The Enthusiast: Founders and VCs beyond the Valley

88 Episodo

1. [Investor Journey] Jimena Prado (Hi Ventures) on filtering through the AI noise, investing in lines not dots and transitioning from founder to funder

   Publicado: 28/1/2025
2. [Investor Journey] Izabel Gallera (Canary) on getting to conviction in early stage investing, pattern recognition and what will be the next Nubank of Brazil?

   Publicado: 14/1/2025
3. [Investor Journey] Christine Kenna (Ignia) on navigating ambiguity in investing, introducing Mexican pension funds to VC and driving DPI

   Publicado: 10/12/2024
4. [Operator Stories] Pavel Fedorov (Salmon) on building a challenger bank in the Philippines, the Tinkoff Playbook and why credit first

   Publicado: 26/11/2024
5. [Investor Journey] Esteban Sosnik (Reach Capital) on building a sector specific fund, challenges of digitizing education and new value unlock through AI

   Publicado: 12/11/2024
6. [Investor Journey] Alex Lazarow on Emerging Markets Fintech Quo Vadis - Data, Delivery, Distribution

   Publicado: 29/10/2024
7. [Operator Stories] Coen Jonker (TymeBank) on building a multi-country emerging markets digital bank from South Africa to the Philippines & maintaining CAC low

   Publicado: 15/10/2024
8. [Operator Stories] Mikhail Lomtadze (Kaspi) on building a $20Bn business out of Kazakhstan, the superapp strategy and secrets on execution

   Publicado: 1/10/2024
9. [Strategic DeepDive] Erin Renzas on finding the metric your business cares about and move it, what makes a great CMO and how to avoid peanut-buttering in marketing spent

   Publicado: 23/7/2024
10. [Operator Stories] Ralf Wenzel (JOKR) on how to achieve profitability in grocery delivery models, value chain integration and what founders and artist have in common

    Publicado: 28/5/2024
11. [Investor Journey] Ali Karabey (212vc) on bringing VC investing to Türkiye, playing the platform game right without losing focus and building conviction

    Publicado: 2/4/2024
12. [Operator Stories] Hamdi Tabbaa (Abwaab) on scaling edtech in MENA, market expansion for a highly localized product offering and upselling

    Publicado: 19/3/2024
13. [Investor Journey] Dave Nangle (VEF) on successful founders go macro as well as micro, timing your entry moments and building global dealflow

    Publicado: 5/3/2024
14. [Investor Journey] Ramiro Lauzan (L Catterton) on timing your exit and fundamentals of themes based investing

    Publicado: 21/2/2024
15. [Investor Journey] Carl Fritjofsson (Creandum) consistency as a driver of VC success, avoiding shiny objects & finally the advent of European tech leadership?

    Publicado: 6/2/2024
16. [Investor Journey] Christopher Schroeder on the Venn Diagram between the private & the public sector, unleashing entrepreneurial talent and US leadership in tech

    Publicado: 23/1/2024
17. [Operator Stories] Omair Ansari (Abhi) on tackling access to credit in Pakistan and going multi-product and multi-country early on

    Publicado: 9/1/2024
18. [Strategic Deepdive] Leah Barto (Endeavor) on where unicorn founders come from, ecosystem building in emerging market and patterns vs. biases

    Publicado: 7/11/2023
19. [Investor Journey] Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital) on long term investing in transformational companies, their Americas strategy and muscles of private vs. public markets investing

    Publicado: 26/10/2023
20. [Investor Journey] Yana Yasevich & Yash Vardhan Kanoi (Alter Global) on investment roles in venture, curating dealflow and building trust with founders

    Publicado: 10/10/2023