Tapas & Cañas — The LTW Kick-Off
LTW opens here. Spanish tapas & cañas at a Michelin-star restaurant.
LTW 2026 starts here. Every June, thousands of founders, investors, and operators descend on New York for NY Tech Week. Latino Tech Week runs as a satellite format during that same week, a way to organize, visualize, and unite the Latino diaspora across the week. Tapas & Cañas is how we open the week. Spanish-style tapas, cañas, and the people shaping Latino tech, all at a Michelin-star restaurant before the programming kicks off. No panels, no slides. Just the room you want to be in on day one.
Who was in the room
Andrés Cano
Founder · Latino Tech Week
New York
Host and curator of the week. Also GP at Pygma, writing first checks into LatAm fintech and AI founders.
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