Founders of Latinometrics: Mario & Ernesto Canales

Mario & Ernesto migrated back to Mexico over a year ago to build the Chartr of Latin America which seeks to visualise Latin America's potential

Something which I am eternally grateful for is the fact I get to reach out to hundreds of different investors and pick their brains. Every so often, I stumble across someone building something unique and ~6 months or so ago, I hopped on a call with a gentleman named Mario Canales, one-half of the founding team behind Latinometrics. Back in this edition of Market Talk, I described Latinometrics as follows; “If you’ve ever heard of Chartr, the publication famed for its aesthetically pleasing visuals of happenings in business, tech, and entertainment, then Latinometrics is that, but for Latin America”. I believe there is a sizeable audience (investors, reporters, et al) who are seeking to understand the LatAm market and that this duo are onto something big. Upon returning to Mexico over a year ago the pair, who are avid readers of investment newsletters; “realized that there was nothing similar for the growing Latin American market and an overall lack of data-based content about the regi…