Antonico

Feb 28
7 min

Faraway, So Close!

Your guide to investing in the young and rising Latin American tech Camino a Chalco con los volcanes, Jose Maria Velasco, Mexico city, 18...

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Dec 4, 2019
4 min

What happened in Latin American tech in 2019

Bogota, Colombia As I write this post, I could easily feel dismayed watching the world on the edge of a precipice. The president of the U...

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Mar 20, 2019
5 min

The no BS guide to creating a Corporate VC in Latin America

Hooli-con — Silicon Valley “[Corporate investing] is dumb. I think corporations should BUY companies. Investing in companies makes no sen...

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Jan 1, 2019
2 min

What happened in Latin American tech in 2018

At the start of 2018, I tried myself at predicting the year ahead. Not surprisingly, most of my first submission to you was a big miss. F...

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Jul 31, 2017
5 min

Expanding the promise of entrepreneurship in developing economies

Originally published in ET Tech, India The diversity and complexity of ordinary life in an average developing economy gives bold entrepre...

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May 10, 2017
7 min

Good to Awesome

At the end of March, like every other morning, I began my day by scrolling through my inbox until all senders and subject lines turned in...

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Mar 31, 2017
4 min

La reforma financiera que nunca llegó

Caía una lluvia torrencial en una noche de final del verano de 2016. En el piso 12 de una torre de Plaza Inn, seguía la plática iniciada ...

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Jun 7, 2016
5 min

Trash talk, spotlights and finding great investors.

One of the most difficult things for founders raising capital is how to validate the promised value added of a VC before signing a long-t...

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Sep 18, 2015
2 min

In Latam, Nail your Seed round or Fail your next series.

A lot is said about the lack of funds invested in the series A and B in Latam but little about the implications to your financing strateg...

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Jun 27, 2015
3 min

3 things Latin American VCs should learn from founders.

‘Now, our challenge is to learn faster about media platforms, mobile advertising, video and how our users interact with them. That way we...

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Jun 8, 2015
4 min

Latin American founders deserve more from their investors.

A couple of months ago I was walking around entrepreneurs in one of the up and coming co working spaces in Mexico City. I saw one of thei...

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