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Entrevista com Bruno Batavia, ex-BCB e diretor de tecnologias emergentes da Valor Capital Group

In this episode, I had the chance to sit down with Michael Nicklas, Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group, a Brazil-based cross-border venture fund. Valor's fintech and crypto portfolio companies include cross-border payment and trade finance network Hamsa, crypto exchanges Bitso and Coinbase, and stablecoin infrastructure company Circle, among many others. Michael and I had the chance to talk about:* Unique aspects of Latin American that shape the market for financial services* The role the Brazilian central bank plays in fostering progress and innovation in financial services in the country (yes, that includes Pix)* What Valor means when it describes its investing strategy as being “cross border”* How Valor takes into account evolving geopolitical risks as it considers its investing approach* And more! Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

 Paulo Passoni es socio director de Valor Capital Group, un fondo de venture capital y growth equity que invierte en Brasil, Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos.Antes de Valor, Paulo desempeñó un papel protagónico en el desarrollo del ecosistema de capital de crecimiento de Latinoamérica como socio gerente de SoftBank, gestionando su fondo LatAm de 8.000 millones de dólares. Paulo invirtió y fue miembro del consejo de varios unicornios brasileños, como VTEX, Loggi y Creditas. En este episodio, hablamos sobre los principios de inversión no obvios que ha aprendido a lo largo de su carrera, por qué es optimista sobre el ecosistema de crecimiento y emprendimiento de América Latina, a diferencia de otros inversores, y sus reflexiones sobre su tiempo en Softbank. También discutimos sus frameworks para invertir en empresas en fase de crecimiento en Brasil y América Latina, incluidos los mercados,los modelos de negocio, las métricas y los equipos; y cómo esto ha cambiado desde 2020 y 2021.Síguenos en el canal de "The Startupeable Show" en Spotify:

This week's Espresso covers news from Mercado Único, Pulpos, Ada, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] – Inner AI raises $2M and launches AI platform[00:41] – Mercado Único secures $395K to reduce food waste[00:51] – Koin raises $7.3M to expand offerings to tourism services[01:06] – Pulpos raises $4M to boost Mexican SMEs' digitalization[01:16] – Lexter.ai raises $3.2M to enhance its platform[01:37] – Palenca raises funding from Experian Ventures[01:47] – Ada raises pre-Series A from Wayra Brasil[01:57] – Instacarro raises $10.8M in a debt and equity deal[02:09] – Akad raises $22.5M in Series AResources & people mentioned:Startups: Inner AI, Mercado Único, Koin, Pulpos, Lexter.ai, Palenca, Ada, Instacarro, Akad.VCs: Canary, TechStars, Alexia Ventures, Experian Ventures, Wayra Brasil, Valor Capital Group, Across Capital.Institutions: Itaú.

A Series A is a crucial moment for every venture-backed business. Raising this round is a turning point for startups, from validation to scale.So at our most recent Vamos Latam Summit, we invited investors from Latitud Ventures, Canary, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective to share their perspectives on the path to a Series A. By the way, you can already click this link to pre-register for our next, incredible edition of VLS.In this episode, Tomas Roggio, Carlos Torras, Marcos Toledo, and Antoine Colaço talk about:- The state of early and late-stage fundraising in LatAm in 2023 and 2024;- The metrics and milestones VCs take into consideration at the Series A stage;- And the perspective for downstream capital in LatAm, from Series B onward.My name's Brian Requarth and this is the Latitud Podcast. Vamos, LatAm!Building good sh*t in Latin America?Find out how to pen your startup the right wayRequest early access to the Meridian international business account Or simply sign up for our newsletter for more content on navigating the LatAm startup ecosystem.Follow us on Linkedin / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify.

In this week's Espresso, we cover news from Rextie, Praso, Nequi, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:27] – Citi acquires stake in Rextie[00:40] – Devolut secures $600K Pre-seed round[00:50] – Talana raises $8M and prepares its debut in Mexico[01:02] – Leadsales raises $3.7M funding[04:21] – Vendah secures $2.4M investment[04:32] – Mercado Pago partners with Siigo[04:45] – FACIA raises $1M funding[04:56] – Praso raises $9.5M and acquires Floki's intellectual property[05:07] – Copel launches new fund focused on energy transition[05:15] – Open English partners with Soccer Star Richarlison[05:24] – Nequi launches customizable policy[05:34] – Frota 162 secures $600K investment[05:45] – Nuu raises $4M funding[05:56] – Biwiser raises over $160K[06:11] – Featured articlesResources & people mentioned:Startups: Pismo, Rextie, Devolut, Talana, Leadsales, Vendah, Mercado Pago, Siigo, FACIA, Praso, Floki, Frota 162, Nuu, Open English, Nequi.VCs: Softbank, Venturance, Altis, BluePointe Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Y Combinator, Acelera Ventures, Valor Capital Group, NFX, ACE Ventures, EcoEnterprise Fund, Vox Capital.People: Richarlison, Frank Slootman, Shane Parrish, Roberto PeñacastroContent: The Knowledge Project

