Latam Founders

#7 - Brian Requarth - Building LatAm's startup ecosystem

In this episode, Derek Hall sits down with Brian Requarth. Brian is the Founder & CEO of Latitud, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz that is focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Latin America. Before Latitud, Brian was the Founder & CEO of VivaReal, an online real estate marketplace in Latin America that raised $75 million, eventually merged with ZAP Imóveis, and was ultimately acquired by OLX for $600 million. He is also a prolific angel investor, author of the book Viva the Entrepreneur, and host of the leading podcast about startups and venture capital in Latin America, the Latitud Podcast. As an angel investor, Brian has invested in 80+ tech startups in Latin America and he is also an investor on Shark Tank Mexico. We hope you enjoy the conversation!

#6 - Fireside Chat: Managing Investor Relations - Miguel Burger-Calderon, Patrick Sigrist, Belen Mella, Jorge Vargas Neto

Join Derek Hall in this episode as he sits down with Miguel Burger-Calderon, Patrick Sigrist, Belen Mella, and Jorge Vargas Neto for a Fireside Chat on the dynamics between founders and investors. Throughout the conversation, they delve into everything, from navigating difficult discussions with investors to pinpointing the right investment partners for various company stages. It's our first live recording, and we did encounter some audio hiccups at times, but we trust they won't compromise your listening experience.  Meet the panel: * Derek Hall: Partner at BFF * Miguel Burger-Calderon: Partner at BFF * Patrick Sigrist: Co-Founder at Ifood and Nomad * Belen Mella: Partner at Thrive Capital * Jorge Vargas Neto: Founder & CEO at BHub

#5 - Federico Vega - Fundraising lessons from the founder of a billion dollar startup

In this episode, Derek Hall sits down with Federico Vega. Federico is the Founder & CEO of Frete.com, a logistics and trucking technology business that was last valued at $1 billion dollars. With an A-list group of investors and board members on his cap table, Federico has raised nearly $400 million dollars. His investors include Blackstone, Softbank, Tencent, Goldman Sachs, Valor Capital Group, Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn), Paulo Veras (Founder of 99), Henry Kravis (Founder of KKR), Oscar Salazar (co-founder of Uber), Jeb Bush (the 43rd Governor of Florida) and others.  Federico talks about the early days of founding the business, convincing his former boss to invest in the company, and growing Frete.com to become the largest freight transport platform in Latin America.

#4 - Guta Tolmasquim - Unlocking Startup Success through the Power of Branding

Hello and welcome to Latam Founders! In this episode, I sit down with Guta Tolmasquim, the founder of Brand Gym, the biggest branding agency for startups in LATAM. Their clients include startups from the portfolios of Kaszek, Monashees, Valor, Canary, YC, Latitud, Maya, Igah, and others. More recently, with the goal of strategically positioning branding within businesses, Guta embarked on her second venture: Purple Metrics. Purple Metrics is software that helps marketers and managers track brand power every week by conducting research with its customers. They are currently in soft launch mode and have already measured the brands of relevant and influential companies. 👉 To track your brand, check out @purplemetrics or DM her directly. 👉 To hire Brand Gym, check out @brandgym or email Bruno at bruno.moretto@brandgym.com.br

#3 - Miguel Burger-Calderon - Investing in the next generation of great startup founders in Latin America

Hello and welcome to The Derek Hall Show! In this episode I sit down with my business partner, Miguel Burger-Calderon. Miguel is the co-founder and Managing Partner of BFF, which stands for “By Founders for Founders", an early stage venture capital firm focused on Latin America that Miguel and I recently launched. In this episode, Miguel and I talk about his previous experiences co-founding two very successful startups, Elite Daily, which ultimately sold to Daily Mail back in 2015, and Ethyca, a data privacy startup that has already raised $25 million from investors like Founder Collective, IA Ventures, and Bill Ackman. We also talk about his career as an angel investor, where he made early bets into companies like Plaid, which was last valued at more than $13 billion dollars, and ultimately becoming a full time venture capital investor focused on investing in the next generation of great founders here in Latin America. I hope you enjoy the episode!