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

Episodes

Jorge Vargas Neto and Vanessa Muglia / BHub on key learnings of building and selling Zen Finance and Biva, challenges of doing business in Latin America and why 'janitor work' is a massive business opportunity 31.05.2022 31:23

Tuesday, May 31: For this episode of The J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Jorge Vargas Neto and Vanessa Muglia, co-founders at BHub a Brazilian startup that offers full back-office SaaS for small and medium businesses in Latin America, that has recently raised $20m in Series A from the lines of Monashees, Valor Capital and QED Investors. Prior to BHub, Jorge co-founded Zen...

Guilherme Bonifácio and Diego Libanio / Merce do Bairro on building businesses for micro SMBs, partnership, values and the biggest mistakes founders make when fundraising 16.05.2022 31:32

Monday, May 16: For this episode of The J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Guilherme Bonifácio and Diego Libanio, founders at Merce do Bairro, a Brazilian marketplace that manages the entire purchasing and delivery process for micro groceries that has recently raised $10 million series A from the likes of Flourish Ventures (The Omidyar Group‘s investment fund), Global Founde...

Guilherme Freire / Dolado on biggest lessons of his entrepreneurial career, triathlon, financial discipline and values 02.05.2022 41:54

Monday, May 2: For this episode of The J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Guilherme Freire, co-founder and CEO at Dolado, a Brazilian startup that digitizes small retailers in peripheral areas and small cities that has recently raised $10 million Series A from the likes of Valor Capital Group, Flourish (The Omidyar Group‘s investment fund), Global Founders Capital (GFC), IDB L...

Laura Constantini / Astella on lessons from fundraising in volatile market, mentorship and passion for early-stage investing 13.04.2022 36:44

Wednesday, April 13: For the final episode of The J Curve's LatAm Power Women in Tech Series I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Laura Constantini, co-founder and managing partner at Astella, Sao Paulo-based early stage venture capital firm with over $100M assets under management and over 50 companies invested including the likes of Omie and RD Station. Laura is the industry O.G.,...

Mariana Donangelo / Kaszek on what it takes to be successful in venture capital, traits of great founders and conviction around Latin America 25.03.2022 31:33

Friday, March 25: For this episode I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Mariana Donangelo, partner at KaszeK, Latin America's leading venture capital firm founded by MercadoLibre co-founder Hernan Kazah and its former CFO Nicolas Szekasy. KaszeK has recently raised $1B across two funds and since 2011 has backed over 90 companies including tech unicorns Nubank, Creditas, QuintoAnda...

Monica Saggioro / MAYA Capital on hands-on approach, price and process discipline and democratizing an access to entrepreneurship in LatAm 17.03.2022 33:47

Thursday, March 17: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Monica Saggioro, co-founder at MAYA Capital, Latin American early stage venture capital firm, whose portfolio includes the likes of Alice, EmCasa, Gupy, Kovi, Merama, NotCo and many more. Prior to MAYA Capital, Monica was Head of Operations for RBI Latin America where she managed the operations of 1,800 Burger...

Courtney McColgan / Runa HR on key lessons of scaling Cabify, unique challenges of building business in LatAm and why venture capital is not for everyone 22.02.2022 36:24

Tuesday, February 22: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Courtney McColgan, a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO at Runa HR, one of the leading payroll software providers for SMBs in Spanish speaking Latin America. Prior to starting Runa, Courtney was the CMO of Cabify, a taxi application for Latin America, where she grew the company from 3 cities and $20...

Gina Gotthilf / Latitud on failures, building remote-first company and the future of tech ecosystem in LatAm 10.02.2022 35:06

Thursday, February 10: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Gina Gotthilf, co-founder at Latitud, a platform helping build the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America through a dedicated fellowship and fund. In today's episode we will learn: 1) What was it like to build Latitud amidst Covid-19 pandemic? And what is the value Latitud brings to th...

Milena Oliveira / Volpe Capital on biggest challenges of venture capital industry in LatAm, evolution of legal environment and must-knows for first time founders 01.02.2022 20:31

Tuesday, February 1: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Milena Oliveira, founding partner at Volpe Capital, a brand new Sao Paulo-based early and growth VC firm with $100M AUM and the likes of Softbank, BTG. and Banco Inter affiliates among anchor investors. In today's episode we will learn: 1) How did the legal environment in Brazil evolve over the course of t...

Bianca Martinelli / Alexia Ventures on the biggest lessons from Endeavor, importance of mentorship and distinctive qualities of LatAm founders 20.01.2022 25:37

Friday, January 21: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Bianca Martinelli, partner at Alexia Ventures, Sao Paulo-based early stage VC that invests in SaaS, data & analytics and AI that has recently raised $80M from some of the best entrepreneurs in the region and whose portfolio includes the likes of Merce do Bairro and Hashdex. In today's episode we will le...

Manoela Mitchell / Pipo Saude on diversity as a critical driver of employee retention, biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make when fundraising and building business in LatAm 17.12.2021 31:58

Friday: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Manoela Mitchell, co-founder and CEO at Pipo Saude, Brazilian operator of health benefits platform, whose corporate customers include Brazilian Unicorns MadeiraMadeira and Buser and that has recently raised $20M Series A from the likes of Thrive Capital, Monashees, Kaszek, Atlantico and Nubank's co-founder David Velez...

Izabel Gallera / Canary on using data to support investment decisions, ultimate traits of the best founders and LatAm market evolution 10.12.2021 31:47

Friday: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Izabel Gallera, partner at Canary, one of the leading early stage venture capital firms in Latin America, that has recently raised $100M Fund III and whose portfolio includes the likes of Loft, Buser and Alice. In today's episode we will learn: 1) What are the ultimate turn offs when Izabel talks to the founders? Wha...

Rafael Clo / Azos on disrupting $49b insurance industry, role of financial discipline and building products for scale 09.11.2021 34:00

Tuesday: For this episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Rafael Clo, co-founder and CEO at Azos, Sao-Paulo-based tech startup democratizing life insurance in Brazil, that is backed by some of the best investors in Latin America including Naspers, KaszeK and MAYA. In today's episode we will learn: 1) How Rafael turned his negative personal experience with life insurance pro...

Michael Kapps / Vitalk on impact-driven entrepreneurship, culture of experimentation and building tech business in Brazil 28.10.2021 48:54

Thursday: For the very first episode, I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Michael Kapps, the founder and CEO at Vitalk, Sao-Paulo, Brazil based digital health startup that aims to make mental healthcare accessible for the underserved population in Brazil. Vitalk has recently raised Series A from the likes of Vox Capital, Valor Capital, Green Rock and Goodwater Capital. In today's...