There have been plenty of headlines over the years heralding the demise of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency of choice, with an increasing number of countries looking at alternatives. Not to mention, of course, the rise of crypto and decentralized coins that don't rely on governments at all. In 2001, USD assets represented nearly 73% of global bank reserves. Now that figure has fallen to around 58% according to RBC Wealth Management. Joining Julia to discuss is Valor Capital Group partner Brian Brooks. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Neste episódio do BHub Cast, junte-se a Maria Carolina Lacombe, Principal e Diretora de Comunidade da Valor Capital Group, e ao fundador e CEO da BHub, Jorge Vargas Neto, para uma conversa enriquecedora sobre o mundo do empreendedorismo e Venture Capital. Carol compartilha suas experiências desde os primeiros passos na faculdade de Relações Internacionais até o sucesso como investidora.

Em nova rodada de discordância entre o presidente Lula e o chefe do Banco Central, Roberto Campos Neto (foto), a criação de uma moeda comum para países da América do Sul entrou no racha. Campos Neto foi enfático e disse ser “muito contra” o uso de moedas comuns para estimular o comércio entre países. “Eu sou muito contra, mas sou só um banqueiro central”, ironizou. A declaração foi dada na tarde desta sexta-feira (2) durante participação no evento “Valor Capital's Crypto Workshop”, organizado pelo Valor Capital Group, Na terça-feira (30), Lula estimulou a criação de uma moeda comum na América do Sul e defendeu o uso do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) para a empreitada. “A América do Sul tem diante de si, mais uma vez, a oportunidade de trilhar o caminho da união”, disse o presidente.  Link do cupom de desconto na assinatura de o Antagonista+ e Crusoé: https://assine.oantagonista.com/?cupom=QUERO60OFF Precisa de ajuda? 4858-5813, São Paulo 4003-8846, demais localidades O horário de atendimento é das 9h00 às 18h00, de segunda a sexta-feira, exceto feriados. Você pode entrar em contato conosco pelo e-mail:  assinante@oantagonista.com Inscreva-se e receba a newsletter:  https://bit.ly/2Gl9AdL Confira mais notícias em nosso site:  https://oantagonista.uol.com.br/ https://crusoe.uol.com.br/ Acompanhe nossas redes sociais:  https://www.fb.com/oantagonista​ https://www.twitter.com/o_antagonista ​https://www.instagram.com/o_antagonista https://www.tiktok.com/@oantagonista_oficial No Youtube deixe seu like e se inscreva no canal: https://www.youtube.com/c/OAntagonista

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  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olga-maslikhova/message

January 17: For the first episode of the J Curve in 2023 I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Alan Glezer, co-founder and CFO at Agrolend that has recently raised over $27M in Series B led by Lightrock  and joined by Yara Growth Ventures, SP Ventures and Valor Capital Group. In today's episode we will learn:  1. Profitability vs growth. What should founders focus on during adverse market environment?2. What are the focus areas in agriculture Alan is excited about?3. What is Agrolend go-to-market playbook? How to leverage partnerships for new customers acquisition? 4. What are major challenge to agricultural development in Brazil today?5. What's Alan's take on the future of Agrolend if everything goes right?If you would like to get more insight from LatAm's leading tech founders and investors, subscribe to our newsletter on our website https://www.thejcurve.comand follow us on Spotify or Apple. The J Curve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejcurvepodcast/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).Olga on Twitter: https://twitter.com/olgamaslikhovaOlga on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olgamaslikhova/Olga on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olgamaslikhova/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/olga-maslikhova/message

In this episode we are excited to welcome Antoine Colaço, Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group, a cross border venture investment firm. Antoine was an early employee at Google and helped build one of the company's early international offices, then going on to global leadership roles overseeing Latin America, Asia and global business development. Prior Antoine had roles at Yahoo! and Goldman Sachs. In our conversation, Antoine shares the story of Google's early expansion building teams in India, about the importance of relationships and internal alignment in expansion success, how international cannot be a side project but must be core to the whole company, and how the walls are crumbling that prevented company leaders from seeing global opportunity. Get your copy of our Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, GLOBAL CLASS, a playbook on how to build a successful global business. https://www.amazon.com/Global-Class-Fastest-Growing-Companies-Globally/dp/1637742185 Find our entire podcast episode library at https://www.globalclassbook.com/podcast

