#124 - The opportunities yet to be seized, in the eyes of startup founders: The LatAm Tech Report

12/07/22 • 15 min

Latin America is a giant. It's a market worth over 5 trillion dollars. A population of over six hundred million people. And a territory that stretches from Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego.

These big numbers also come with big challenges. You might be thinking that they are barriers we can't overcome. But we've seen time and time again that it works much like the opposite.

Startup founders are diving head-first into opportunities that are as vast as The Amazon River. And some of them have yet to be seized.

We've launched the first edition of The LatAm Tech Report (https://www.latitud.com/en/reports/the-latam-tech-report-2022) to provide new coordinates for your opportunity map. We took a deep dive into seven industries dear to Latin America – B2C Fintech, B2B Fintech, E-commerce, SaaS, Proptech, Healthtech, and Climate Tech. There, you can find all the data and interviews with industry experts to know the past, present, and future of each sector.

We also wanted you to hear directly from the founders thriving in these seven industries and in Latin America. So, in this episode of the Latitud Podcast, the creators of Pomelo, Addi, Bitso, Morado, Nuvemshop, Xepelin, Clivi, Sami, and SuperPlants shared with us what insights startup founders in their industries can't miss.

Building good sh*t in Latin America?

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Latin America is a giant. It's a market worth over 5 trillion dollars. A population of over six hundred million people. And a territory that stretches from Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego.

These big numbers also come with big challenges. You might be thinking that they are barriers we can't overcome. But we've seen time and time again that it works much like the opposite.

Startup founders are diving head-first into opportunities that are as vast as The Amazon River. And some of them have yet to be seized.

Building good sh*t in Latin America?

Learn about how Latitud can help you at latitud.com
Discover and pitch Latitud Ventures, your partner from 0 to 1 and beyond
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#123 – Living with economic uncertainty and developing a startup culture in Latin America: Federico Antoni, ALLVP

Federico Antoni had an extensive career in marketing, working for retail and e-commerce companies like Mercado Libre. But he found his calling in the venture capital world.

Over a decade ago, Federico founded ALLVP, a Mexican venture capital fund focused on solving the hardest problems in Spanish-speaking Latin America. ALLVP now has a portfolio of over 40 startups. Their emblematic portfolio company is Cornershop, sold to Uber.

Now, ALLVP's preparing its fourth fund, and Federico divides his time between ALLVP, boards of multiple startups, and lectures at Stanford.

Today, Federico and I talk about:

His leap from retail and teaching to the startup and venture capital segments, and what was the Mexican startup ecosystem like when ALLVP started;
What gaps have been filled since then, and how the firm faces the macroeconomic uncertainty in Latin America as a feature, and not as a bug;
What does ALLVP mean by team-market fit, its plans for a fourth fund, and Federico's view on the current market landscape and the development of a startup culture in Latin America.

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#125 - Building a better future for the 99%: Ryan Bloomer, K50

Ryan Bloomer founded the venture capital firm K50 six years ago, after building two companies, an accelerator, a venture studio, and a founder community. With K50, Ryan had an ambitious goal in mind: betting on startups building a better future for the 99% in the US and in Latin America.

Since then, K50 has invested in no less than 180 startups, with pre-Seed and Seed rounds in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and future of work. Fintual, Frubana, Osana, and Tul are some examples of K50's thesis in action.

Today, Ryan and I talk about:

His trajectory up to K50 Ventures, and on what startups and founders the firm bets inside the early-stage space;
Why Ryan started a founder community back in 2008, how it followed a decentralized support model, and the thesis of investing in diverse geographies;
Ryan's vision on valuations for early-stage startups, the drive for solving huge problems and creating a legacy, and the one investment that exemplifies K50's thesis.

Building good sh*t in Latin America?