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On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Allison Kern, Partner at Morro Ventures. Morro is a new early-stage venture capital fund based in San Juan, Puerto Rico investing in attractive technology-enabled products and services across the Hispanic market. The Fund...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with  Leo Quintao, Founder of Smoov, a retail Smoothie Company founded in São Paulo, Brazil. Yes, Semilla. VC is a podcast about Latin American VC and technology, but Smoov is a smoothie shop I came across in São Paulo when wal...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Eric Yáñez, the Founder and CEO of Holacasa.mx (YC W23). Before founding Holacasa, he was the founder and CEO of HolaHipo and Mentoreamos.  In this episode, we discussed: ✅ How Eric used no code tools like Canva and Figma...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Claudio Schlegel for a special episode to hear about a new perspective…the boss's boss…the LP! Claudio is an LP in 99 Startups, Platanus Ventures, and Cometa. He is also an angel investor. In this episode, we discussed: ✅...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Rafa Barroso, Engineering Manager at Apple and a former Solutions Architect at Google. Rafa is also an Advisory Board Member at DUX Capital, an Angel Investor, and a former founder. In this episode, we discussed: ✅ How he...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Javier Sanchez Aldana, Managing Partner at Carabela, based in Guadalajara, Mexico. In this episode, we discussed: ✅ Why some founders try to solve too many problems at once. ✅ What is happening in Guadalajara’s venture c...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Claudio Barahona, Managing Partner at Alaya Capital. Claudio is on the board of Kilimo Agtech, Backstartup, Houm, Inti-Tech, Telenty, Pago49, and Rocketpin. In this episode, we discussed: ✅ The advantage of doing business...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Joel Phillips, Founder of Siglo Internet (YC S21). Before Founding Siglo Internet (YC S21), Joel was CEO of Farrow Ventures, a mobile money, payment, and content platform that he scaled to 1.5 Million users in Mexico and C...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Alejandro Gonzalez. Alejandro is a Managing Partner at Redwood Ventures, an early-stage fund based in Guadalajara, and a Managing Partner at Santatera Capital, a global fund investing in emerging companies in the food &amp...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Vicente Zavarce, the Founder & CEO of Yummy (YC S21), which operates services like rideshare and food delivery in overlooked Latin American markets like Venezuela and Bolivia. I have to say, I particularly enjoy speaki...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Ignacio Masias, the Co-Founder & CEO of Wynwood House, a decentralized boutique hotel with locations across Latin America built to cater to travelers who aspire for the quality and consistency of a luxury hotel without...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Bruno Pérez Celio, Senior Analyst at ArkFund and a Portfolio Manager at Arkangeles, an investment platform that’s seeking to democratize the ability to invest in startups in Latin America. Prior to his current roles, Bruno...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Antonio Nunes, Instaleap Founder & CEO, a SaaS platform that powers on-demand logistics for leading grocery retailers. Prior to Instaleap, Antonio was the Co-Founder of Mercadoni, a 1-hour delivery Groceries marketplac...

On this of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Sebastian Cardenas, Senior Associate at Monashees in Mexico City. Prior to his current role, Sebastian spent 4 years at Goldman Sachs in New York as both an Associate and Analyst in Equities Sales Trading.  In this interview you w...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Ana Ramos, the Co-Founder & CEO of Glitzi (YC S21) to provide at-home spa, beauty, and grooming services in Latin America. Prior to co-founding Glitzi, Ana worked at Vorwerk Ventures.  In this interview you will learn: ✅...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Chris Dowd, who works on the Investment Team at Dalus Capital and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico City. Prior to moving to Mexico City, Chris worked at Google in a number of different positions as a Strategic Partnership...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Alfonso de los Rios, also known as “Poncho” is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nowports, the Mexican Unicorn developer of a digital freight forwarder platform designed to handle freight transportation. The company's platform off...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Mariano Mayer, Managing Partner & Co-Founder at Newtopia VC. A lawyer by trade, he was a partner at a Buenos Aires-based law firm before joining the government of Buenos Aires as the General Director of Entrepreneurship un...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Alex Laplaza, Partner at Lowercarbon Capital. Alex has held multiple roles at Lowercarbon Capital, starting as an Associate, then Principal, and is currently a Partner. He was a 2020 Fellow at the Clean Energy Leadership I...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Marcial Gonzalez Fraga, Latitud’s Lead Investor for Hispanics Markets. Before joining Latitud, Marcial was the COO of Croni and spent 3 years at Mercado Libre working as both a Sr. Business Analyst for Mercado Credito and...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Cristian Raygoza, Founding Partner at Iluminar Ventures and Venture Partner at Gaingels. Before his current roles, Cristian spent 3 years at AIG in New York, on their Fixed Income, Private Equity, and Hedge Fund teams. He...

This is the first edition of a new series called Semilla. VC Rapid Pitch, where founders get a chance to share a demo or abbreviated public slide deck on Semilla. VC, attracting attention from potential investors and telling their story in their own words. On this episode of Semilla. VC Rapid Pitch, Kigüi Co-Founder and COO Maximiliano Dicranian shared the marketplace they are building to incentiv...

On this episode of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Alexa Clark Ibarra, Associate at Magma Partners. This episode is part of a new Semilla. VC series titled “Future Partners,” highlighting the insight we can derive from rising stars in the Latin American VC ecosystem. Befor...

On episode 35 of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Nicolás Malumián, Partner at Malumian & Associates.  Welcome to the second of two episodes of Semilla. VC's Invest in Argentina Series. Despite having the third largest GDP in Latin America, Argentina is often overlooked by...

On episode 34 of Semilla. VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Tomas Braun, General Partner of Kalei Ventures. Welcome to the first of two episodes of Semilla. VC's Invest in Argentina Series. Despite having the third largest GDP in Latin America, Argentina is often overlooked by intern...