This week's Espresso covers updates from Nubank, Franq, Selina and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Selina goes public and continues expansion in LatAm[00:53] - Wareclouds closes $1.2M round[01:21] - Ubanku closes $1M pre-seed round[01:51] - Kapital arrives in Colombia[02:15] - Nubank introduces its digital currency Nucoin[02:37] - Franq raises $12M in Series A round[03:00] - Quinio raises $40M in equity and debt[03:31] - New episode of How to be the Difference[03:45] - New episode of Crossing BordersResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Selina, BOA Acquisition, Wareclouds, Ubanku, Kapital, Sivo, Nubank, Franq, Quinio, Ontop.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: ChileGlobal Ventures, Newtopia VC, Irie VC, EF Venture Capital, Quona Capital, Globo Ventures, Broadhaven Capital, Valor Capital Group, Northgate Capital, Cometa, Dila Capital, AlleyCorp, Western Technology Investment, Alchimia Investments.People: Rafael Museri, Mike Hennessy, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, David Mead, Santiago Aparicio, Nathan Lustig.

Você já aprendeu como criar um negócio que atraia investimentos, e como de fato conquistar esse cheque, nos dois primeiros episódios da nossa série de VCs respondem as perguntas dos ouvintes do Do Zero Ao Topo, marca de empreendedorismo do InfoMoney. Neste último episódio da nossa série, vamos falar sobre como pensam e funcionam os fundos de capital de risco, ou venture capital.O episódio soluciona diversos mistérios: por que investidores decidem colocar dinheiro em startups? Como pessoas físicas investem em startups, e quais são os riscos e retornos envolvidos? Como se define o valor de mercado, ou valuation, de uma startup? O que os fundos de venture capital levam para uma startup, além do seu dinheiro? Como esses fundos de venture capital ganham dinheiro, e o que fazem quando um investimento não dá certo? Para fechar, qual o papel da intuição na hora de assinar ou não um cheque para uma startup?Três gestores de venture capital foram consultados. Na ordem de aparição, João Kepler, CEO da Bossanova Investimentos; Maria Carolina Lacombe, diretora de comunidade da Valor Capital Group; e Laura Constantini, cofundadora da Astella. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoZeroAoTopoINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dozeroaotopo_oficial/NEWSLETTER: https://www.infomoney.com.br/newsletters/do-zero-ao-topo/

Neste segundo episódio da série especial VCs respondem, três gestores de venture capital solucionam algumas das principais dúvidas dos empreendedores. Na ordem de aparição, Laura Constantini, cofundadora da Astella; Maria Carolina Lacombe, diretora de comunidade da Valor Capital Group; e João Kepler, investidor anjo CEO da Bossanova Investimentos solucionam diversos mistérios como: quando é a hora de buscar um investimento? O que é mais importante na análise de um investidor sobre o seu negócio? Como fazer uma boa apresentação aos investidores? Como superar obstáculos como não ser o desenvolvedor da solução e ter problemas financeiros e pessoais? E como saber se aquele investidor é o certo?ASSINE A NOSSA NEWSLETTER: https://www.infomoney.com.br/newsletters/do-zero-ao-topo/YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoZeroAoTopoINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dozeroaotopo_oficial/

Você já deve saber que as startups brasileiras nunca receberam tanto investimento quanto em 2021. E, mesmo com uma desaceleração já prevista para 2022, o país não deve voltar para os mesmos números dos primeiros anos de seu ecossistema de startups. Para o empreendedor que quer atrair um investidor para o seu negócio, este continua sendo um dos melhores momentos na história brasileira. Fundos de capital de risco (venture capital) ainda estão com dinheiro nos bolsos, e com olhos nas oportunidades.Mas isso não significa que qualquer empresa vai conseguir conquistar um desses fundos. Os gestores ficaram mais seletivos, e os negócios precisam ser atraentes. Então, como criar um negócio que atraia investimentos, na prática? Este podcast é o primeiro da série de VCs respondem perguntas dos ouvintes do Do Zero Ao Topo. O episódio soluciona diversos mistérios: como ser um bom fundador? Como escrever um bom plano de negócios? Como ser realmente inovador? Como ter bons números? E, para fechar, como conquistar os investidores para além de todas essas informações?Três gestores de venture capital foram consultados. Na ordem de aparição, João Kepler, CEO da Bossanova Investimentos; Maria Carolina Lacombe, diretora de comunidade da Valor Capital Group; e Laura Constantini, cofundadora da Astella.YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoZeroAoTopoINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dozeroaotopo_oficial/NEWSLETTER: https://www.infomoney.com.br/newsletters/do-zero-ao-topo/

