Entrepreneur Profiles
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Is AI a Thing in Latin America? In Conversation with Hi Ventures
LAVCA sits down with Hi Venture to discuss their evolving thesis and vision for...
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The Future of B2B Startup Investing in LatAm: In Conversation with NXTP
NXTP Ventures recently reached a USD98m final close for NXTP Fund III, its third...
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A 20-Year Journey: An Interview with Technisys CEO Miguel Santos
Company: Technisys Investors: KASZEK, Dalus Capital, Riverwood Capital Interview...
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Satellite Analytics & Irrigation Systems: Interview with Kilimo COO Tatiana Malvasio
Company: Kilimo Investors: NXTP Ventures, Alaya Capital, The Yield Lab, Xpand...
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Operating Leverage in Tech: An Interview with Movile CEO Patrick Hruby
Company: Movile Investors: Nasper’s Prosus Ventures, Innova Capital Brazil Interview...
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The IoT Opportunity in Latin America: An Interview With Cobli Co-Founder & CEO Parker Treacy
Company: Cobli Investors: Valor Capital Group, NXTP, Qualcomm Ventures, SoftBank, Fifth...
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The Pendulum of Education: An Interview with Descomplica CEO Marco Fisbhen
Company: Descomplica Investors: Invus Opportunities, SoftBank, Peninsula Participações,...
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The Gig Economy in Latin America: Interview with Heru Co-Founders Stiven Rodriguez and Mateo Jaramillo
Company: Heru Investors: Mountain Nazca, Flourish Ventures, Magma Partners, Y Combinator,...
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The State of Ecommerce in Latin America: Interview with olist CEO Tiago Dalvi
Company: olist Investors: SoftBank Latin America Fund, Valor Capital, Peninsula, VELT...
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Digital Banking at Scale: Interview with Conductor Chief Strategy Officer Marcelo Jacques
Company: Conductor Investors: Viking Global Investors, Sunley House Capital Management,...
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Creative Diversity in Brazil: An Interview with CREATORS Co-Founder and CMO Nohoa Arcanjo
Company: CREATORS Investors: Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund Interview...
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Coding is the Future: Interview with Arukay Co-Founder and CEO Vicky Ricaurte
Company: Arukay Financing Status: Bootstrapped Interview with: Co-Founder & CEO...
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Banking as a Service: An Interview with SWAP Co-Founders Ury Rappaport and Douglas Storf
Company: SWAP Investors: ONEVC, GFC, Flourish Ventures, a.b.seed, Hustle Fund, Brad...
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Healthtech During Transformational Times: An Interview with Alice CFO Luiz Octávio Maluf
Company: Alice Investors: Canary, KaszeK Ventures, MAYA Capital Interview with: CFO...
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Less Paperwork, More Employee Retention: An Interview with Worky Co-Founder and CEO Maya Dadoo
Company: Worky Investors: QED Investors, LEAP Global Partners, STARTegy...
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Finance Without Borders: Remessa Online and The Quest to Connect Brazilian Businesses
Company: Remessa Online Investors: KaszeK Ventures, Bewater Ventures, Global Founders...
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Building Trust in Real Estate: An Interview with La Haus Co-Founder and President Rodrigo Sánchez-Ríos
Company: La Haus Investors: KaszeK Ventures, Acrew Capital, IMO Ventures, Beresford...
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Tech Growth Coalition: LatAm C19 Relief Efforts
Since the C19 pandemic began, Tech Growth Coalition members have stepped up with relief...
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Taking Games Seriously: An Interview with Wildlife Studios Co-Founders Arthur Lazarte and Mike Mac-Vicar
Company: Wildlife Studios Investors: Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture...
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Interview with Laura Mendoza, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Unima
Unima is a Mexico-based healthtech startup developing fast and low-cost diagnostics and...
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Spotlight on LatAm Proptech
LAVCA recently spoke with 🏠 proptech founders from Loft (Brazil) and Flat...
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Inside QuintoAndar’s Ascendancy in Brazilian Real Estate Tech: Interview with CTO Andre Penha
QuintoAndar is a breakout Brazilian real estate startup that CBInsights and the NYTimes...
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All About Loggi: Founder Fabien Mendez is Delivering for Amazon, MercadoLibre, & “Everyone”
LAVCA recently sat down with Loggi co-founder and CEO Fabien Mendez to understand how a...
