For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Veronica Serra, Founding Partner at Brazilian VC growth fund Innova Capital⁠, whose current investments include Semantix AI and Clearsale. Veronica is a former board member and investor of Mercado Libre and Movile-iFood and current board member of Endeavor Global and Harvard Business School Latam Advisory Board. In today's episode we will discuss:   1. Endeavor flywheel: insider's look into the global entrepreneurship powerhouse 2. From Movile to Mercado Libre: the common traits of exceptional founders 3. Smart beyond the money: how great VC investors make decisions? 4. Veronica's advice to women getting started with investing: 'Don't be afraid and take the risk' 5. Building momentum: what's next for Innova Capital and VC growth investing in Latin America? If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠ and follow us on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple⁠.  Follow Olga on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or ⁠Instagram⁠ 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).

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Diego Barreto, CFO & VP of Strategy at iFood, the largest food tech company in Latin America; author of the best seller “New Economy” ('Nova Economia') and mentor at Endeavor. Prior to that Diego was Director of Finance at Suzano, the largest paper and pulp company in Latin America. In today's episode we will discuss:   1. Garage to riches: the secret sauce of iFood success 2. Brazilian gig economy: what are the trends that will shape its future? 3. Food delivery revolution: the impact of AI 4. Power of mentorship: how to unlock economic growth through guidance? 5. The next tech thing: top scalable startup business models in Brazil If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple.  Follow Olga on LinkedIn or Instagram 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).

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Gabriela Gonçalves, founder and managing partner at Namari Capital; managing partner at Brasil Venture Debt, whose portfolio includes the likes of Exact Sales (acquired by RD Station), Solfacil and Digibee. Prior to that Gabriela was a co-founder and managing director at Rocket Internet-backed Lazada (acquired by Alibaba).We hope to make in person recordings our new normal, so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. Inside Rocket Internet: what is it like to work at a startup clone factory and what does it teach you about business?2. The founder's guide to venture debt: what is it and how it works? How is it different from venture capital?3. Flying high through lows: why 2023 is the golden year for startup investing?4. Present value: why financial literacy is a must for startup founders?5. Overcoming sunk cost fallacy: fail fast, fail forwardIf you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. 

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Pedro Sirotsky Melzer, partner at Patria Investments; founding partner at Igah Ventures, whose portfolio includes the likes of Infra Commerce, Unico, Avenue Securities, Hashdex, Conexa Saude, CRM&Bonus and more.We hope to make in person recordings our new normal, so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. Deconstructing VC decision making framework: how does Igah evaluate startups?2. From Unico to Contabilizei:  what do successful founders have in common?3. Gambling is not a thesis: why investment discipline outweighs hypothetical upsides? iFood example4. Startup governance: how to run a high performing Board?5. Igah & Patria Investments: how to build a lasting VC business within the largest alternative investment firm in Latin America?If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. 

For this in studio episode I am thrilled to welcome Fersen Lambranho, Brazilian entrepreneur and investor; chairman of the board of GP Investments and G2D Investments, member of the board of Centauro, Spice Private Equity and The Craftory. Fersen is also the former CEO of Lojas Americanas and the current board member of several non-profits including São Paulo Museum of Art. Additionally, he actively invests in deep tech initiatives in the USA, UK and Brazil through his family office Volpini Ventures.  We hope to make in person recordings our new normal, so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. Bridging the gap: how digitalization can tackle social inequality?2. From Brazil to the world:  how Brazil can shape the future of climate-tech?3. Bumps in the road: what are the key challenges of building a deep tech startup in Brazil?4. GP and G2D Investments playbook: how did it evolve and what are the key startup evaluation factors today?5. The power of mentorship: who are the key influential figures in Fersen's life and what are their most important lessons?If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on InstagramOlga 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).Olga on LinkedInOlga on InstagramOlga on Twitter 

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 normal, so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. Cassio's Journey: Key Lessons from Bootstrapping Zenvia for 20 Years2. Maximizing startup growth: How to Avoid Being a Bottleneck as a Founder?3. Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: A Turning Point in Tech History?4. Fostering the culture of Innovation as a publicly traded companies: Zenvia's approach.5. Cassio's Top Startup Advice: Making It Work End-to-EndIf you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on InstagramOlga 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).Olga on LinkedInOlga on InstagramOlga on Twitter 

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 as an emergency doctor at a fire department in Rio de Janeiro.We hope to make in person recordings our new normal, so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. What the concept of dark kitchen has to do with healthcare? 2. What makes Endeavor and Endeavor Brazil so special and different from any other entrepreneurial networks?3. Why having mentors is important and how one mentorship session with Diego Barreto, iFood CFO changed the way Vander thought about his business? 4. Customer Obsession: how to maintain a 95 Net Promoter Score (NPS) in the at home vaccination business?5. Be Prepared: How startup founders should handle the downturn?If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on InstagramOlga 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).Olga on LinkedInOlga on InstagramOlga on Twitter 

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 in person recordings our new normal so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. Journalism meets AI: will ChatGPT and AI ever replace journalists? 2. How to build a community around a startup? What are the key benefits of using communities to scale?3. LinkedIn as a growth engine: how does it differ from other platforms?4. Why you should never rely on social media alone to grow your startup? 5. Thinking big: what does the future hold for Startups if everything goes right? What's the scale of Gustavo's ambitions?If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on InstagramOlga 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).Olga on LinkedInOlga on InstagramOlga on Twitter 

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 plan to go public within 2-3 years.  We hope to make in person recordings our new normal so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1. What was Talita's approach towards adopting and localizing Amazon's single-threaded leadership principle, focus on the input metrics together with Google's OKR system for the Petlove's organizational design? 2.  What is the secret sauce of successful fundraising? What are the questions founders must ask themselves when they choose their investors? 3. Meritocracy vs Partnership: what matters more from Talita's perspective?4. What is Petlove's approach towards building sustainable customer-focused and business?5. Why having an omni-channel strategy is important for digitally native brands?If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on InstagramOlga 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).Olga on LinkedInOlga on InstagramOlga on Twitter 

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 summit in the South of Brazil that dragged over 22000 attendees, 900 speakers and over 3000 thousand startups just this year. We hope to make in person recordings our new normal so please do check out our new YouTube channel.In today's episode we will discuss:  1.  What are Jose Renato's key learnings from building, scaling and selling GetNet to Santander?2. What is the premise of a high-performing private-government partnership?3. What is the operational secret behind Uber, Airbnb and Netflix? 4. What are the main downsides of a Silicon Valley mindset?5. What are the big industries in Brazil that are ready to be disrupted? If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our new YouTube channel and follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on InstagramOlga 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).Olga on LinkedInOlga on InstagramOlga on Twitter