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Kontigo

We’re building Kontigo, a USDC Smart Neobank for Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America. We launched our Peer-to-Peer onramp 20 days ago and we’ve already had $540k in deposits, 10k active users and a +300k waitlist. The founding team has built and scaled fintechs in Latam, and it’s ex-Venmo, Nubank, Rappi, MercadoLibre, Ualá, Platzi, and Yuno. We’re already backed by DST Global, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, Transpose + 10 YC alums. Sending money to Latin America is just as painful as holding it d

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We’re building Kontigo, a USDC Smart Neobank for Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America. We launched our Peer-to-Peer onramp 20 days ago and we’ve already had $540k in deposits, 10k active users and a +300k waitlist. The founding team has built and scaled fintechs in Latam, and it’s ex-Venmo, Nubank, Rappi, MercadoLibre, Ualá, Platzi, and Yuno. We’re already backed by DST Global, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, Transpose + 10 YC alums. Sending money to Latin America is just as painful as holding it d

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KontigoUSDC Smart Neobank
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shared product terms: launch, days, ago, already; shared product theme: finance and payments; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Luable

match 54

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shared product terms: latin, america, launch, deposit; shared product theme: finance and payments; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

New Story

match 52

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shared product terms: latin, america, launch, 20; same category: Developer tools; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Yuno

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shared product terms: yuno