Olga Maslikhova

The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova

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The #1 English-language podcast on Latin American tech, venture capital, and the founders building the region’s next generation of $1B+ companies. Ranked in the top 5% globally on Spotify. Hosted by Olga Maslikhova — venture capital investor and founder of The J Curve. New episodes bi-weekly featuring the founders, operators, and investors building and backing companies across Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and the rest of LATAM.

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Olga Maslikhova

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Cassio Bobsin, Founder and CEO at Zenvia: From Garage to NASDAQ IPO I What Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Means For Tech Industry and How To Stay Relevant As A Leader From Zero To One To IPO And Beyond 01.06.2023 38:26

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Cassio Bobsin , Endeavor entrepreneur and the founder and CEO at Zenvia . Zenvia is LatAm’s leading customer experience communications platform and the first Latam-based SaaS company to IPO on Nasdaq. Cassio is also the founder of WOW Accelerator , the largest independent startup accelerator in Brazil. We hope to make in person recordings our new...

Vander Corteze, Founder and CEO at Beep Saude on The Power of Mentorship, The Brutal Truth about Being A Founder, Core Elements of Winning Corporate Culture and Iterating Beep Saude's Way into Product-Market Fit 18.05.2023 44:44

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Vander Corteze , founder and CEO at Brazil's leading at home healthcare company Beep Saude , backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) , Valor Capital Group , Banco Bradesco , DNA Capital and the founder of Nubank David Velez. Prior to that, Vander founded a Brazilian chain of occupational health clinics BR Med , and prior to that he served...

Gustavo Brigatto, Founder and Chief Editor of Startups on The Potential of AI in Journalism, Building Online Communities and Why Your Marketing Should Never Depend on Social Media Alone 09.05.2023 34:29

For our third in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Gustavo Brigatto , founder and chief editor of Startups Brazil, a media platform that covers tech and venture capital in Latin America and beyond. Before becoming a founder, Gustavo spent 15 years as a business journalist, 12 of which were at Valor Economico , the largest economics, finance and business newspaper in Brazil. We hope to make...

Talita Lacerda, CEO of Petlove on Amazon Leadership Principles, The Secrets of Successful Fundraising and How to Build a Brand That Customers Love 27.04.2023 32:01

April 27: For our second in studio episode, I am thrilled to welcome Talita Lacerda , CEO at Petlove , the largest pet e-commerce platform in Brazil and Latin America, that has raised over $225M+ from some of the best investors in Latin America including L Catterton , Riverwood Capital , SoftBank , Kaszek , Monashees , Globo Ventures , Porto Seguro and Tarpon . Petlove has recently announced its p...

Jose Renato Hopf, founder of 4ALL and GetNet on The 3 Key Lessons from Building and Selling GetNet, The Secrets of High-Performing Private-Government Partnership and Bringing The South Summit to Brazil 18.04.2023 31:36

April 18: For our first in person episode ever released I am thrilled to welcome Jose Renato Hopf , the serial entrepreneur and the founder of GetNet , which became one of the largest companies in Latin American was acquired by Santander in 2014 for just south of $500M. Jose Renato is also a founder of venture builder 4ALL and co-founder and president at South Summit Brazil , the leading tech summ...

Bernardo Milesy / GLOCAL on raising venture capital fund in Latin America, why now is the best time to invest in agrifoodtech sector and why impact investments is an attractive business opportunity, 21.03.2023 33:08

March 21: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Bernardo Milesy , founder & managing partner at GLOCAL , the first certified B Corp agrifoodtech venture capital firm, whose portfolio includes the likes of Agrofy , Frizata and Kilimo In today's episode we will discuss: 1. Why impact investing is a lucrative business opportunity from venture cap...

George Roche / Yara Growth Ventures on key factors to consider before raising venture capital, do's and don'ts of a startup pitch and why agtech sector struggles to attract VC investors 13.03.2023 39:40

March 13: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with George Roche , investment director at Yara Growth Ventures , the corporate venture capital arm of Yara International , the world's leading crop nutrition and agriculture company out of Norway with $11b market cap. Yara Growth Ventures portfolio includes the likes of SP Ventures , Agrolend and Agrofy . ...