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Women in STEM & The Gender Dividend: An Interview with the Creators of Wise
LAVCA interviewed WISE, Women in STEM Entrepreneurship (a collaboration of the IDB LAB...
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Gaszen CEO & WeXchange Winner Jennifer Reyna on Energy Disruption
Company: Gaszen Representative: Jennifer Reyna Title: CEO &...
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Kueski on the US$46b Consumer Credit Opportunity in Mexico
Company: Kueski Investors: Variv Capital, Crunchfund, Rise Capital, Core Ventures Group,...
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Ben & Frank Challenges Eyewear Shopping Norms in Mexico
LAVCA sat down with Ben & Frank co-founder & co-CEO Mariana Castillo in Mexico City to...
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Brazil’s Wevo is Bringing Platform Integration Tech to the Forefront
Wevo is a Brazilian ecommerce cloud integration platform that raised its first funding in...
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Healthtech & the Opportunity to Reduce Diabetes in Mexico
SocialDiabetes is a Barcelona-based healthtech platform for diabetes patient care with...
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ComparaGuru is on a Mission to Foster Financial Progress in Mexico
ComparaGuru is a Mexico-based financial management platform for comparing insurance and...
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1Doc3: “The Digital Revolution in the Health Industry has not even Started”
1Doc3 is a digital health platform providing individualized medical information to over...
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Autolab’s Turning the Tide of Auto Repair, Boosting Job Growth & Satisfaction for Colombia’s Middle Class
An unnamed group of American, British, Colombian, Mexican, and Peruvian investors...
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Mesfix’s Felipe Tascón Ortíz on fueling Colombia’s Economy through Crowdfunding
Mesfix is a Colombian crowdfunding platform that has helped 80+ businesses collectively...
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TPAGA Co-Founder Andrés Gutiérrez on Bringing Mobile Payments to Colombia’s Unbanked
TPaga is a Colombia-based mobile payment platform for the unbanked. In 2017, Silicon...
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Peru’s Laboratoria Tackles Coding Gender Gap in Latin America with International Funding
Mariana Costa, Herman Marin, and Rodulfo Prieto founded Laboratoria, an organization to...
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IFC Alum Focuses Efforts on Teaching Brazilian Women to Code with {reprograma}
In this interview with {reprograma} founder & CEO Mariel Reyes, we learn about how she...
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Mediação Online Raised R$500K from 500 Startups to Tackle Brazil’s “Litigation Culture”
Mediação Online, a legal dispute mediation service for Brazilian businesses and...
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With Funding from Wayra Colombia & Quake Capital, Ad Optimization Startup DataGran Expands Globally
DataGran is an ad optimization startup in New York that raised an undisclosed amount of...
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Kingo Raises Series B to Bring Pre-Paid Solar to Central America
Company: Kingo Founder: Juan Fermín Rodriguez Investors: ENGIE, FCP, FMO, Proparco,...
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GuiaBolso Talks Revolutionizing Personal Finance for 3m+ Brazilians & US$39m Series D
Company: GuiaBolso Co-Founders: Benjamin Gleason, Thiago Alvarez Investors: Vostok...
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Cultura Colectiva Raises Round from Dalus Capital to Create Content for Spanish-Speaking Millennials
Cultura Colectiva is a digital media company creating content for Spanish-speaking...
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Brazilian Agtech Heats up with BR Startups Investment in Tbit (em português)
Tbit is an agtech startup that raised R$1m from BR Startups, a fund whose investors...
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Tienda Nube Tackles E-commerce with US$7m Series B from Elevar Equity, IGNIA, KaszeK Ventures
Tienda Nube provides over 16,000 merchants an omnichannel e-commerce platform, with...
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Mexican Edtech Startup Yogome Targets Asia with Series A (en español)
Yogome es un startup mexicano de edtech que levantó una ronda de US$6.6m serie A. En...
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Weex is Bringing Mobile to Millennials in Mexico with Funding from ALLVP (en español)
Weex es un Operador Móvil Virtual que cuenta con más de 150k usuarios activos y un...
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Hogaru CEO Matteo Cera is on a Mission to Create 100,000 Jobs
After participating in Y Combinator, Hogaru, a subscription cleaning service for small...
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Aliada.mx on Redefining Perceptions of Domestic Workers in Mexico and Taking on Financial Inclusion
Since launching in September 2014, Aliada now provides 50,000 services monthly, and...
