Franco Varona
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 1 Apr
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We don't understand the Philippines, it's a little bit far out.
I mean, these were actual answers that I would get from from other GPs, other fund mentioners.
Managers back then.
I mean, I think what I quickly realized was that in many cases, especially in emerging markets, there really needs to be somebody on the ground to help bring out the stories, right?
To help bring out and find the deals, basically.
And prior to us, of course, there were some other funds here.
Um, you know, and and and great respect to to Kickstart Ventures, who has been here since 2014.
You know, there were some PE firms out here as well.
Well, yeah.
But the fact of the matter was there was no institutional independent uh venture capital out here.
And that's a big difference.
If you look at other parts of this region and you ask around, right?
For example, like why why is nobody talking about Thailand?
Why does nobody ever bring up Thailand?
Why why is it like a super developed economy at this point in the context of Southeast Asia?
But nobody can find any deals out there.
And to me that's actually
the same reason.
It's because there's actually no independent venture capital out there that's helping to uncover these great deals.
So you know
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