Latitud Podcast

#107 – From founder to an investor in startups that solve the hardest problems in LatAm: Jimena Pardo, ALLVP

• Latitud • Season 3 • Episode 107

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Jimena Pardo started her startup journey after having a chat with the venture capital fund ALLVP. The Mexican venture capital fund focused on solving the hardest problems in Spanish-speaking Latin America and eventually wrote a check for Jimena's car-sharing startup.

Ten years later, Jimena is on the other side of the table. After also spending some years as a product manager at Facebook, she became ALLVP's newest partner. Jimena joins a fund that manages more than US$ 350 million and has a portfolio of over 40 startups. Their emblematic portfolio company is Cornershop, sold to Uber.

‍Today, Jimena and I talk about:

  • What the Mexican ecosystem for startups was like a decade ago, and how it has evolved;
  • Her journey as a founder and a tech executive, and how that made her a better investor;
  • ALLVP’s current thesis, its plans for the following years, and its view on the current investment climate and on the opportunities for LatAm startups

Building good sh*t in Latin America?