O Podcast A+ traz o debate promovido pela Bússola sobre as oportunidades de negócios da chamada Economia 4.0, que tem revolucionado o mercado e a sociedade com suas soluções tecnológicas inovadoras. Nesse cenário da 4ª Revolução Industrial, as startups ocupam lugar de destaque e desempenham papel estratégico para o futuro da economia global. Quais as principais tendências no mercado brasileiro de startups e quais os maiores desafios para o país avançar no mapa global de inovação? Essas e outras questões foram discutidas no novo episódio do A+. Com mediação do jornalista Rafael Lisbôa, o bate-papo reuniu Frederico Pompeu, sócio do BTG Pactual e head do boostLAB; Michael Nicklas, sócio da Valor Capital Group; e Nilio Portella, sócio-fundador da Mene & Portella. O Podcast A+ faz parte da plataforma Bússola, uma parceria entre a Revista Exame e o Grupo FSB.

Monday, May 2: For this episode of The J Curve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Guilherme Freire, co-founder and CEO at Dolado, a Brazilian startup that digitizes small retailers in peripheral areas and small cities that has recently raised $10 million Series A from the likes of Valor Capital Group, Flourish (The Omidyar Group‘s investment fund), Global Founders Capital (GFC), IDB Lab, and Endeavor.Prior to Dolado, Guilherme co-founded LIVO Eyewear and Grow Mobility. In today's episode we will learn:1) What being passionate triathlete taught Guilherme about business?2) What are the main risks of building products for a customer with low level of tech awareness and adoption?3) How to build and raise capital for tech business if you start with a problem that's generally perceived as super niche?4) How does Guilherme think about financial discipline and pros and cons of raising too much capital too soon? What's Guilherme's advice to the founders on control rights and board composition?5) What traits does Guilherme look for in the founders he considers backing as an angel?

Especial CASE 2014 (Conferência Anual de Startups e Empreendedorismo). Um bate-papo com Michael Nicklas (Valor Capital Group). O Man in the Arena é um videocast sobre empreendedorismo e cultura digital apresentado por Leo Kuba, Miguel Cavalcanti e In Hsieh. Acompanhe e participe nos canais do Man in the Arena: YouTube: http://youtube.com/maninthearenatv Facebook: http://facebook.com/maninthearenatv​ iTunes (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...

Receba os novos episódios no seu e-mail: http://goo.gl/HbHUl2​ O Man in the Arena é um videocast sobre empreendedorismo e cultura digital apresentado por Leo Kuba, Miguel Cavalcanti e In Hsieh. Neste episódio (#042​) Um bate-papo com Marco Fisbhen, co-fundador e CEO do Descomplica, startup de educação que auxilia estudantes a complementarem a preparação para as provas do ENEM e Vestibulares. O site oferece mais de 3000 aulas pré-gravadas, aulas ao vivo, monitoria, correção de redações, questionários com gabarito em tempo real e um fórum de perguntas e respostas com mais de duas mil questões respondidas para alunos em fase pré-vestibular. O Descomplica está no ar desde março de 2011 e recebeu investimentos de fundos como o Valar Ventures (de Peter Thiel), 500 Startups, Valor Capital Group, EL Area e Social+Capital Partnership. Marco estudou Engenharia de Produção na UFRJ e possui 15 anos de experiência como professor de Física, vídeo marketing e uso de tecnologia em educação. O Man in the Arena tem apoio da FIAP e foi gravado no auditório do Campus Aclimação (São Paulo/SP). Para saber mais: Descomplica: http://www.descomplica.com.br​ Acompanhe e participe nos canais do Man in the Arena: YouTube: http://youtube.com/maninthearenatv​ Facebook: http://facebook.com/maninthearenatv​ iTunes (Video): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...​ iTunes (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...

