Bio

Miryam Lazarte is the founder of LatAm Startups, a Toronto-based accelerator that brings startups from emerging markets to Canada and scales them globally. Under her leadership, LatAm Startups has become a designated organization for Canada's Startup Visa program and recently received over $3M dollars from the Federal Government in funding to support technology companies relocating in Canada. Since 2017, the three-phase program at LatAm Startups has worked alongside over 150 tech companies from around the world to obtain validation in North America and launch their businesses in the Canadian market. A serial entrepreneur since childhood in Colombia, Lazarte is passionate about building stronger economic ties between Canada and Latin America, which is often an overlooked market of 800 million consumers. Lazarte is a member of the Program Advisory Committee for Business Administration, Entrepreneurship and Small Business at Seneca College, and works closely with both Canadian and Latin American angels in pursuit of cross-border investment opportunities. Miryam has been recognized in the Canadian tech ecosystem with multiple awards, the most recent being ''Newcomer Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019''. The Newcomer Entrepreneur of the Year is an award presented by Startup Canada recognizing an individual that leads as both a newcomer and entrepreneur in the country.