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MESA 24/7 CEO Pedro Callirgos on Gaining Traction in the Chilean Market (en español)
MESA 24/7 is a Peruvian startup that wants to revolutionize the way restaurants interact...
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Intellibrand Talks Expansion Plans after Funding from DGF (em português)
Intellibrand is a digital trade marketing platform that received a R$5m investment from...
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SpaceDat Co-Founder & CFO Guillermo De Vivanco on the Opportunity of Big Data in Agtech & the Funding Gap in the Sector
SpaceDat brings big data to agriculture with a drone enabled digital platform. Guillermo...
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Brazil’s Nibo Addresses Complex Accounting with Help of Local and International Investors
Nibo is a fintech startup empowering small businesses to navigate Brazil’s complicated...
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Brazil’s Nibo Addresses Complex Accounting with Help of Local and International Investors
Nibo is a fintech startup empowering small businesses to navigate Brazil’s complicated...
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Suyo Tackles Informal Housing in Colombia with Follow-on Funding from Omidyar Network
Suyo, a startup making it easier and more affordable for low-income families in Colombia...
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Mosyle’s Brazilian Edtech Solution Takes Off in US Market with Investment from DGF
Company: Mosyle Investors: DGF Investimentos Mosyle is a Brazilian edtech...
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Mercadoni’s US$6.2m Proves LatAm is an Ideal Market for Grocery Delivery Innovation (en español)
Company: Mercadoni Investors: Axon Partners, Grupo Pegasus Mercadoni is a...
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Cornershop CEO Oskar Hjertonsson: Showing Significant Progress to our Investors was Critical to Landing our Series B
Company: Cornershop Investors: Accel Partners, ALLVP, Creandum, Endeavor Catalyst, Grupo...
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Aflore Leverages Series A to Eradicate Financial Exclusion in Colombia
Company: Aflore Investors: Polymath Ventures, Fiinlab Aflore is a startup that is...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Carolina Reis and Andrés Ochoa, CEO and CTO of OneSkin
OneSkin is a biotech startup in Silicon Valley with ambitious plans to discover...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Guille Freire, co-founder and CEO, Trocafone
Trocafone is closing the digital gap in Brazil by making smartphones more affordable by...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Simón Borrero, Co-founder & CEO, Rappi
After raising capital from local investors, Colombian delivery startup Rappi, co-founded...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Hector Cardenas, Co-Founder & CEO, Conekta
Conekta is a Mexican online/offline payments platform that just received a US$6.6m Series...
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Entrepreneur Profile: 2015 WeXchange Winner – Liza Velarde, Co-Founder, Semka Biomedical Technologies
LAVCA heard from Liza Velarde, Co-Founder of Semka Biomedical Technologies, to learn more...
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Social Entrepreneur Profile: Marcio Waked, Founder, Bio Fair Trade
Following a US$30k investment made by NESsT in 2014, LAVCA spoke with Marcio Waked,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Luiz Tangari, CEO, Strider
Brazil’s agtech startup Strider just raised a US$3m Series A from Monashees and...
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Entrepreneur Profile: David Arana, Founder & CEO, Konfío
Mexican fintech startup Konfio just secured a US$8m Series A from KaszeK Ventures, QED,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Adriano da Rocha Lima, WebRadar
Brazilian startup WebRadar is an international breakout in the big data space, crunching...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Diego Saez Gil, CEO & Co-Founder, Bluesmart
LAVCA heard from Argentine entrepreneur Diego Saez Gil, CEO and Co-Founder of Bluesmart,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Pedro Neira, CEO & Founder, Dating LATAM
LAVCA heard from Pedro Neira, CEO & Founder of Peru-based startup Dating LATAM about...
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Entrepreneur Profile: 2014 WeXchange Winner – Carolina Medina Gutiérrez, Co-Founder & CEO, Agruppa (formerly SokoText)
LAVCA heard from Carolina Medina Gutiérrez, Co-Founder and CEO of Agruppa (formerly...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Andres Sucre, Co-Founder, Reserbus
Andres Sucre, Co-Founder of Mexican online bus booking engine, Reserbus, spoke with LAVCA...
