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Techstars’ CEO: The Venn Diagram Of Billion Dollar Ideas (How To Create Unicorns)
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David Cohen (founder of Techstars) was an angel investor in Uber. He also had the opportunity to invest in Lyft — and passed. Same market. Same timi...
Freepik CEO: "The Day I Realized AI Would Destroy Us" — A Company That Refused To Die
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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I Built a $4.4B SaaS and AI Agents Destroyed It: The End "Per Seat" Pricing
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Manny Medina, the founder who defined the last decade of sales tech with Outreach and is now building Paid.ai , the infrastructure f...
#1 Forbes Angel Investor: "Stay Home!" The AI Playbook for Non-US Founders
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Fabrice Grinda, co-founder of FJ Labs and one of the most prolific angel investors, with +1,100 investments and key bets like Airbnb...
$1B Founder: "AI Voice Infrastructure Doesn't Exist Yet" Here is Why That's $10B Opportunity
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Marcelo Camberos, co-founder and former CEO of IPSY, the beauty subscription that grew to over 3M subscribers and $200M ARR, creatin...
Investor in Uber, Roku & Siri: What He Looks for in Iconic Consumer Products
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Shawn Carolan, Managing Partner at Menlo Ventures, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest venture firms with more than $5B under managemen...
The Forward Deployed Engineering Playbook | Pablo Palafox, Happy Robot
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Pablo Palafox, CEO and co-founder of Happy Robot, the AI agents startup that's automating logistics and supply chain.Pablo studied indust...
From Immigrant to a $3B Exit: The Story of Sendgrid | Issac Saldana, Sendgrid, Memo
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Isaac Saldana, co-founder and former CEO of Sendgrid, the API centric email platform which went public in 2017 and was acquired by Twilio ...
A Bullish Take on LatAm’s Growth Equity & Lessons from Investing $8BN at Softbank| Paulo Passoni, Valor Capital Group
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paulo Passoni is Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group, a venture capital and growth equity firm investing across Brazil, LatAm, and the US.Before V...
The AI Investing Strategy of Uber’s 1st Head of Data Science | Kevin Novak, Rackhouse Ventures
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Kevin Novak, the founder and Managing Partner of Rackhouse Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on the intersection between AI an...
The Past, Present and Future of Brazil’s Venture Ecosystem | Rodrigo Baer, Upload Ventures
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Rodrigo Baer, co-founder and General Partner at Upload Ventures. I met Rodrigo a year ago during a trip to Brazil and was impressed ...
How to Raise from Emerging LPs: A Guide for GPs | David Zhou, Alchemist
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talked to David Zhou, Head of Investor Relations at Alchemist Accelerator, to understand who emerging Limited Partners (LPs) are and what ...
Why Every US Company Needs a Latino Strategy | Sean Salas, Camino Financial | S1:EP5
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are nearly 5 million Latino-owned businesses in the US and nearly 1 in 4 new businesses are started by Latinos. And yet, access to banks and fin...
The Edtech that Acquired a University: Alura, One of Brazil’s Largest Online Education Platforms | Paulo Silveira, Alura | S1:EP4
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Numerous startups like online bootcamps and MOOCs have tried to disrupt and reimagine the higher education system. However, the idea of merging the...
Building the AWS of Fintech and How Payments Will Shape the Future of Software | Richie Serna, Finix | S1:EP3
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest has a habit of explaining how the payment ecosystem works on any opportunity he gets. Leveraging this expertise, Richie Serna founded ...
Elias Torres, Drift & Novy | Embracing Conflicting Advice, Why Product Defensiblity is Dying & The Future of SaaS | S1:EP2
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elias is the co-founder of Drift, a software platform that’s reimagining the B2B buying experience by helping businesses deliver personalized conver...
Kevin Efrusy, Accel | From Investing in Facebook to Investing in LatAm’s Startups and Youth | S1:EP1
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is my first episode, and I couldn't be more grateful to start with such an incredible guest. Today, I had Kevin Efrusy on the show. Kevin joined...