Camilla Junqueira / Endeavor Brazil on searching for meaning, putting Brazil on the global innovation map and the ultimate traits of high impact entrepreneurs 21.02.2023 36:37

February 21: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Camilla Junqueira , managing director at Endeavor Brazil , the leading global community of, by and for high impact entrepreneurs. In today's episode we will discuss: 1. What makes Endeavor so good at building community? What are the lessons that founders can learn from Endeavor's approach towa...

Adolfo Roullion / Frizata on building enduring partnership, why startups need to foster a global mindset and why incumbent CPGs suck at innovating 14.02.2023 37:43

February 14: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Adolfo Roullion , founder and CEO at Frizata , a direct-to-consumer vertically integrated frozen food tech company that has raised ~ $10M from the likes of the founder of Mercado Libre Marcos Galperin , SP Ventures and Norte. In today's episode we will discuss: 1. What are the building blocks of 25...

Victor Santos / Liv Up on do-or-die mindset, challenges of building a D2C frozen food company in LatAm and the most important lessons of his entrepreneurial career 02.02.2023 37:29

February 2: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Victor Santos , founder and CEO at Liv Up , a São Paulo-based D2C healthy frozen food company that has raised over $70M from the likes of Kaszek , ThornTree Capital Partners , Lofoten Capital and many more. In today's episode we will discuss: 1. What are the core skills required to manage complex busi...

Francisco Jardim / SP Ventures on the nuances of being a sector-specific investor, do's and don't of startup pitching and why agricultural sector in Brazil is ready for mass production of unicorns 24.01.2023 35:25

January 24: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Francisco Jardim , co-founder and general partner at SP Ventures , a São Paulo-based pioneer venture capital investor in agrifoodtech space in Latin America whose portfolio include the likes of Agrolend , Agrofy and Frizata and that's backed by corporate and industry giants like Yara Growth Ventures ,...

Alan Glezer / Agrolend on revolutionizing agricultural finance, current fundraising environment in tech and common mistakes that fintechs make 17.01.2023 35:45

January 17: For the first episode of the J Curve in 2023 I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Alan Glezer , co-founder and CFO at Agrolend that has recently raised over $27M in Series B led by Lightrock and joined by Yara Growth Ventures , SP Ventures and Valor Capital Group . In today's episode we will learn: 1. Profitability vs growth. What should founders focus on during adve...

The J Curve 2022: Year in Review 30.12.2022 33:52

In this final episode of the year we are taking a look back at top 10 most listened episodes of the year and sharing our favorite insights from each and every one of them. If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our newsletter on our website https://www.thejcurve.com and follow us on Spotify or Apple . The J Curve on Instagram: http...

Marcos Salama / Inventa on his key learnings from scaling Rappi's grocery business, focusing on growth, building multicultural organization at Inventa and 12.12.2022 29:32

December 12: For the final episode of the J Curve in 2022 I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Marcos Salama, founder and CEO at Inventa, Brazil's leading digital marketplace for small retailers and suppliers in Latin America that has raised over $80m in venture capital from the likes of Greylock, a16z, Founders Fund, Tiger Global, monashees, One VC and MAYA. In today's episod...

Guilherme Weigert / Conexa Saude on pioneering product-led growth in telemedicine, scaling Conexa from 20 to ~600 employees and the future of health in Brazil 21.11.2022 35:16

November 21: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Guilherme Weigert, founder and CEO at Conexa Saude, Brazil's leading telemedicine and digital health platform that manages over 20M lives and that has recently raised ~$40M Series C from the likes of General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs and Igah Ventures. In today's episode we will learn: 1. When,...

Eduardo Carone / Atlas Governance on philosophy of happiness, building a truly diverse organization and what it actually takes to succeed in business and life 07.11.2022 38:24

November 7: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Eduardo Carone, founder and CEO at Atlas Governance, Brazil's leading software platform for corporate governance management that has recently raised $5M Series A from the likes of Volpe Capital and DSK Capital. In today's episode we will learn: 1. What's subjectivism and how to apply that...