Receba os novos episódios no seu e-mail: http://goo.gl/HbHUl2​ O Man in the Arena é um videocast sobre empreendedorismo e cultura digital apresentado por Leo Kuba, Miguel Cavalcanti e In Hsieh. Neste episódio (#042​) Um bate-papo com Marco Fisbhen, co-fundador e CEO do Descomplica, startup de educação que auxilia estudantes a complementarem a preparação para as provas do ENEM e Vestibulares. O site oferece mais de 3000 aulas pré-gravadas, aulas ao vivo, monitoria, correção de redações, questionários com gabarito em tempo real e um fórum de perguntas e respostas com mais de duas mil questões respondidas para alunos em fase pré-vestibular. O Descomplica está no ar desde março de 2011 e recebeu investimentos de fundos como o Valar Ventures (de Peter Thiel), 500 Startups, Valor Capital Group, EL Area e Social+Capital Partnership. Marco estudou Engenharia de Produção na UFRJ e possui 15 anos de experiência como professor de Física, vídeo marketing e uso de tecnologia em educação. O Man in the Arena tem apoio da FIAP e foi gravado no auditório do Campus Aclimação (São Paulo/SP). Para saber mais: Descomplica: http://www.descomplica.com.br​ Acompanhe e participe nos canais do Man in the Arena: YouTube: http://youtube.com/maninthearenatv​ Facebook: http://facebook.com/maninthearenatv​ iTunes (Video): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...​ iTunes (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...

Especial CASE 2014 (Conferência Anual de Startups e Empreendedorismo). Um bate-papo com Michael Nicklas (Valor Capital Group). O Man in the Arena é um videocast sobre empreendedorismo e cultura digital apresentado por Leo Kuba, Miguel Cavalcanti e In Hsieh. Acompanhe e participe nos canais do Man in the Arena: YouTube: http://youtube.com/maninthearenatv Facebook: http://facebook.com/maninthearenatv​ iTunes (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...

Adhemar Milani Neto is the Founder and CEO of Kovi, a company that enables a more efficient, all-inclusive, and flexible car rental for on-demand drivers in LATAM. They have pioneered an asset-light model in the car rental industry that generates more value both to their partners and suppliers. Kovi is backed by leading global investors such as Valor Capital Group, Monashees, GFC, ONEVC, Maya Capital, YCombinator, Shift and has raised more than $160M to date. Previously, Adhemar was a general manager at 99 (acquired by Didi Chuxing), a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, and worked at International Paper and BOSCH. He's passionate about purpose-driven entrepreneurship and serves as an advisor to several early-stage companies. Adhemar is also married to Natasha and together they have a dog called Simba. In my conversation with Adhemar we discussed his childhood, his experience working at traditional companies, social media and more. Here are some of the questions I asked Adhemar during our conversation: Let's go back to your childhood. When you were 12 years old, you were living in the U.S. because of your father's work. How do you think this experience of living abroad at such an early age shaped your personality? Technology was part of your career when you finished engineering in college. After graduating, you went to work for BOSCH and International Paper. What made you think this was the type of job that you wanted when you were right out of school? You are not really active on social media like Instagram or Twitter. Is there a reason for that? After working at some traditional companies, you decided to go to business school. This is a very traditional path that is not usually taken by founders. What was behind the decision to go back to studying? At the time, you won the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and Venture Competition with an asset optimization idea: OptiTruck. Eventually, you saw that CargoX was growing in Brazil, and gave up the idea. What did you learn about startups and fundraising with OptiTruck? After coming back from your MBA in INSEAD, you went on vacation in Southern France and decided to join Bain & Company. I'm always very curious to understand why people choose consulting or banking. What was the thinking behind joining a consulting company? What have you learned from Chinese culture? How was it to work at 99 in the two different periods of the company's history, pre Didi Chuxing and post Didi Chuxing acquisition? You mentioned the massive opportunities within Kovi's market. When we think about it, there is financing, access, car ownership, and many others. Regarding opportunities, what are your thoughts on electrification and car subscription? We live in a world of very high levels of convenience. What do you think would be the perfect car subscription for someone to feel like their rental is their own car? Another topic that I wanted to talk about is your relationship with meditation and spirituality. What type of mindful practice do you keep and how do these things impact your life in general? Do you have a specific morning routine or just a few things that you have to do every day in the morning for your day to start right? I hope you liked this episode! Make sure to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and leave us feedback. I'm curious to find out what you learned the most from this episode. If you want to stay in touch, you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram @pedrosorren. Also, you can subscribe to my newsletter and read my essays on pedrosorren.com.

