For this in studio episode I am enjoyed invite Gabriela Gonçalves, founder and managing partner at Namari Capital; handling partner at Brasil Endeavor Debt, whose portfolio consists of the likes of Exact Sales (acquired by RD Station), Solfacil and Digibee. Prior to that Gabriela was a co-founder and handling director at Rocket Internet-backed Lazada (obtained by Alibaba).
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:56 Signing Up With Rocket Internet
4:10 What is Rocket Internet
5:00 The State of Commerce in SEA in 2012
5:31 Lazada story
7:03 Establishing cash-on-delivery at scale
9:37 What made Rocket Internet effective
11:46 Main learnings from Rocket Internet
14:26 What It takes to endure at Rocket?
18:00 Pioneering Venture Debt in Brazil
20:39 LP Fundraising Pitch about Brasil Venture Financial Obligation
24:50 Equity Capital vs Endeavor Financial Obligation
26:40 Requirements to raise Endeavor Financial obligation
28:00 How is Namari Different from Brasil Venture Financial Obligation
32:00 Elements to affect the future of financial obligation market in Brazil
34:49 How Fast Should a Startup grow to raise endeavor financial obligation?
35:22 The favorite baby concern
37:30 Quick Fire
In today’s episode we will talk about:
1. Inside Rocket Web: what is it like to work at a startup clone factory and what does it teach you about business?
2. The creator’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 start-up investing?
4. Present worth: why financial literacy is a must for startup founders?
5. Getting rid of sunk cost fallacy: stop working fast, fail forward
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Olga is an entrepreneur, venture capital financier, coach at Techstars and creator at The J Curve, Latin America’s leading English speaking podcast about tech contractors. She’s been investing in the USA, SEA and Latin America for over 13 years. Business she backed consist of tech unicorn ClassPass (gotten by Mindbody) and Vitalk (obtained by Gympass).
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