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.
Here’s a quick look at what you’ll find in this week’s edition:
🎊 Startup Launches: NIXFIN, Infraset AI
🦄 Leadership Movements: New Country Manager at Bybit, new Head of Sales at PITZ
🤫 Talents Entering Stealth: Ex-Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs, serial technical founder with an exit & more
Let’s dive in…
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🎊 Startup Launches
Founders who have just publicly announced what they are working on.
NIXFIN
Overview
Startup Description: Financial infrastructure with modular APIs for credit issuance, PIX, mass payments, and white-label Banking-as-a-Service.
Industry: Fintech, SaaS
Team Size: 13
Time in Stealth: 3 months
Marcos Vinícius – Chief Technology Officer at NIXFIN
Founder Highlights: Technical Founder, Unicorn Experience, Fintech
Previous Experience: Ex-Software Engineering Specialist at EBANX, ex-Senior Software Engineer at EBANX, Bachelor’s in Information Systems from Faculdade Mater Dei.
Headquarters: Paraná, Brazil
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Co-Founder: Diego Carvalho (COO)
Infraset AI
Overview
Startup Description: Platform that builds a company’s operating record so AI agents can execute work safely, collaborate, and connect to existing systems.
Industry: AI, SaaS
Team Size: 2
Time in Stealth: 5 months
Diego de Unanue Aspe - Co-Founder & CTO at Infraset AI
Founder Highlights: Technical Founder, Ex-Big Tech, Ex-Corporate, AI
Previous Experience: Ex-Data Science Manager at Scale AI, ex-Business Data Science and Analytics at Scale AI, ex-Marketplace Incentives - Pricing Ops Lead at Scale AI, ex-Operations Project Manager at Scale AI, Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana.
Headquarters: Mexico
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Co-Founder: Santiago Ruiz Leautaud (CEO)
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🦄 Leadership Movements
Promotions, new hires, and other movements in local unicorns and scaleups’ executive-level.
Bruno De Marco Lopes - Country Manager at Bybit
Previous Role: Head of Operations & Strategy, LATAM at Binance
Previous Experience: Ex-Head of Operations, Brazil at Binance, ex-Payment Operations Lead (Brazil/LatAm) and ex-Chargeback Management Lead (LatAm) at EBANX, ex-Account Executive / Product Management at Rappi, MBA from IE Business School, Master’s degree from USP.
Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 3 months
Arthur Francisco Duarte Pires - Head of Sales at PITZ
Previous Role: Desenvolvimento de Negócios e Expansão Comercial | LATAM at Duas Rodas
Previous Experience: Ex-Head of E-commerce and New Business at Beagle Brand, ex-Commercial and Operations Manager at Amoveri Farma, Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
Headquarters: Santa Catarina, Brazil
Time in Current Position: 5 months
🤫 Talents Entering Stealth
Talents with relevant experiences who have just entered stealth mode.
Eduardo Guimarães – Building Something New at Stealth Startup
Founder Highlights: Technical Founder, Top University, Ex-Corporate, Fintech
Signals: Software engineer who left Goldman Sachs in September 2026 after 16 months as an Associate; previously developed software at ASA Investments and studied Electronic Engineering at ITA.
Headquarters: Brazil
Time in Current Position: 1 month
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+8 more Stealth Founders this week with Pro, including:
A serial technical founder with 25 years in software and an exit behind him. Most recently, he ran engineering at a vertical SaaS company in healthcare, where he rebuilt the stack and the team.
A growth and operations leader with an MBA. He worked in revenue management at a global beverage bottler and ran P&L for a group of cities at a global mobility platform, then spent three years scaling a consumer brand’s delivery business.
A serial founder who has started four companies across e-commerce, growth and content tech, including one that raised over $1M from angels and VCs. He just left a COO and partner role at a food marketplace to build something new.