On this episode host Patrick Alex sat down with Mario Mello, Operating Partner at American- Brazilian fund Valor Capital to discuss their latest US$ 230M SPAC vehicle, how it came into being, the nitty gritty aspects of SPAC structuring and why they are an opportunity for emerging markets to provide more liquidity. During the session, we dive also into Mario experience concerning board structure, dynamics and the role of board observers. On this episode you will learn: Nitty gritty aspects of SPAC structuring and Valor's ownThe importance of Board transitions ("It is eternal till it lasts")Insurtech trends in the region (before their latest investment in Chilean insurtech scale-up Betterfly was announced) Importance of being humble and Mario's take on success in life and how to contribute to society You can follow Mario on LinkedIn and Twitter.  More on Mario Mello's biography below: Mr. Mello is a Board Member and Operating Partner at Valor Capital Group. Mr. Mello has over 30 years of experience in the financial services and technology industries. Prior to joining Valor, Mr. Mello served as General Manager and General Director for Paypal Latin America for 8 years. In addition, he has served as Executive Vice President at Visa Latin America, Statutory Director of Banco Real (acquired by Santander) and also a member of the Board of Directors of Cielo, CBSS and Fidelity Systems. Mr. Mello is currently a Board Member of Developer company Tenda and Founder and President of Civic Nonprofit Start Up – O Poder do Voto. Mr. Mello received a BSE in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic School at the University of São Paulo

Ouça nosso compilado semanal das principais notícias que aconteceram no cenário fintech no Brasil e no mundo! O Boletim conta com o patrocínio da Conductor, plataforma líder na América Latina em meios de pagamento e Banking as a Service. A Conductor atende as principais fintechs, bancos, varejistas e diferentes empresas, permitindo que ofereçam soluções de pagamento inovadoras a seus clientes. Acesse www.conductor.com.br e entenda melhor como transformar o seu negócio! Nesta edição: - A Toro Investimentos, do Grupo Santander, adquire as fintechs Mobills e Monetus; - A Senior Sistemas, através de sua fintech Wiipo, adquire a Convenix, que atua no setor de benefícios; - A Accountfy, fintech de soluções de gestão financeira corporativa na nuvem, levantou US$ 4,5M da Redpoint eventures e da HDI Seguros; - A Franq Openbank, fintech que conecta consumidores e bancários autônomos, anunciou o recebimento de um aporte de R$ 20M liderados pela Valor Capital Group; - O fundo de private equity Advent International investiu US$ 430M no Ebanx; - A ANBIMA enviou ao BC sua proposta para o escopo inicial do Open Investment; - Um levantamento realizado pelo site Poder360 apontou que os maiores bancos digitais do Brasil somam 82 milhões de contas em 2021; - A Credihome, fintech focada em financiamento imobiliário para pessoas físicas, irá expandir sua atuação e começará a oferecer financiamentos para as empresas construírem os empreendimentos; - A Kinvo, aplicativo consolidador de investimentos que foi recentemente adquirido pelo BTG Pactual, firmou uma parceria com o Mercado Bitcoin; - A insurtech chilena Betterfly recebeu um aporte de 60 milhões de dólares; - A Credijusto, fintech mexicana focada na oferta de crédito para PMEs, anunciou a aquisição do Banco Finterra; - A FamPay, fintech indiana de pagamentos voltada para adolescentes, levantou US$ 38M em sua rodada series A liderada pela Elevation Capital; - A 10x Future Technologies, fintech de infraestrutura baseada em Londres, levantou US$ 187M e rodada liderada pela Blackrock e a CPP Investments; - A American Express, que adquriu a fintech Kabbage voltada à empréstimos para PMES, entrará agora na disputa dos neobanks voltados para esse setor com o lançamento de sua conta digital; - A Wise, antiga Transferwise, anunciou que fará sua estreia na Bolsa de Londres através do processo de listagem direta. * Link para inscrição no CIAB 2021 noomis.com.br * Link para artigo do Estadão sobre a guerra das plataformas de investimento https://lnkd.in/dNczcge Acesse também nosso parceiro Finsiders e fique por dentro das últimas novidades do segmento fintech! https://finsiders.com.br/ Estamos também no Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn e Spotify! Siga-nos em: https://www.instagram.com/fintechtalksbr https://www.facebook.com/fintechtalksbr/ https://www.youtube.com/fintechtalks https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/fintech-talks/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2AVngeMgLIO7r8cqwGYBPY

