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Latitud Podcast
Get inspired by Latin America’s most prominent tech founders and investors. They share personal and actionable insights on how to scale, raise capital, and become a better leader. Presented by Brian Requarth, Latitud’s cofounder.
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Episodes
189 episodes
#139 – Lessons from a startup pioneer in Mexico: Bernardo Cordero, Flat
Bernardo Cordero has always liked to be one of the first people to arrive at the scene. That was the case with Linio, an e-commerce company created more than a decade ago. That was also the case with STARTegy, his venture b...
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#138 – Successfully teaching, creating, founding, and investing: Mar Hershenson, Pear VC
Mar Hershenson has done it all. She's been a VP of product development and a co-founder of three successful startups.With 14 patents under her belt and a passion for teaching, Mar has joined us today to share her insights on:
#137 – Empowering underrepresented markets through capital access: Stevon Darling, H20
Growing up in the Bahamas gave Stevon Darling an interesting world vision. He started his career studying to be a doctor but later was exposed to finance education and found his calling. He was, until very recently, the CIO of H2O ...
#136 – The Secret to Nubank's Product Development: Hugh Strange
Hugh Strange worked as a VP of product at Nubank. As you know, being a company devoted to innovation and product development, his work there was full of rich and broad experiences. In our conversation, Hugh shared how to choose the...
#135 – Product and business modeling on the go: Marcelo Lombardo, Omie
This is an open and honest conversation full of lessons and ideas from a dynamic and curious founder: Marcelo Lombardo. As a kid, He used to build electronic equipment for fun, buying parts, dismantling, and building them back again. <...
#134 – Meridian by Latitud: the fintech for venture-backed startups in LatAm: Patrick Kolencherry and Brian Requarth, Latitud
This is a special episode about a product we have been working on for some time now. Meridian is the business account for LatAm startups. You can manage your company's runway, move capital across borders, and keep your flow of fund...
#133 – From childhood inventions to startup investing around the world: Mercedes Bent, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Mercedes grew up in a household where inventions, product ideas, and web development were discussed at the dinner table. That unique environment created a curious-minded person who started her professional career on Wall-street but...
#132 – Crucial legal and financial information for startups: Daniel Green, Gunderson
It's 2023, and all startups are trying to find answers to profound questions that may affect their present and future existence. We invited back Dan Green from Gunderson Dettmer for a series of special episodes where we will focus...
#131 – Everything tech: Yuri Danilchenko, Latitud
Yuri Danilchenko is Latitud's tech-co founder, and I have introduced him many times before. Personally, what I find very compelling about his story is that we can see clearly how his personal experience helped shape who he is and how he w...
#130 – Latitud and Jeeves presents: Demystifying fundraising for LatAm startups.
It takes an effort of titans to elevate the startup ecosystem in Latam. At Latitud, we know it's not possible to do it alone; that's why we partnered with Jeeves to help provide access to financial tools to help founders in the most critical st...
#129 – Real-estate technology and business in LatAm: Brynne McNulty Rojas, Habi
While searching for a new home for her family, Brynne saw an opportunity to introduce much-needed transparency and speed into the real estate market in Colombia. Today, the company she co-founded, Habi, is a leading start-up in the...
#128 - The state of startups: Elad Gil, Color Genomics
In the world of startups, Elad Gil has done it all. He's been an executive, entrepreneur, investor, or advisor for so many successful companies: Airbnb, Gusto, Stripe, Square, Google and Twitter, to name a few. Today he is the co-founder ...
#127 - Empowering businesses and the middle class of Latin America: Wenyi Cai, Polymath
Before being COO at Milo, a consumer internet startup eBay acquired in 2010, Wenyi was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in the Middle East, Africa, & South Asia. Today she is the CEO and co-founder of <...
#126 - A successful shift from venture building to investing: Cristobal Perdomo, Wollef
Ten years ago, the entrepreneur and lawyer Cristobal Perdomo decided to "take a risk on those who risk it all." That's when he became the co-founder and general partner of Wollef. The Latin American VC firm has invested in over 30...
#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...
#124 - The opportunities yet to be seized, in the eyes of startup founders: The LatAm Tech Report
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 ...
#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 Mexica...
#122 – The path to finding your purpose and becoming a crack: Oso Trava, Cracks Fund
Every startup founder needs to know what their superpower is. Oso Trava knows pretty well which one is his – connecting people and helping them become the best they can be.That realization came with years of creating startups and ...
#121 – In an uncertain market, a certain bet on LatAm startups: Izabel Gallera and Marcos Toledo, Canary
Canary has its eyes on promising startup founders even if they still don't have an idea or a company name. That's how the early-stage venture capital firm has invested in more than a hundred startups throughout Latin America. And tha...
#120 – Stori's story of becoming Mexico's 9th unicorn and a credit card giant: Marlene Garayzar
Stori became the ninth unicorn of Mexico this year, after raising a US$ 150 million equity and debt round last July. And, with it, the credit card fintech got a valuation of 1.2 billion dollars. That's another proof of the impre...
#119 – How can founders, angel investors, and mentors create value: Simon Baker, CAV Investment Group
Simon Baker is passionate about big ambitions and high growth – and he has built a portfolio with companies from all around the world to see that first-hand.Simon is not only an Australian serial investor and an expert in the glob...
#118 – Supporting the development of Latin America through venture capital: Alejandro Diez Barroso, DILA Capital
Back in 2005, Alejandro Diez Barroso had the idea of building a venture capital fund to support the development of Latin America. He was a Mexican entrepreneur himself and saw the lack of capital for startup founders.His fund fina...
#117 – Global funds looking for Latin American founders: a16z, Founders Fund, and Harlem Capital at Vamos Latam Summit
Prominent global venture capital funds already have startups from Latin America on their radar, and founders should be prepared to attract these VCs. I know that first-hand, with Andreessen Horowitz being one of Latitud's investors.
#116 – Past, present, and future of venture capital in Latin America: Canary, Kaszek, and Monashees at Vamos Latam Summit
Venture capital is not about driving a car, but flying a spaceship. It's all about the long-term mission. Latin America has laid the groundwork in the last years in terms of talent, capital, and market adoption. Even so, we're still in the earl...
#115 – Building strong founder communities: Ian Hathaway, Camilla Junqueira, and André Barrence at Vamos Latam Summit
Building a community is a powerful tool for any startup – but it's not an easy task to create a gathering that becomes a reference. There might be a few names that come to your mind when talking about founder communities, maybe Techstars, Endea...