Pioneering fintech in Uruguay, with Mateo Infantozzi (Prezzta and Octa.dev)

<p>In one way, it's slightly surprising that <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mateo-infantozzi-riembau/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mateo Infantozzi Riembau</a> was a fintech founder. Not because there were no signs of entrepreneurial thinking, but because his early successes came from the travel industry. And yet he's done it twice, at a time were "there was little room for startups in Uruguay, and even less room for fintechs". But local innovators have changed that quickly. Now "fintech is sexy", and Mateo and his co-founders played a significant role in that change.</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can find Prezzta at https://www.prezzta.com/ (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/prezzta/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">or on LinkedIn</a>)</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can find Octa at https://www.octa.dev/ (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/octa-dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">or on LinkedIn</a>)</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can learn more about myself, Brendan le Grange, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on my LinkedIn page</a> (feel free to connect). <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/how-to-lend-money-to-strangers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The show has its own page there</a>, too, and is also present, but less active, on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/htlmts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram&nbsp;</a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/HTLMTS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> using the @HTLMTS handle. My action-adventure novels are on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0133U3HGC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6VS5451P6XEAX61A9G5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon, some versions even for free</a>, and my work with ConfirmU and our gamified psychometric scores is at <a href="https://confirmu.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://confirmu.com/</a> and on episode 24 of this very show <a href="https://www.howtolendm