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We’re here to accelerate frontier tech, from Latin America to the world. By bringing in key funding, resources and connections, we create solutions that boost economic growth across the region and globally. We empower local talent, founders and devs. Our goal is to generate real and lasting impact. Our motto is: latam/acc.

Now you can also find us on Instagram and TikTok.

As May unfolded, we kicked off the month by launching our official Instagram and TikTok channels bringing Odisea’s insights and lifestyle behind-the-scenes moments and quick-fire explainers to even broader audiences across LatAm.

Our DevRel Guty is revamping our YouTube with a super comprehensive workshop that will have you hackathon-ready—no deep technical expertise required, just energy and sharp ideas.

Núcleo's first generation shipped!: our program has wrapped up with a bang, many of our students are now landing interviews, some are advancing through multiple rounds, and others have already secured new roles—demonstrating that Núcleo is fulfilling its primary objective.

Latin American Dynamism Project lands in DC: With our initiative to map and supercharge the region’s deep-tech ecosystem and to accelerate the growth and global alignment of Latin American deep tech, we’ll be at AI Expo at booth #1146. Meet us there.

This month in Frontera, our podcast in partnership with Espacio Cripto, we had incredible conversations with Santiago R. Santos, a crypto & tech OG; Marek, co-founder of Celo; Raj Parekh, CEO of Portal and former Head of Crypto at Visa; Ben Wong, Mantle’s LatAm point man—and plenty more top-tier talents. We are happy to see how this project continues to grow, consolidating itself as a go-to source for critical updates and regional analysis.

We were on the move. From CDMX to Buenos Aires and Santiago.

We even grabbed the turntables as DJs at the Cinco de Mayo IRL meetup in CDMX—mixing Latin grooves with electronic beats to keep the energy sky-high—and then stepped into the spotlight as hosts for Base Batches LatAm in Buenos Aires, guiding workshops, moderating pitch rounds, and making sure every team felt the beat of our on-chain community. We also joined Chile’s Mantle Cookathon Meetup with our friends at DobProtocol and ChileDAO—an afternoon designed for builders, developers, and aspiring hackers.

We were also there for Mantle events in Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina with SEED LatAm, and in La Paz, Bolivia with Builders Tech.

We made the month celebrating the spirit of community, creativity and collaboration that defines our ecosystem.

Odisea continues to build from LatAm to the world, creating the necessary bridges for founders, developers, and investors to connect and grow.

Looking ahead to June, we’ll be heading to Washington D.C. with the Latin American Dynamism Project and gearing up for the Mantle Cookathon—an immersive buildathon where developers will compete to deliver breakthrough on-chain experiences. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and join the action, keep an eye on our channels for details.

We will be participating in these awesome events:

Hacker House ConCon - Chile - May 18- 23
Uniswap Sunset Party - CDMX - May 29
Ai Expo DC - Washington, D.C. - June 2-4
Infinita City - Próspera Zone, Roatán, Honduras - June 1 - 30
Starknet Startup House with Espacio Cripto - Monterrey - June 18 - 20
Devconnect - Buenos Aires - November

This is how crypto beats in Latin America:

At Ethereum Lima Day, Voto Libre, a project part of our Acelera program, delivered a workshop on Restoring Trust in Democracy, showing how its platform fuses blockchain permanence with real-time AI fraud detection to secure spotless elections. Attendees saw step-by-step how citizens snap irregularities, anchor the evidence on a public chain, and earn stablecoins for every verified report—turning voters and observers into a decentralized corps of democracy watchdogs.

Gianluca Minoprio, founder of Amanu and part of our Acelera program, just stepped into a new role in Daimo Pay. Congrats, Gianluca!

Gianluca Minoprio

@GlMinoprio

After an incredible journey creating @AmanuCash, pushing the boundaries of wallet design, digital money, and payment interactions, I am thrilled to announce that I have joined @daimopay as Head of Growth. My next chapter will focus on turning Daimo Pay into the easiest way to

If you are interested in joining Acelera as a founder or advisor, please drop us a line: acelera@odisea.xyz

Uniswap Labs touches down in LatAm, connecting with DeFi communities in Mexico, Buenos Aires, Bogotá y San Pablo. First event in CDMX will be a Sunset Party at The Uniswap House Co-hosted by Espacio Cripto— an evening of mezcal, music, and connection with the CDMX crypto community. Apply to attend — spots are limited. To participate, you’ll need a crypto wallet. 🦄 Download the Uniswap Wallet on iOS or Google Play.

Uniswap Labs 🦄

@Uniswap

Onchain. On the ground.

We’re visiting eight countries this summer, connecting with the builders and communities pushing DeFi forward

Find out where we're heading

Opportunity radar

An absolute highlight—don’t miss it: Draper University presents Founder Residency and an Embark Accelerator: founders will have the opportunity to get up to $72k in grant + investment funding, and up to 5 months in Silicon Valley.

Strategic Mentorship and access to Draper Ecosystem: Connect with VCs and successful founders. The Draper ecosystem has invested in almost 60 unicorn companies, and DraperU has an alumni network of over 5000 that you can tap into.

The Embark Program is specifically designed for Web3 startups that have progressed beyond the ideation phase, have a prototype or product, and are ready for significant scaling and market expansion.

Both programs are for builders focused on one of these blockchain verticals

📲 End User Apps (wallets, micropayments, remittances)
Financial Protocols (synthetic assets, derivatives, yield strategies)
🌉 Infrastructure (anchors, bridges, on/off ramps)
🛠 Developer Tooling (smart contract testing, security)
🤖 AI x Web3 (on-chain intelligence, automation)
🃏 Wildcards (impact projects, games, social finance, anything not listed above)

If you apply, please do mention Odisea in the application ;)

Next-gen-mex founders, there's a house waiting for you 👀

Join Mexico’s first Startup House from Starknet Foundation and Espacio Cripto and take your project to the next level

📚 Mentorship from top experts
🏠 Accommodation and meals included
💸 Chance to secure a 25K grant

For those exploring new roles this month, check out current opportunities including a Full Stack Developer and many other opportunities at Calice; Communications Specialist position at Tether and the hackathon announced by Lens Chain.

Cue up DJ Cush’s latest playlist and watch the room ignite. By daylight he’s the mastermind steering Odisea, but come nightfall he trades spreadsheets for turntables and unleashes a set that drags reggaetón, baile funk, and global bass into a single sweat-soaked orbit. Think neon-lit rooftops, subwoofers rumbling like distant thunder, and a tracklist that won’t let your hips call it quits. Hit play, kill the talk, and give the floor the workout it’s been begging for—you’ll be chasing that final beat till sunrise.

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