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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We sat down with Nico Estrada, CFO of VEMO, to dive into how this Mexican company is accelerating the electric mobility revolution across Latin America. Nico takes us through his journey from Colombia to Wall Street to Mexico City — and why he left investment banking to become VEMO’s first non-founder hire.
We explore how VEMO rolled up multiple startups to build an integrated EV ecosystem that combines fleets, charging infrastructure, and fintech-style solutions, solving the chicken-and-egg problem of EV adoption in LatAm. Nico also shares how VEMO is driving financial inclusion through lease-to-own programs for ride-hailing drivers with Uber and DiDi, helping gig workers access cars, credit, and ownership.
Finally, we discuss VEMO’s recent $250M fundraise, one of the largest in Latin America this year, what it means for scaling fleets and charging networks, and the lessons Nico has learned guiding a capital-intensive startup through hypergrowth.
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Intro and outro music is Me Quema by The Berger / Sanchez Project.
Keywords: latam, startup, electro-mobility, climate tech, mexico, VEMO, BYD, DIDI, UBER, nico, estrada, Vision ridge, electric vehicles, charging network
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