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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, Syngenta and Banco do Brasil.
In today's episode we will discuss:
1. What are the ultimate traits that VCs look for in a founder? What makes an early stage startup VC fundable?
2. What are do's and don'ts of pitching a startup to SP Ventures?
3. What are the pros and cons of being a sector specific VC?
4. What makes Francisco and the team at SP Ventures so bullish on agrifoodtech sector in Brazil and LatAm? Why Brazilian agricultural sector is ready for mass production of unicorns?
5. VC exit environment in agriculture: how will it evolve?
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Olga is an entrepreneur, venture capital investor, mentor at Techstars and founder at The J Curve, Latin America's leading English speaking podcast about tech builders. She's been investing in the USA, SEA and Latin America for over 13 years. Companies she backed include tech unicorn ClassPass (acquired by Mindbody) and Vitalk (acquired by Gympass).
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