La Frontera: Bridging Startups and VCs Across the Americas
La Frontera: Bridging Startups and VCs Across the Americas
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Welcome to "La Frontera," a podcast dedicated to exploring the dynamic startup and venture capital ecosystem in Latin America. We dive into the innovations, opportunities, and challenges unique to the region. Our goal is to bridge the gap between founders in the region and international investors by providing founders with access to high-quality resources and funding and investors with the insights and guidance to invest with confidence.
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The podcast explores themes such as venture capital strategies, founder experiences, and regional investment challenges, with episodes covering topics like building a top-tier VC fund and the unique dynamics of LP bases across countries like Mexico and Brazil. Each episode features deep discussions about innovations and opportunities that are pivotal in the Latin American ecosystem.
Welcome to “La Frontera,” a podcast dedicated to exploring the dynamic startup and venture capital ecosystem in Latin America. We dive into the innovations, opportunities, and challenges unique to the region. Our goal is to bridge the gap between founders in the region and international investors by providing founders with access to high-quality resources and funding and investors with the insights and guidance to invest with confidence.
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How do you raise ~$20M and scale to ~$6M ARR in ~20 months as a first-time founder in Latin America?
In this episode of La Frontera, we sit down with Nico Camhi, CEO and co-founder of Vambe, to break down the real playbook behind building and scaling an AI company in LatAm.
We cover how Vambe uses AI agents to automate critical back-office workflows for B2C commercial teams, why execution and culture matter more than hype, and what it takes to raise capital through relationships as a first-time founder. Nico also shares lessons from building in Chile, expanding into Brazil, and designing AI systems that actually work across different Latin American cultures.
This is a candid conversation about:
Building AI products for real operational problems
Raising capital and earning investor trust
Hiring for ownership, speed, and resilience
Why in-person teams still matter
Cultural nuance in AI prompting across LatAm
The unglamorous reality of entrepreneurship
If you’re a founder, operator, or investor building in Latin America—or thinking about it—this episode is for you.
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