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Rio

LATAM’s largest stablecoin FX and liquidity provider

Y CombinatorSummer 2022ActiveFintechPaymentsFintechCrypto / Web3PaymentsLatin America

What they do

Problem

Financial innovators in LATAM lack efficient access to stablecoin FX, liquidity, and on/off-ramps to scale cross-border and digital finance products.

Solution

Rio provides stablecoin FX execution and liquidity infrastructure that enables businesses to source, swap, and move stablecoins reliably in LATAM.

Who it's for

Fintechs, payment providers, and other financial innovators operating in LATAM who need stablecoin liquidity and FX.

Founders

Eudelio Garza
Founder

Eudelio is the CEO of Rio. Prior to Rio, he was a Product Manager at BlockVigil, a dev platform that provides Matic nodes as a service. He onboarded 30 developers and helped the company reach 1 billion API calls/day. When talking to web3 devs, he realized the need for better on-and-off ramping infrastructure in emerging markets.

Javier Roberts
Founder

Building Rio

Ricardo Villarreal Chapa
Founder

Co-founder of Rio (YC S22). Studied Computer Engineering at Boston University. Ex engineering product manager (for banks) and private equity analyst. Enjoys training BJJ, rockclimbing, and tennis.

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