ANNUAL VC LATAM SUMMIT 2025

March 26 - 27

Miami Beach Convention Center

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

The 5th VC Latam Summit will promote the Latin American region as a whole, alongside partner countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Centro América, el Caribe, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela), as an attractive destination for Venture Capital investment.

The Event will bring together the most relevant actors in both the LATAM and Miami VC ecosystems, including GPs & LPs
The event is organized by the Venture Capital and Private Equity Associations from twelve countries: ARCAP, ABVCA, BOCAP, CAPCA, ACVC, COLCAPITAL, ECUACAP, AMEXCAP, PARCAPY, PECAP, VENECAP and URUCAP.

350

ATTENDEES

200

GPs

100

LPs

EVENT AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH

Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139

10:30 - 12:00

Public Policies and Advocacy of the VC Industry
  • Bobby Franklin, CEO, NVCA

By invitation only

13:15 - 14:00

Accreditation

14:00 - 14:05

Opening Remarks
  • Francisco Guzmán, Partner Carey, ACVC President

14:10 - 14:30

Go Big or Go Home
  • Dileep Thazhmon, Founder and CEO, Jevees
Moderator:

Cristóbal Perdomo, Co-Founder & Partner, Wollef

14:35 - 15:35

Demoday Top Latam Startups
  • José García, Managing Partner Winnipeg, PECAP President
  • Pedro Urdaneta, Partner LEGA Abogados, President VENECAP
Moderator:

Chrisitian Quiñonez, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Innogen Capital

15:35 - 16:05

Coffee Break

16:05 - 16:35

How a VC Can Evaluate AI in Startups
  • Andrei Golfeto, Inception Community Manager, Nvidia

16:40 - 17:40

Demoday Top Latam Startups
  • Alex Harasic, Business Development Manager - Startups & Venture Capital, AWS
  • Carlos Córdova, Executive Director, ECUACAP
  • Etienne Gillard, Head of Ventures, Mana Tech
Moderator:

Fernando Paez Solchaga, Executive Director, ARCAP

17:45 - 18:00

Jury Award

19:30 - 22:30

Welcome Yacht Cocktail, by Carey(Pier 1 at Bayside)
  • Networking cocktail by Miami Bay at sunset

THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH

Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139

8:40 - 9:15

Networking Breakfast

9:20 - 9:40

Opening Remarks
  • Magdalena Guzmán, Executive Director, ACVC

9:45 - 10:05

Challenges and Opportunities for 2025
  • Ana Cristina Gadala-María, Principal, QED Investors
Moderator:

Guillermo Carey, Partner, Carey

10:10 - 10:35

Bridging the Gap between VC's and Startups
  • Fernando Fabres, CEO, Kauffman Fellows
  • Claudia Durán, Managing Director, Endeavor Miami
Moderator:

Felipe Camposano, Managing Partner, Taram Capital

10:40 - 11:00

AI; Commodity v/s Competitive Advantage
  • Alejandro Matamala, Co-Founder and CDO, Runway

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 11:55

CVC o Biotech
  • Derek Norman, Agricultor and Food Investor Team Leader, LeaderLeaps by Bayer
  • Adolfo Vinatea, CEO, KREALO
Moderator:

Silvia Chevi, Executive Director ThalesLab, President URUCAP

12:00 - 12:20

VC in Latam
  • Emanuel Hernández, Research Director, LAVCA

11:30 - 13:00

Fundraising Speed Dating GPs-LPs

Parallel activity (pre-registration)

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch with Thematic Round Tables
  • AI:
    Johnny Halife, CTO, SouthWorks
    Wilson Pais, Director Cloud & Digital Ecosystems, Microsoft
  • Impact:
    Rubén Hernández Founding Partner, Full Spectrum
    Corinne Lebrun Chief Purpose Officer, Impacta VC

