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Find The Way#30 - Going Viral, Game Brand, and Marketing vs Product | Max Cavazzani & Peter VesterbackaBehind Angry Birds and Trivia Crack's globally recognized brands, there are whole team efforts that got them where they are today. Max Cavazzani, CEO & Founder at Etermax | Trivia Crack, and Peter Vesterbacka, ex-CMO & Mighty Eagle at Rovio | Angry Birds, share their experiences in building the viral games and their thoughts on Competition, Marketing, Product, and Brand.
Maximo Cavazzani is the founder and CEO of etermax, the global interactive entertainment company, creator of flagship brands like Trivia Crack (Preguntados) and Word Crack (Apalabrados) which have been connecting, building communities, and co-creating value through interactive content i...2024-01-1039 minFind The Way#29 - Impact Investing in Latin AmericaAnna Raptis and Justin Schwartz dive into Impact Investing and the current status in Latin America. We go through what is Impact Investing, why it matters, how it gets measured, and other related topics.
Anna Raptis is the founding and managing partner of Amplfica Capital. Investing to increase economic participation and opportunities for women in Latin America. She is passionate about and committed to developing professional women and women investors, to support this goal she is a cofounder of Women in Venture Capital and Private Equity in Mexico and Voz Experta Mexico.
Justin Schwartz is the Managing Partner of...2023-12-131h 03Find The Way#28 - Limited Partners in Latin AmericaJoin Alejandra Rios, CEO at Ambrosia & Shark at Shark Tank Mexico, and Claudio Schlegel, Angel investors & LP for 6 VC funds in Latam, as they delve into various aspects of investing and entrepreneurship in Latin America.
Alejandra discusses her diverse involvement in businesses, including a family-owned catering and food service company, her investments in several venture capital funds, and angel investments. She highlights her role as a fund manager in her venture capital fund, Meraki Ventures, which focuses on consumer goods, direct-to-consumer companies, and the service economy. Additionally, Alejandra shares her experience as a Shark...2023-11-291h 19Find The Way#27 - Logistics in Emerging MarketsAlongside Agustin Costa, SVP Shipping at Mercado Libre, and Radu Palamariu, MD at Alcott Global, we get a bit more into logistics in emerging markets. We go through key topics in Logistics today: having a successful supply chain, challenges delivering on the KPIs, the global fight for talent, and pressing concerns such as Sustainability.
Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI) is Latin America’s leading e-commerce technology company, maintaining a leadership position in 18 Latin American countries. Through its primary platforms, MercadoLibre.com and MercadoPago.com, it provides solutions to individuals and companies buying, selling, advertising, and paying for goods on...2023-11-1557 minFind The Way#26 - M&A in Latin AmericaLet's dive into the complex world of M&A in Latin America alongside Pablo Teubal from FS Partners (Argentina) and Marcio Fiuza from Brasilpar (Brazil). They have been playing the game for over two decades and have seen the ups and downs and all the intricacies of M&A in the region.
FS Partners and Brasilpar are part of IMAP, International Mergers & Acquisitions Partners. This network provides independent, strategic M&A and corporate finance advice to mid-sized companies and their owners. IMAP is present in 49 countries and has cross-border experience across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
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...2023-11-011h 22Find The Way#25 - Biotech in Latin AmericaWhat do you do when you want to invest in Deep Tech and there are no companies to invest in? You create the companies! Let's get into the story of how Biotech venture capital was born in Latin America with the founder of GRIDX, Matías Peire. They are the first Biotech Company Builder in Latin America.
A decade ago, Latin America's biotech scene was in its infancy; now, with over 200,000 researchers and pioneering tech advancements, the region is soaring. Discover how genome sequencing, CRISPR, and the fusion of the biological and digital realms are...2023-10-181h 12Find The Way#24 - EdTech in Latin AmericaReady to unbundle Latin America's state of education with Fabio Muniz from Awari (Brazil) and Federico Hernandez from Henry (Argentina)? From continuous learning to coding schools and better access to education, this episode goes through how Latin America is trying to keep supplying highly demanded technical talent to the world.
These two entrepreneurs clearly learned something from Y Combinator and have become one of the most successful EdTech companies in Latin America.
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With more than 125,000 customers, 628.4 million USD raised, and with the latest valuation of 3.1 billion USD, Nuvemshop | Tiendanube is one of the most important players in the world of E-commerce in Latin America.
