#182 - Eric Acher (Monashees): one of the founding fathers of LatAm VC

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Spanish - April 14, 2023 09:35 - 1 hour - 109 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Previous Episode: #181 - Steven Tey (Vercel): understanding the role of developer relations

Next Episode: #183 - Benjamin Gleason (Kamino): the beginning of the Brazilian fintech revolution

Monashees is an iconic VC firm in LatAm. Founded in 2005 by Eric Acher and Fabio Igel, the firm has seen the evolution and explosion of the LatAm startup ecosystem firsthand.

In this week’s episode we talked to Eric Acher about the following topics:

His professional career until founding Monashees
The McKinsey experience and how it has shaped his career
How working at General Atlantic opened his eyes to Venture Capital and startup investing
The post dotcom winter and what it felt like investing at the time in LatAm
His thinking around technology cycles and how it affects startup investing
The evolution of LatAm’s tech ecosystem
The story of 99 and other LatAm unicorns
And many other topics