Marcelo Lombardo / Omie on leadership, scaling trust and why Silicon Valley go-to-market playbook doesn't always work 31.10.2022 35:03

October 31: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Marcelo Lombardo, founder and CEO at Omie, a São Paulo based ERP platform that has raised over $138M from the likes of SoftBank, Tencent, Riverwood Capital, Dynamo, Velt, Bogari Capital, Hix Capital, Brasil Capital and Astella. In today's episode we will learn: 1. Why is it so hard to build partner...

Rodrigo Tognini / Conta Simples on hitting the product-market fit, key lessons from pivoting and scaling a constraint-rich mentality 17.10.2022 27:01

October 17: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Rodrigo Tognini, a founder and CEO at Conta Simples, a São Paulo based financial platform for SMBs that has recently raised $24M Series A from Tinder founders Justin Mateen's JAM Fund, Valor Capital, Base10 Partners, Y Combinator and Big Bets. In today's episode we will learn: 1. How do you defi...

Daniel Ibri / Mindset Ventures on building bridges between global tech markets, bootstrapping Fund I and why now is the best time to invest in startups 03.10.2022 31:55

October 3: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Daniel Ibri, a founder and General Partner at Mindset Ventures, an early stage Sao Paulo based VC firm that invests in B2B startups in Israel and the United States, that just did the first closing of their brand new $100M Fund IV and whose portfolio includes tech unicorns Brex and Turing. In today's ep...

Benjamin Gleason / Kamino on fundraising in adverse market environment, unit economics mentality and entrepreneurship in Brazil 13.09.2022 33:41

September 14: For this episode of the JCurve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Benjamin Gleason, founder and Head of Strategy & Corporate Development at Kamino, Sao Paulo-based end-to-end financial hub for high growth businesses in Latin America that has recently raised over $6M in pre-seed capital from Inspired Capital, Global Founders Capital, Fontes, Picus Capital and Flourish...

Parker Treacy / Cobli on key learnings from bootstrapping First Help Financial, building an efficient sales organization and why the pace of learning is founder's competitive advantage 31.08.2022 30:29

August 31: For this episode of the JCurve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Parker Treacy, founder and CEO at Cobli, Brazilian telematics and fleet management platform that has recently raised $35M Series B from the likes of Softbank, Fifth Wall, Qualcomm Ventures and Valor Capital. Prior to that, Parker founded First Help Financial now one of the largest independent auto finance com...

Guilherme Azevedo / Alice on building a healthcare company amidst global pandemic, entrepreneurial drive and changing human behavior 22.08.2022 23:59

August 22: For this episode of The JCurve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Guilherme Azevedo, founder and Head of Health at Brazilian healthcare company Alice that has recently raised $127M Series C from the likes of SoftBank, Kaszek and Globo Ventures. Prior to that Guilherme co-founded another health company Dr. Consulta and Brazil's largest tilapia fish farm GeneSeas. In to...

Antoine Colaço / Valor Capital on the state of the global tech market, industries to watch in Brazil and biggest mistakes founders make 08.08.2022 30:15

Monday, August 8: For this episode of The JCurve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Antoine Colaço, a managing partner at Valor Capital, the leading US / Brazil cross-border multi-stage VC firm, whose portfolio includes over 15 tech unicorns including the likes of Gympass, CargoX, Olist and Loft. Prior to that, Antoine spend 9 years in Google, launching operations for various division...

Guilherme Assis / Gorila on surviving a recession, entrepreneurial mistakes and crypto's potential to change the way people interact 22.07.2022 24:37

Friday, July 22: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Guilherme Assis, founder at Sao-Paulo based Iporanga Ventures whose portfolio includes the likes of Buser, Loggi, Olist and investment platform Gorila in which Guilherme is also a founder and CEO. Most recently Gorila raised over $20M in Series B from Ribbit, Apis and Monashees. In today's episod...

Ana Zucato / Noh on taking risk, building diverse organization from scratch and unique challenges of launching consumer fintech products in Brazil 05.07.2022 33:05

Tuesday, July 5: For this episode of the J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Ana Zucato, founder and CEO ar Noh, a Brazilian fintech operating in shared finance space that has recently raised $3M seed funding from the Ikes of Kindred Ventures, Positive Ventures, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and The Twenty Minute VC by Harry Stebbings. Prior to founding Noh, Ana worked at Intu...