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2023-09-201h 09Find The Way#22 - Corporate Venture Capital in Latin AmericaExploring the nascent world of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) in Latin America with:
Gabriela Ruggeri: A Managing Partner at Overboost and Kamay Ventures, the first open CVC fund in the region. Recently, she was the only Argentine woman ranked in the "Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist 2023”, a list that includes top leaders of the world's corporate venturing units, because of her expertise and extensive knowledge of seed-stage funding in Latin American startups.
Vanessa Bello: An economist specializing in finance and venture investments. Right now, she holds the position of Head of...2023-09-061h 06Find The Way#21 - Early-Stage Investing in Latin AmericaWelcome to the Season 2! A completely new lineup and a slightly modified concept ;)
Ivan Montoya is the Founding General Partner of NuMundo Ventures, a seed-stage fund backing exceptional Latin American fintech, proptech, and supply chain startups. Ivan is a LatAm Super Angel who has invested in 40 seed-stage fintech, proptech, and supply chain companies generating a 70% IRR. Notable investments include Jeeves, 99Minutos, Foodology, and Picap.
Alejandro Gálvez is the Managing Partner of 99 Startups, a seed capital fund that invests in fintech, logistics, and healthcare startups in Latin America. He i...2023-08-231h 16Find The Way#20 - Erik LehikoinenIn the last episode of the Season 1 of Find The Way Podcast , host Erik Lehikoinen concludes the season by summarising what happened, why the pod was created, and what is happening in Latin American tech. During the last nine months, Erik met over 350 entrepreneurs and 200 investors in Latin America, asking questions to understand the region's opportunities as well as complexities.
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TikTok: tiktok.com/@find...2023-04-1931 minFind The Way#19 - Victor NogueraVictor Noguera is the Co-founder of a Mexican property tech startup Flat.mx. They are transforming the buying and selling of real estate in Mexico. He received a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and an MBA at Berkeley-Haas in California. Prior to Flat.mx, Victor served as a Director at Boston Consulting Group in New York and Barcelona.
In addition, together with Bernardo Cordero, Victor co-founded STARTegy, a Seed fund that invested in worky.mx, klar.mx, belvo.com, and mymoons.mx which later raised funds from Founders...2023-04-1246 minFind The Way#18 - Paula EneiPaula Enei is the Partner and co-founder of Platanus Ventures (PV), an early-stage startup accelerator created by technology entrepreneurs and supported by Cornershop and Fintual. PV is heavily inspired by Y Combinator and aims to create an alternative to YC in LatAm. Currently, Platanus Ventures offers an investment of USD $100,000 in exchange for a 7% stake in the startup, a 3-month mentorship program by successful digital product entrepreneurs, and the possibility of raising capital on Demo Day, which marks the end of each generation.
PV was founded in 2020 with the purpose of discovering and creating more high-impact...2023-04-0543 minFind The Way#17 - Ramon VelasquezRamon Velasquez is a Fintech entrepreneur from Venezuela. His mission is to promote financial inclusion and develop payment solutions adapted to the different business sectors in Venezuela. Currently, Ramon is the Founder & CEO of Ubiipagos. Tune in to know more about what is happening in the Venezuelan tech ecosystem and how entrepreneurs are finding the way to create opportunities regardless of hyperinflation.
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Find The Way#16 - Ali JamalAli Jamal is the Founding Partner of First Check Ventures. They are an investment syndicate with a large presence in Emerging Markets and especially in Latin America. He is an angel investor who has completed more than 200 deals. Ali studied Economics and Statistics at Stanford and started his career in Tech M&A before getting hands-on operating experience as a Data Scientist. Ali spent the last 10 years in various Product and Growth roles at companies like Zynga, RockYou, Agoda, Rappi, and most recently at PayClip (one of LatAm's fastest-growing FinTech companies). Ali has extensive experience in consumer-facing tech companies....2023-03-2243 minFind The Way#15 - Jose DeustuaJose Deustua is the Managing Director of UTEC Ventures. For the last five years, Jose has been investing actively in Peruvian startups with the purpose of creating successful Latam Tech companies. Being an early-stage investor Jose has worked closely with founders to achieve product-market fit and raise funds. Overall, UTEC Ventures portfolio has raised more than US$ 45 million generating a 4x return on investment. Besides his work at UTEC, Jose was also part of the founding team and past president of the Peru Venture Capital Association and is a regular writer for Peru’s top business newspaper Gestion.
