The grand finale of Argentina’s builder funnel

Crecimiento was born from a simple idea: Argentina can be a global hub for crypto and frontier technology.

Our mission stands on three pillars — mass adoption, startup growth, and regulatory stability. With that vision, we arrived at the Aleph Festival, a three-month Pop-Up City that brings together more than 10,000 builders, startups, regulators, and investors from all over the world.

Within this festival, a journey unfolds — one that takes founders from their first prototype to the global stage at Devconnect: the Aleph Hackathon, where over 1,300 participants built the first prototypes in August; the Buildathon Season, six weeks of mentorship and acceleration; and now, the Startup World Cup.

The best startups in the industry enter the competition, pitching real solutions — from decentralized finance and tokenization to privacy, identity, and real-world assets.

The Qualifiers, held at Aleph Hub on November 15, mark the first round of pitches, followed by the Semifinals on November 16, where selected teams and partner projects present again in greater depth. Only twelve will make it to the Grand Finale, on November 19 at Devconnect’s main stage, before thousands of and builders and investors with a jury that includes Tomasz Stańczak (Ethereum Foundation), Juan Benet (Protocol Labs), Devin Walsh (Uniswap Foundation), and Stani Kulechov (Aave), alongside leading investors such as Sam Lehman (Pantera Capital), Ariel Arrieta (NXTP), Robbie Petersen (Dragonfly), and Louis Mohn (Franklin Templeton).

But the Startup World Cup is more than a competition. It’s the stage for startups — where all converge to shape the future of Web3.

For founders, the Startup World Cup means visibility, credibility, and opportunity: a chance to present their work before investors, mentors, and global protocols, and to connect with the people shaping what’s next. For Crecimiento, it’s a symbol of everything we’ve built together — proof that Argentina and Latin America are not only part of the global conversation, but at its center.

This is our World Cup — a celebration of founders competing not for trophies, but for the future. It’s where Argentina shows its potential, where ideas become companies, and where the next generation of global innovation takes the stage.

In Argentina, football is passion. At Crecimiento, we bring that same energy to innovation. The Startup World Cup is our own final — a moment where creativity, resilience, and community come together on one stage, showing the world what this region is capable of.

Because this time, Argentina isn’t just participating — it’s leading.

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