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Social Entrepreneur Profile: Isabel Medem, CEO, X-Runner
Isabel Medem, CEO of X-Runner, a Peruvian waterless sanitation system used in the slums...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Nicolás Pardo Lanzetta, Head of RedSeguro
Nicolás Pardo Lanzetta, Head of Colombian insurance intermediary RedSeguro spoke with...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Jacob Rosenbloom, Emprego Ligado
Jacob Rosenbloom, Co-founder and CEO of Emprego Ligado, a Brazil-based blue-collar labor...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Angela Cois, LastRoom
Angela Cois, Founder and COO of Lastroom, a Mexico-based travel manager specifically...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Gary Urteaga, Cinepapaya
Gary Urteaga, Co-Founder of movie information and ticket sale portal Cinepapaya, spoke...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Brian Requarth, Co-Founder and CEO of VivaReal
Brian Requarth, Co-Founder and CEO of online real estate marketplace VivaReal, spoke with...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Adolfo Babatz, Co-founder and CEO, Clip
Adolfo Babatz, Co-founder and CEO of Mexico City-based Clip, a mobile payment system,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Juan Martín Delgado Londoño, Co-founder and COO, Ecociclus
Juan Martín Delgado Londoño, Co-founder and COO of Ecociclus, a new enterprise waste...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Sebastián Pérez Saaibi, CEO; Juan Pablo Marín Díaz, CIO Aentropico
LAVCA spoke with Sebastián Pérez Saaibi and Juan Pablo Marín Díaz, CEO and CIO of...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Daniel Wjuniski, Minha Vida
LAVCA met with with Daniel Wjuniski, Founder and CEO of Minha Vida, to discuss how...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Germán Dyzenchauz, GoIntegro
LAVCA caught up with Germán Dyzenchauz, CEO and Co-Founder of GoIntegro, to discuss how...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Alejandro Russo, Klooff
LAVCA checked in with serial entrepreneur Alejandro Russo to discuss his latest start-up,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Ben Knelman, Juntos Finanzas
LAVCA took the opportunity to check in with social entrepreneurs Juntos Finanzas and...
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Entrepreneur Profile: Alex Torrenegra from VoiceBunny
LAVCA touched base with serial entrepreneur Alex Torrenegra to learn about his...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Queremos/WeDemand
LAVCA spoke with Tiago Compagnoni, founder of Queremos/WeDemand, who discussed how his...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Solapa4
LAVCA spoke with Santiago Gonzalez Venzano, Rodrigo Ramírez, and Tomás Peña,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Deborah Dana, Kiwilimon
Deborah Dana, the founder of Kiwilimon, gave LAVCA details about Kiwilimon’s strategy...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Mauricio Bejarano & Alejandro Gonzalez, Brainz
Colombian entrepreneurs Mauricio Bejarano, Chief Strategy Officer and Alejandro Gonzalez,...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Inteview with Enrique Z. Coronado, Por ti, Familia
CEO of Peruvian startup, Por ti, Familia, Enrique Coronado tells LAVCA about the thrills...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Rafael Atijas, The Loog Guitar
LAVCA recently spoke with Rafael Atijas, Founder and CEO of The Loog Guitar about how a...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Daniel Avizú, ZoeMob
ZoeMob Co-founder, Daniel Avizú, spoke with the Latin America PE/VC Report about how...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Jaime Cater, Health Digital Systems
Jaime Cater, CEO of Mexico-based Health Digital Systems (HDS) recently spoke with LAVCA...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Natália Monteiro, Zuggi
Natália Monteiro, CEO of Zuggi chatted with LAVCA about the journey of her start-up and...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Andres Alterini, Smowtion
Andres Alterini, CEO of Smowtion, recently sat down with the Latin America PE/VC Report...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Pamela Chávez- Crooker, Aguamarina
Pamela Chávez-Crooker, Founder of Aguamarina, recently spoke with LAVCA about how she...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Raul Polakof, Scanntech
Uruguay-based entrepreneur, Raul Polakof, CEO of Scanntech, discusses the challenges and...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Leandro Vetcher, Green Pacific Biologicals
Founder and CEO Leandro Vetcher told LAVCA about his quest towards commercialization for...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Daniel Rosas, TES America
The Latin America PE/VC Report recently spoke with Daniel Rosas, President and CEO of...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Wang Shu Chen, Adespec
Wang Shu Chen, Founder of Adespec, a Brazilian-based producer of environmentally-friendly...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Walter Kissling of NAVSAT
Walter Kissling, Founder and President of Navsat, a location-based services company in...
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Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Bruno Giuffra, Promotick
LAVCA spoke with Bruno Giuffra, Founder and Executive Director of Promotick, a Peru-based...
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