...2023-03-1538 minFind The Way#14 - Diego BertezzoloDiego Bertezzolo is the Co-founder and CEO of Avancargo (B2B trucking platform in South America). He is a serial entrepreneur who sold his first start-up at the age of 23. Diego is a former Commercial Manager for Argentina and Uruguay at Volvo CE, and holds an MBA from the University of San Andrés. The comeback story of Avancargo is inspiring. From the edge of bankruptcy, battling against the lack of access to financing, the founders rebuilt Avancargo and within the past two years have reached over $10 million in ARR while being profitable.
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2023-03-0837 minFind The Way#13 - Viviana ColomaViviana Coloma is the Program Director of SOLYDES Accelerator & the Managing Partner of the 1st VC of Bolivia - Escalatec. Since 2013 she has led international programs for entrepreneurs. Her expertise as a coach has allowed her to support entrepreneurs to scale their businesses and strengthen their leadership. Viviana also contributes to the ecosystem by writing a monthly column on leadership issues and was one of the first participants in the women's TEDX in Bolivia.
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I...2023-03-0137 minFind The Way#12 - Diego NoriegaDiego Noriega is currently the managing partner of Newtopia, an early-stage VC aiming to become one of the main drivers of the Latin American entrepreneurial ecosystem. Before becoming an investor, Diego co-founded more than 23 successful companies, including AlaMaula, which eBay acquired. Drawing on his strong business development skills and knowledge, he has mentored more than 1200 startups, evaluated more than 2000 companies for investment, and delivered about 250 conferences on business development and entrepreneurship.
In his current role as Managing Partner at Newtopia, he is responsible for building the Newtopia community and supporting the teams through extensive mentoring programs. The...2023-02-2244 minFind The Way#11 - Manuel TanoiraManuel Tanoira is the Partner & Co-Founder of TCA Tanoira Cassagne, a full-service law firm, where he leads the VC Team. He is also one of the drafters of the New Start-Up and VC law approved in Argentina in 2017 (Law 27.349). He obtained his law degree from the School of Law of the Argentine Catholic University in 1996. In addition, Manuel conducted post-graduate studies in Business Administration at Berkeley University (1997) and in Capital Markets at the Argentine Catholic University (2000).
Among many other academic activities, he is a Professor in several Start Up and VC programs in Argentina (MINDS, from the...2023-02-1542 minFind The Way#10 - Carmen de la CerdaCarmen de la Cerda is Managing Partner at BuenTrip Ventures. A firm that seeks to identify, mentor, and invest in the best early-stage startup founders in Latin America. Recently, BuenTrip Ventures announced it is launching its second fund, making it the first institutional VC Fund operating out of Ecuador and investing throughout Latin America.
Carmen’s mission is to transform, at a fundamental level, the region through technology. She works with founders, mentors, and investors in Ecuador and abroad in order to provide access to knowledge, networks, and capital to companies with high growth potential.
Ca...2023-02-0837 minFind The Way#9 - Juan Pablo GaravagliaJuan Pablo is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Zonda Capital, a deep technology energy and climate early-stage VC and CVC partner investing in science-based startups in LATAM. He has contributed to 5 top industrial technology companies during the last +20 years, defining and executing business strategies, enabling sustainable growth and innovation. He is an energy and climate expert, a high-velocity data-driven decision maker, and is passionate about bringing new technology for the development of our world.
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Twitter: twitter.com...2023-02-0139 minFind The Way#8 - Maximiliano DicranianMaxi (Maximiliano) is an impact entrepreneur from Argentina. Currently, he is the Co-Founder and COO of Kigüi. They focus on minimizing food waste by incentivizing consumers to buy products close to expiration in LATAM. The lack of incentives for consumers to buy food close to the expiration date and the $43 billion worth of food that is wasted in the distribution chain & stores in LATAM caused friends from an MBA class to change this.
