Ep. 315 How I Raised It with David Alvo of Impacta.vc
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What are the characteristics of the best entrepreneurs in Latin America?
Who's the best entrepreneurs in Latin America? Yeah. Mexican startups are getting better pressure. Colombia is like the new trend. Argentinians have the mindset that they can, like, really go global. Hi guys, welcome to the How I Raise It podcast, the show where you get an inside look at how real entrepreneurs and VCs raise capital for their businesses. I'm your host, Nathan Beckert, and today's episode is with David Alva of Impacta.VC.
How do Mexican, Colombian, Argentinian, and Chilean startups compare?
Impacta is a Latin America VC fund and accelerator. This one is fun because David is the man when it comes to the Latin America startup and VC scene. And we dig into what's going on down there, also some fun points on which countries produce the best startup founders, and a lot more. If you're tuning into this podcast to learn how to raise capital for your business, be sure to check out FoundersSuite.com if you're a startup or FundingStack.com if you're a VC or advisor. Both platforms will give you access to an awesome collection of tools for raising capital, including a massive investor database, a new Get Intro tool to get warm introductions to those investors, a CRM to manage your raise, a virtual data room to run due diligence, plus pitch deck hosting, investor updates, email tools, and much more.
Last but not least, if you enjoyed this conversation and think someone else would too, please share it with them and hit that subscribe button to get all our latest episodes. Thank you. Now sit back and enjoy this chat with David. Welcome to How I Raised It, the podcast that goes behind the scenes with entrepreneurs who've raised capital. We uncover the tips, tricks, and techniques they use to get investors to write a check, strap in, and turn it up. hi welcome to another episode of how i raised it produced by foundersuite.com and fundingstack.com today i have david alvo of impacta coming to us from latin america david how are you and where are you good i'm i'm excited to be speaking with you nathan i'm i'm in chile santiago chile very good well let's just jump right into it what is impacta
uh impact lc is a venture capital firm that invests and supports impact driven founders from latin america we invest we have two active funds and we also support with the programs around fundraising around revenue around expansion to other countries and also we do a lot of events we have a huge events here in event in chile and we also travel to all the tech weeks all over latin america we try to create connections between our network. Yeah, I love it. Full disclosure, I go in every now and then and give talks to your Impact Accelerator program. I love all the people who attend. They're so passionate and exciting and excited. It's Don't take this the wrong way. It's almost like the stereotype of the Latin America, very passionate founders.
The energy is great. So it's really cool what you put together with impact. Let's pick apart little bits of the business. So maybe let's start with the accelerator. So talk about that a little bit. Yeah. I'm a previous founder and I also ran the most active accelerator NBC in Latin America for four years. And one of the things that I saw... What was that called? And as a founder, I saw myself in many accelerator programs in Norway, in the US, in Argentina, in several places where I was, that I talked about marketing and I still didn't have a product or I talked about structure and I really had the structure ready. And so I was losing my time, but since these accelerators were investing in my companies, I will go just to create that
What unique opportunities does LATAM offer for startup investments?
but I was wasting my time, right? And I saw myself doing then later acceleration programs, this type of acceleration programs to more than 80 companies from Latin America. And I saw that, you know, on their faces. And I thought, you know, this has to be some, it has to be different. And so the way that we do it is that we create programs that are challenge specific. And the program is a playbook so you can actually understand Fundraise. That's your challenge. I need to fundraise. It's not something that you just take notes and then read those notes and say, okay, so how can I fundraise?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the characteristics of the best entrepreneurs in Latin America?
0:00–0:29
2
How do Mexican, Colombian, Argentinian, and Chilean startups compare?
0:29–3:58
3
What unique opportunities does LATAM offer for startup investments?
3:58–7:25
4
How do LATAM startups raise capital in the USA?
7:25–10:42
5
What is the process for raising Fund I and II at Impacta.vc?
10:42–14:53
6
How has the LP composition changed between Fund I and II?
14:53–18:03
7
What challenges do LATAM startups face in the global market?
18:03–22:16
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What advice does the guest have for aspiring founders in LATAM?
22:16–53:51
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