13:45 - 14:05

Macro Considerations for LATAM Fund Managers and LPs
  • Federico Storani, Executive Director, Riverwood Capital
Moderator:

Paola García, Executive Director, COLCAPITAL

14:10 - 14:35

Expected Liquidity; Secondary and M&A
  • Carla Giardino, Director HSBC Ventures
  • Antonia Rojas, Managing Partner, Attom Capital
Moderator:

Jazmín Gustale, Managing Partner IThink, President PARCAPY

14:40 - 15:00

Monashees; From Latam to the World
  • Eric Acher, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Monashees+
Moderator:

Francisco Guzmán, Partner Carey, ACVC President

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 15:50

Global Trends in VC
  • Allen Taylor, Managing Partner, Endeavor Catalyst
Moderator:

Liliana Reyes, CEO AMEXCAP

15:55 - 16:15

Fintech, the Icon of Latam
  • German Pugliese, Co-Founder, Technisys
Moderator:

Mariano Meyer, Managing Partner Newtopia, President ARCAP

16:20 - 16:30

Closing Remarks
  • Viviana Coloma, Program Director Solydes, President BOCAP

EVENT SPEAKERS 2025

Alejandro Matamala-Ortiz

Chief Design Officer & Co-Founder
Runway

Alex Harasic

Gerente de Desarrollo de Negocios
Startups & Venture Capital, AWS

Ana Cristina Gadala-María

Principal
QED Investor

Andrei Golfeto

Startup & VC Manager
NVIDIA Latinoamérica

Antonia Rojas Eing

Managing Partner
Attom Capital

Allen Taylor

Managing Partner
Endeavor Catalyst

Bobby Franklin

President & CEO
National Venture Capital Association

Carla Giardino

Director
HSBC Ventures

Carlos Córdoba

Executive Director
ECUACAP

Christian Quiñonez

Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Innogen Capital

Claudia Duran

Directora Ejecutiva
Endeavor Miami

Cristiane Nascimento

International Head
ABVCAP

Cristóbal Perdomo

Co-Founder & Partner
Wollef

Dereck Norman

Agricultor and Food Inv. Team Leader
LeaderLeaps by Bayer

Dileep Thazhmon

Founder & CEO
Jeeves

Emanuel Hernandez

Director of Research
LAVCA

Eric Acher

Co-Founder & Managing General Partner
Monashees

Etienne Gillard

Head of ventures
Mana Tech

Federico Storani

Executive Director
Riverwood Capital

Felipe Camposano

Managing Partner
Taram Capital

Fernando Fabre

CEO
Kauffman Fellows

Fernando Paez Solchaga

Executive Director
ARCAP

Francisco Guzmán

Partner, Carey
President, ACVC

German Pugliese

German Pugliese, Founder
Technisys

Guillermo Carey

Partner
Carey

Jazmín Gustale

Co-founder & Managing Partner
iThink VC

José García Herz

Managing Partner, Winnipeg Ventures
President, PECAP

Liliana Reyes Castrejón

CEO
AMEXCAP

Magdalena Guzmán

Executive Director
ACVC

Mariano Mayer

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Newtopia
VCPresident, Arcap

Paola García

Executive Director
ColCapital

Pedro Urdaneta

Socio, LEĜA
Presidente, Venecápital

Ricardo Sangion

Partner
TheVentureCity

Sylvia Chebi

Executive Director, Thaeslab
President, URUCAP

EVENT PRICING

Super Early Bird

Until 31/12/24

US$450+ Tax

Early Bird

Until 09/03/25

US$550+ Tax

REGULAR RATE

Until 26/03/25

US$750+ Tax

Register Here!

All LPs who purchase tickets to the event must be individuals that are professionally engaged in investing in VC funds, either with their own or others’ capital, and not engaged in other fundraising activities or charging fees for advisory or consulting activities.
The Summit reserves the right to refund the ticket at any time and to reject registrations after they have been made, if any of these criteria defined by the Summit organization are violated.

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