Team1 LATAM: Where a Global Movement Began
Born in Medellín. A vision and a local community became the blueprint for Team1’s global expansion and its newest official chapter.
A little over a year ago, 25 people gathered inside HashHouse in Medellín, Colombia, for a developer workshop organized by Chimba and led by Alejandro Soto. At the time, most people in the room were trying to understand what Avalanche was, how it worked, and what made it different. Nobody apart from one person was thinking about a simple workshop that would scale into a global team. But it did.
Team1 became a global orgaization and has recently started rolling out official chapters. Five other chapters have already went live in the last two months and now, Team1 LatAm is also launching as part of the global Team1 network.
Colombia as the Origin
CryptoChimba had been mapping how Avalanche could grow in Latin America long before there was a formal program like Team1 to join. He focused on the region’s context: high crypto adoption, real financial friction, and a population open to alternative systems.
Rather than waiting, he started engaging local stakeholders directly. That included conversations with government representatives in Medellín, where Avalanche was introduced as a practical tool across finance, infrastructure, and community development. Within weeks, Avalanche had a visible public presence in the city, including advertisements placed in the Medellín metro.
From Local Activity to Regional Structure
Growth followed through consistent on-the-ground work: workshops, university tours, and community meetups across multiple cities. Isolated efforts began connecting. Builders met other builders. Students became developers. Local communities started organizing themselves around shared goals.
That momentum is now a regional network:
100+ events across Latin America
6,100 total attendees
2,250+ builders activated
Team1 LatAm is just step one. As different countries within the region grow, official chapters like Team1 Colombia, Team1 Argentina, etc. will be rolled out.
A Different Builder Context
In much of Latin America, blockchain addresses concrete problems: limited access to financial systems, inefficient infrastructure, and constrained economic mobility. That context shapes how builders work. Outcomes matter more than experimentation. Collaboration is practical, and projects move forward because the problems behind them are real.
One of the clearest shifts over the past year has been the transition from curiosity to execution. Participants who entered through workshops and university programs are now competing in hackathons, shipping products, working in the ecosystem, and integrating into broader Avalanche initiatives.
Built to Last
Over the next three to five years, Team1 LATAM will expand developer education at universities across the region, building a pipeline of builders who move from the classroom into the Avalanche ecosystem. The number of LATAM projects competing in global initiatives will grow. Team1 will connect local startups with international investors and partners, helping teams move from early prototypes to products that reach global markets.
The events, mentorship, and builder networks that made the first phase possible are already scaling to meet the needs of the next phase.
A Movement That Started Locally
Team1 LATAM grew from people who understood the technology and the environment where it could take root. That combination produced something the region now exports: a model for builder-led community growth that Team1 chapters on five continents have followed.
It started with a vision in one room in Medellín. Now rooms around the world are being filled everyday.
Join Team1 LATAM
Team1 LATAM is open to developers, founders, and contributors ready to build within the Avalanche ecosystem.
Join the Telegram community here: https://t.me/team1_latam
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