Size: 6
Time in Stealth: 4 months
Founder Profile
Santiago Gramajo – Co-Founder at Indash
Co-Founder featured as a Stealth Founder in Tech Talents #27
Founder Highlights: Serial Founder, Previous Exit
Previous Experience: ex-Sequence, ex-Co-Founder at XERIAL, ex-Co-Founder at V Sports, Draper University, Business Administration at Universidad del Salvador, Godspell College.
Headquarters: Argentina
Co-Founder: Manuel Soria
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Primali
Overview
Startup Description: Primali unlocks B2B sales by using its clients’ card receivables as a payment method.
Industry: Fintech
Team Size: 2
Time in Stealth: 10 months
Founder Profile
Gabriel Moresco – Co-Founder & CTO at Primali
Founder Highlights: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Ex-Corporate
Previous Experience: ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Favorito, ex-Tech Lead at WEG, ex-Researcher at Instituto Federal Catarinense, Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Federal Catarinense.
Headquarters: Joinville, Brazil
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🤫 Talents Entering Stealth
Talents with relevant experiences who have just entered stealth mode.
Bruno Sayão – Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Bruno is part of Cubo’s Second Time Founders program. Learn more here.
Founder Highlights: Serial Founder, Previous Exit, Masters, Top University, Ex-Corporate, Investor
Previous Experience: Bruno Sayão is a serial entrepreneur with more than 18 years of experience building businesses in the financial and technology sectors. He founded and led two companies with successful exits: IOUU, a pioneering fintech in peer-to-peer lending for SMEs, sold to Banco Voiter in 2020; and Letsbank, a digital bank for companies that became part of Banco Voiter’s structure and was later acquired by Banco Master in 2024. Throughout his career, Bruno has combined innovation, regulation, and scalability to transform financial services with agility and intelligence. Bruno holds a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from FGV, with postgraduate studies at the same institution and an MBA in Finance from Ibmec.
Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 1 year, 6 months
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Gabriel Lacerda – Founder at Stealth Startup
Founder Highlights: Ex-Corporate, Unicorn Experience
Previous Experience: ex-Business Development Representative at Bitso, ex-Business Developer - Ventures at Transfero Group, ex-B2B Commercial Analyst at Banco Modal, Bachelor’s in Economic Sciences from Ibmec.
Headquarters: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 1 month
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Gabriel Vallejo – Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Founder Highlights: Top University, Ex-Big Tech, Ex-Corporate
Previous Experience: ex-Senior Vice President - Latin America at Oracle, ex-Co-Founder, Oracle Next Education (ONE), ex-Vice President at Momentum Worldwide | Brazil - McCann Worldgroup, Bachelor’s in Communication and Advertising at FAAP.
Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 1 month
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Joao Rubens Belluzzo Neto – Co-founder at Stealth Startup
Founder Highlights: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Ex-Corporate
Previous Experience: ex-Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Venture Incubation Program), ex-Co-founder and CTO at Milie Mind, Bachelor’s in Software Engineering from FIAP.
Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 1 month
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Michael Schaecher – Stealth at Stealth Startup
Founder Highlights: Ex-Big Tech, Ex-Corporate, Ex-Consultant
Previous Experience: ex-Cofounder at Futuremood, ex-Product & Marketing Strategy at Bose Corporation, ex-Director of Marketing & Growth at Munchery, ex-Marketing Manager at Airbnb, ex-Full Stack Product & Growth Consultant at Schaecher Megacorp.
Headquarters: Mexico
Time in Current Position: 11 months
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🦄 Unicorn Movements
Promotions, new hires, and other movements in local unicorns’ executive-level.
Valerio Zarro – Chief Financial Officer at Dock
Previous Role: ex-VP of Governance, Risk and Compliance at EBANX
Previous Experience: ex-Finance Director - Fintech BU at iFood, ex-CFO & CRO at MovilePay, ex-Executive Director of Finance & Risk at PicPay, ex-Chief Risk Officer at Alelo Brasil.
Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 1 month
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curious where these startups will end up