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Miguel Armaza sits down with an absolute legend from the investing world - Martin Escobari, General Atlantic’s Co-President, Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee, and Head of Latin America.

Founded back in 1980, General Atlantic has become one of the premier global growth equity funds and grown to ~$80 billion AUM, with a team of almost 400 employees and 169 active portfolio companies.

Over the past 41 years, the GA team has seen it all and, fortunately for all of us, Martin shared an incredible amount of knowledge and lessons, including:

Martin’s transition from entrepreneur to investor.
Importance of collaboration for young rapidly evolving industries, and what GA looks for in their co-investing partners.
Common traits of the best entrepreneurs. Martin shares the top three traits those founders have in common.
Ingredients for a successful board. Martin has been a board member of dozens of companies and has learned what a great board looks like.
The incredible performance of Latin America tech, despite its macro challenges.
And a lot more!

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Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.

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