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Instagram: instagram.com/f...2023-01-2538 minFind The Way#7 - Tomás PeñaTomás Peña is the Managing Partner of The Yield Lab Latin America. He has been operating in emerging markets for the past three decades as a founder and investor. The Yield Lab invests and accelerates high-impact early-stage companies. The mission is to enable entrepreneurs to sustainably revolutionize agrifood systems. In parallel, they provide educational resources and ecosystem-building support through their non-profit branch, the Yield Lab Institute.
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Li...2023-01-1837 minFind The Way#6 - Arnobio MorelixArnobio is a Brazilian entrepreneur, executive and data scientist building Sirius Education, the first neouniversity in Brazil. Throughout his career he has started companies; led a global team of PhDs, data scientists, and consultants; advised governments in 35+ countries on their innovation policies; and authored research and analysis with Stanford University, the World Economic Forum, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Kauffman Foundation, and others. He also previously served as Chief Data Scientist at Inc. Magazine and Chief Innovation Officer at Startup Genome.
Morelix is the Founder and CEO at Sirius Education, where he is building with his colleagues...2023-01-1141 minFind The Way#5 - Eduardo Martin CordascoEduardo Martin is the Co-founder and CEO of an Argentine agriculture technology company Wiagro. He is a wireless technology specialist and telecommunication engineer and has witnessed the obstacles of operating in the world of hardware in LATAM. In this episode, he will share insights on how unpredictable import/export policies and macroeconomic volatility can cause headaches.
They are on a mission to ensure that food will not get wasted by digitalizing post-harvest operations. Tackling 1 TRILLION USD of annual food loss problem Wiagro offers real-time analytics services related to the condition of the grains by combining IoT devices (s...2023-01-0434 minFind The Way#4 - Luis BarlettaWith 20 years of experience in animal production and an irrational passion to question the status quo, becoming an entrepreneur was a natural step to searching for solutions in order to unlock traditional practices.
Luis has founded 5 companies in the areas of biotechnology, the internet, and agribusiness:
- Feedvax: Biotech + Agtech - Smart oral vaccines that eliminate animal handling
- Zampa: Agribusiness - Integration of the beef value chain from breeding to high-value meat cuts.
- Alto de los Corderos: Agribusiness - Original sheep production system in which 3 products are obtained in 8 months; mutton...2022-12-2835 minFind The Way#3 - Jazmín Gustale GillJazmín Gustale Gill is a Paraguayan venture capital investor. She is Managing Partner of iThink VC, a venture capital fund investing in exceptional entrepreneurs solving the most pressing challenges in Latin America. Jazmín is passionate about impact and the potential of disruptive technologies to transform the region and accelerate sustainable development.
She has a breadth of experience working in the innovation, policy, and social impact space. Before founding iThink VC, Jazmín led the creation of the first National Innovation Strategy in Paraguay, working in the Presidency of the country. She oversaw the development of the...2022-12-2137 minFind The Way#2 - Agustin BellosoOffering plant-based solutions in a country with one of the highest meat consumption rates per capita and where Asado is so embedded into the culture, must not be easy. Today's guest Agustin Belloso is a lawyer who turned to Food Tech entrepreneurship. Currently, he is serving as the CEO & Co-founder of Tomorrow Foods. They create integrated turn-key solutions that allow their customers to launch tasty, healthy, and sustainable food.
Agustin is on a mission to:
Pave the way for more plant-based foods in a country with one of the highest meat consumption per capita
Make sure...2022-12-1436 min
Find The Way#1 - Diego González BravoDiego co-founded Cygnus Capital and Cygnus Angel Club with Ignacio Plaza in 2012, investing in more than 30 companies together. Currently, at Draper Cygnus, Diego leads Seed/Series A investments and Due Diligences, he advises entrepreneurs on fundraising and exit strategies.
Diego has served as President of the Argentinean Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (ARCAP, 2018-2020) and is a founding member of the Argentinean Entrepreneurs Association (ASEA, 2014). As part of ARCAP and ASEA, Diego collaborates in designing the next wave of economic and entrepreneurial public policy in Argentina.
In this episode, Diego shares a small piece...2022-12-0741 min
Find The WayIntro - Find The Way PodcastIntroduction to Find The Way Podcast. It's finally time to announce the launch of Find The Way podcast series, where we will explore how emerging market entrepreneurs, investors, and communities are Finding The Way to make phenomenal things happen.
Let's continue breaking our mental bubbles and see how emerging regions are paving the way for new technologies.
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