Miguel Armaza sits down with Scott Sobel, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group, a cross-border venture fund focused on Brazil and United States opportunities, with offices in New York, Silicon Valley, and São Paulo. In this episode, we discuss: - Scott’s journey and why he and his father, Ambassador Clifford Sobel, decided to launch Valor focusing on the Brazilian market - Investing strategy and case studies from some of their most exciting portfolio companies - The incredible fintech opportunity in Brazil and Latin America - What’s driving their big bets in the crypto space - Lessons learned from over a decade of investing and the importance of staying with your winners - And a lot more! Scott Sobel Scott Sobel, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group, was part of the founding team of the pioneer Internet Telephony company Net2Phone; Scott helped take the company from a piece of software that was first to bridge the PC and the Public Switch Telephony Network to acquiring millions of users, generating over $200M in revenue, an IPO (1999) and the strategic sale of the company to AT&T for $1.4 Billion (2000). Scott went on to hold executives positions in Symbol Technologies working with the Mobile Computing and Wireless Divisions and NCR Corporation based in Singapore responsible for Corporate Development and later the P&L for the Financial Line of Business in the Emerging Markets. Scott was fortunate to be in a position to bring his skill sets, passions, and experiences to support other entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Brazil reach their visions. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University. Scott has primarily lived and worked in the emerging markets (China, India, and Brazil) for the past decade, who is a passionate surfer and practices Jiu Jitsu. Valor Capital Group Founded in 2011, Valor Capital Group is the pioneer cross-border venture fund focused on Brazil and United States opportunities, with offices in New York, Silicon Valley, and São Paulo. The firm partners with visionary entrepreneurs building transformative businesses from startup to scale-up. Valor is committed to the success of their portfolio companies by providing capital, operational support and connectivity to global markets. The firm operates in two investment strategies: Growth Equity and Venture Capital. For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Miguel's Twitter: twitter.com/MiguelArmaza Miguel's Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3jWIpqp

Antoine Colaco is a Partner at Valor Capital Group, he has a lot of experience as investor. In this episode Antoine tells us how he became a VC investor and a lot of tips about how to get a good investor for our business. He established Google's India presence by founding its operations in Hyderabad and grew its Latin American presence by launching offices and online AdWords operations in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.

André é formado em Engenharia de Produção pela PUC-RJ, tem MBA em Logística e Supply Chain pela COPPEAD-UFRJ e MBA em Negócios pela New York University. Seu início de carreira foi no Brasil, nos programas de trainee da Johnson Wax e Shell. Em 2007, entrou na Ideiasnet como analista financeiro e depois passou a trabalhar com Business Intelligence. Foi ainda sócio da Ipanema Ventures antes de ir para Nova York, onde trabalhou no Valor Capital Group e HSBC. Antes de voltar para o Brasil para começar a Rebel, em 2017, liderou a área de cash flow na Kraft Heinz, em Chicago, por 2 anos. Por fim, fundou a Rebel, a plataforma de empréstimos online líder na transformação dos serviços financeiros no Brasil. Em três anos de atuação no mercado, a Rebel já concedeu cerca de R$ 100 milhões de créditos e captou, em 2019, R$ 167 milhões via securitização de créditos financeiros. Em março de 2021, a Geru e Rebel criam a Open Co, que pretende ser maior fintech de crédito do país. Alguns temas do episódio: * O Brasil e oportunidades: o ecossistema do empreendedorismo * Fintechs e o cenário de inovação digital no mercado de crédito * Pandemia e o mercado de crédito * Gestão financeira e comportamento: diferenças culturais entre brasileiros e estadunidenses * A trajetória de captação da Rebel * Empresa, cultura e valores Livros indicados neste episódio * Blitzcalling (Reid Hoffman) - https://amzn.to/3cEZLHy * Rebel Talent (Francesca Gino) - https://amzn.to/36H6rRH * Happier (Tal Ben-Shahar) - https://amzn.to/3cDBAJz * How to be Heard (Julian Treasure) - https://amzn.to/3pR4mdy * The Founder's Mentality (Chris Zook & James Allen) - https://amzn.to/3jhleHL

