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#125 - Building a better future for the 99%: Ryan Bloomer, K50
Latitud Podcast
English - December 14, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBEntrepreneurship Business Investing latitud latam business startups investment venture capital founders fundraising entrepreneurship brian requarth Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ryan Bloomer founded the venture capital firm K50 six years ago, after building two companies, an accelerator, a venture studio, and a founder community. With K50, Ryan had an ambitious goal in mind: betting on startups building a better future for the 99% in the US and in Latin America.
Since then, K50 has invested in no less than 180 startups, with pre-Seed and Seed rounds in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and future of work. Fintual, Frubana, Osana, and Tul are some examples of K50's thesis in action.
Today, Ryan and I talk about:
His trajectory up to K50 Ventures, and on what startups and founders the firm bets inside the early-stage space;Why Ryan started a founder community back in 2008, how it followed a decentralized support model, and the thesis of investing in diverse geographies;Ryan's vision on valuations for early-stage startups, the drive for solving huge problems and creating a legacy, and the one investment that exemplifies K50's thesis.Building good sh*t in Latin America?
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