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Martin Pustilnick
Martin Pustilnick is the co-founder and CEO of Mundi, a New York-based fintech platform that fronts working capital to small and mid-sized Mexican exporters so they don't have to wait 30, 60, or 90 days to get paid by cross-border buyers. An Argentine economist and Stanford MBA who worked at BCG, OLX, PayJoy, EXOR, and FJ Labs before starting Mundi in 2020, he has raised roughly $138M in equity and debt, including a $16M Series A led by Union Square Ventures and a $100M warehouse facility from Silicon Valley Bank.
Francisco Mere
Francisco Meré is the founder and CEO of Blooms, a financial-technology company that gives Latin American fruit and vegetable exporters fast working capital, cross-border factoring, and multi-currency payments so their produce can reach North American shelves. A lawyer-turned-banker-turned-builder, he previously co-founded Bankaool, Mexico's first fully digital bank, ran the agricultural development bank FIRA, and chaired Mexico's fintech association. With Blooms he is chasing a multibillion-dollar financing gap that keeps growers cash-poor even as demand for fresh produce booms.