Starting a business is a game of persistence. As our guest Sergio Furio says in this episode, “we build businesses to thrive over 10-20 years, but we don’t know what’s happening tomorrow.”

Sergio was born in Spain and moved to Brazil after his wife, Silvia, told him about the high interest rates in the country. He founded BankFácil in 2011, which later became Creditas.

Much later, in fact. Sergio had to adapt his strategy a few times, and has persisted a lot, but he’s staying ahead of the game. Creditas is now the largest fintech for secured loans in Brazil.

Today, Sergio talks about:

His experience going-to-market (again and again)
His biggest mistakes he made when Creditas started to grow, and
The fundraising journey that led him to raise over 300 million dollars

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#5 - Changing the tires while driving: Sergio Furio, Creditas