Ouça nosso compilado semanal das principais notícias que aconteceram no cenário fintech no Brasil e no mundo! O Boletim conta com o patrocínio da Conductor, plataforma líder na América Latina em meios de pagamento e Banking as a Service. A Conductor atende as principais fintechs, bancos, varejistas e diferentes empresas, permitindo que ofereçam soluções de pagamento inovadoras a seus clientes. Acesse www.conductor.com.br e entenda melhor como transformar o seu negócio! Nesta edição: - A Divibank levantou R$ 20 milhões, em uma rodada liderada pelo fundo Better Tomorrow Ventures; - A Hashdex levantou R$ 135 milhões em rodada liderada pelo Valor Capital Group em conjunto com o SoftBank, Coinbase Ventures e Igah Ventures; - A fintech de pagamentos Cloudwalk levantou US$ 190 milhões em uma rodada series B liderada pela Coatue; - A Méliuz segue ritmo acelerado de aquisições e compra a Promobit e a Melhor Plano; - A Getnet, braço de adquirência do Santander, adquire Eyemobile para expandir suas ofertas; - A Startse torna-se sócia majoritária da Captable, plataforma de investimento em startups; - O Guiabolso realiza parceria com a fintech mexicana Finerio para ampliar sua atuação em Open Banking na América Latina; - A Creditas expande sua atuação e entra no mercado de revenda de automóveis; - As Lojas Americanas expandem sua oferta de Pix para todas as suas lojas físicas; - A fintech argentina Pomelo, focada no mercado de fintech as a service, levanta US$ 9 milhões; - A startup indiana de pagamentos Pine Labs levanta US$ 285 milhões e se torna a terceira maior fintech do país; - O fenômeno das SPACs se expande pelo mundo e veículos focados em fintechs latino americanas são criados; - A fintech norte-americana Brex cria programa de recompensas para empresas focado em criptoativos; - A eBay passa a ofertar empréstimos para vendedores em sua plataforma e o pagamento das parcelas pode ser feita através de um percentual das receitas da tomadora; - Na Alemanha, o banco digital N26 está sendo questionado pelos reguladores a respeito de lavagem de dinheiro; - Hong Kong anuncia próximos passos na implementação local do Open Banking; * Entenda mais sobre revenue based financing e venture debt no artigo publicado por Bruno Diniz no link http://bit.ly/bdnoomid5. * Acesse também nosso parceiro Finsiders e fique por dentro das últimas novidades do segmento fintech! https://finsiders.com.br/ Estamos também no Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn e Spotify! Siga-nos em: https://www.instagram.com/fintechtalksbr https://www.facebook.com/fintechtalksbr/ https://www.youtube.com/fintechtalks https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/fintech-talks/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2AVngeMgLIO7r8cqwGYBPY

Receba os novos episódios no seu e-mail: http://goo.gl/HbHUl2​ O Man in the Arena é um videocast sobre empreendedorismo e cultura digital apresentado por Leo Kuba, Miguel Cavalcanti e In Hsieh. Neste episódio (#042​) Um bate-papo com Marco Fisbhen, co-fundador e CEO do Descomplica, startup de educação que auxilia estudantes a complementarem a preparação para as provas do ENEM e Vestibulares. O site oferece mais de 3000 aulas pré-gravadas, aulas ao vivo, monitoria, correção de redações, questionários com gabarito em tempo real e um fórum de perguntas e respostas com mais de duas mil questões respondidas para alunos em fase pré-vestibular. O Descomplica está no ar desde março de 2011 e recebeu investimentos de fundos como o Valar Ventures (de Peter Thiel), 500 Startups, Valor Capital Group, EL Area e Social+Capital Partnership. Marco estudou Engenharia de Produção na UFRJ e possui 15 anos de experiência como professor de Física, vídeo marketing e uso de tecnologia em educação. O Man in the Arena tem apoio da FIAP e foi gravado no auditório do Campus Aclimação (São Paulo/SP). Para saber mais: Descomplica: http://www.descomplica.com.br​ Acompanhe e participe nos canais do Man in the Arena: YouTube: http://youtube.com/maninthearenatv​ Facebook: http://facebook.com/maninthearenatv​ iTunes (Video): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...​ iTunes (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...

Especial CASE 2014 (Conferência Anual de Startups e Empreendedorismo).  Um bate-papo com Michael Nicklas (Valor Capital Group). O Man in the Arena é um videocast sobre empreendedorismo e cultura digital apresentado por Leo Kuba, Miguel Cavalcanti e In Hsieh.   Acompanhe e participe nos canais do Man in the Arena: YouTube: http://youtube.com/maninthearenatv Facebook: http://facebook.com/maninthearenatv​ iTunes (Audio): https://itunes.apple.com/br/podcast/m...

A few years after getting his degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and fresh out of his MBA at Harvard Business School, Antoine Colaço wanted to go into the VC world as an investor. But he'd always heard it'd be better to get operational experience first. So he joined Yahoo!. Then, in 2003, he took a risk and accepted a position at a small startup. It was called Google.Antoine was there for 9 years, founding Google's operation in India and launching offices all over Latin America. Although it may seem glitzy to build startups within what would become one the largest tech companies in the world, it came with the same challenges any early-stage founder would face. Some of which weren't the least bit glamorous.It was his impressive curriculum, but also his great feeling for business and love for Latin America, that led Antoine into becoming a partner at Valor Capital Group.In this episode:How different Latam cultures affect his investment approachHow he sees potential paths for founders looking to expand their businessA bit of Valor's investment criteriaAnd how intuition and luck can play a big part in investing in winning companies.--- Visit latitud.com

Tomas Martins is the co-founder and CEO of tembici which is a Brazilian bike-sharing company. The company has raised over $60 million from investors such as International Finance Corporation, Redpoint eventures, Valor Capital Group, and Joa Investimentos to name a few.

Interview with Scott Sobel, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group.