April 16 - 17
Miami Beach Convention Center
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The 4th 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.
ATTENDEES
GPs
LPs
Miami Beach Convention Center
Cristóbal Silva, Managing Partner at Kayyak Ventures
Cristián Eyzaguirre, Partner at Carey
Alfonso Amat, Head of Startup Business Development - LatAmAWS
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Edgar Parra, Senior Investment Officer, BID
Francisco Guzmán, President at ACVC, Chilean Venture Capital Association
Since 2013, Bobby has led the venture community’s preeminent trade association focused on empowering the next generation of transformative American companies. As president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association, he champions public policy that supports the American entrepreneurial ecosystem, making NVCA the dominant voice of the U.S. startup ecosystem. Before joining NVCA Franklin spent ten years at CTIA, representing the entire wireless industry.
As the voice of the U.S. venture capital community, the National Venture Capital Association empowers its members and the entrepreneurs they fund by advocating for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. The NVCA also serves as the definitive resource for venture capital data and unites its members through a full range of professional services.
Cristóbal has more than 12 years of experience as a fundamental investor in public equities and mora than 4 years of experience in venture capital.
He co-managed a portfolio of US$ 1B of equities and high-yield securities in Latam at Bancard (Odisea) outperforming the benchmark by high-teens percentage points. Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at Orbis Investment Management.
Kayyak Ventures primarily invests in companies based in Latin America, but we also back businesses led by Latin founders in other places like the US or Europe.
Desde su rol en BID Lab, lidera la estrategia de cambio climático y sustentabilidad del área de inversiones para América Latina y el Caribe.
Anteriormente, se desempeñó como coordinador de proyectos, gerente de portafolio y director de inversiones en fondos de capital privado en el Fondo de Capitalización e inversión del Sector Rural (FOCIR). Fue también responsable de la prospección, due diligence, formalización e inversión en fondos de capital privado y venture capital enfocados en agronegocios e inversión de impacto en donde FOCIR participa como Limited Partner. Asimismo, participó en el Consejo de Administración de diversas empresas del portafolio de inversión.
Federico Storani is an Executive Director for Riverwood Capital, which manages $5.9 billion and invests in high-growth companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries globally. Before joining Riverwood, Federico was a Managing Director and Head of Latin America Telecommunications, Media, and Technology Investment Banking at Citigroup Global Markets based in New York.
Riverwood Capital invests in high-growth companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries. The firm seeks to invest in established businesses with a proven technology and business model, and the proper fit in terms of culture and values, in both minority and control situations. Riverwood has offices in Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Miami, FL; and São Paulo, Brazil.
He is a partner at Carey, the largest law firm in Chile, co-leading the areas of venture capital, fintech, and investment funds. Francisco is the President of the Chilean Venture Capital Association (ACVC), Chair of the Latin American Regional Council of The World Services Group, and Director of InBest.
He has been recognized as a leading Venture Capital and Fintech lawyer by several foreign publications such as Chambers & Partners, Latin Lawyer, and The Legal 500, among others. In 2022 he received the Investment Lawyer of the Year Award by Best Lawyers.
He has been a postgraduate professor of corporate law and venture capital courses at several universities in Chile. He is the author of the book “Privileged Information in the Stock Market” (Legal Publishing, 2007) and frequently participates as a speaker in foreign investment seminars and events.
He is an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist in his role as General Partner at Monashees. He also leads Monashees’ Network Services, the firm’s value-add platform for portfolio companies.
Before joining Monashees, Guto was an entrepreneur with Elo7, a Brazilian marketplace for handmade and custom-ordered products backed by Monashees, Accel, and Insight Partners, and later acquired by Etsy.
monashees is the pioneer venture capital firm in Latin America. It partners with outstanding founders who are revolutionizing large markets. The firm serves entrepreneurs starting with their very first movements, supporting their growth through its expansion funds. The monashees community includes over 130 companies and 300 founders.
Gyoung Joo Choe is focused on structuring and monitoring investments in Venture Capital funds in Latin America and the Caribbean. She is also part of the WeXchange coordinating team, a platform that connects STEM women entrepreneurs with investors and mentors. Laila is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University – Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the University of Salvador in Argentina.
IDB Lab is the innovation and venture laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. Our purpose is to discover new ways to drive social inclusion, environmental action, and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB Lab leverages financing, knowledge, and connections to support early-stage entrepreneurship, foster the development of new technologies, activate innovative markets, and catalyze existing sectors
Igor holds 13+ years of experience in economic development, business strategy, and venture capital with a focus on Latin America. He is also a member of the board of Scale Up Ventures(Brazil,) and a founding partner at Beacon Founders.
Endeavor Catalyst is Endeavor’s innovative co-investment fund that has been recognized as one of the most active global venture investors in markets like Latin America and the Middle East. Endeavor Catalyst has $500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 49 companies valued at $1B+.
Jazmín Gustale Gill is a venture capital investor based in Latin America. Passionate about the impact and the potential of disruptive technologies to transform the region and accelerate sustainable development, she has a breadth of experience working in the innovation, policy, and social impact space. Before founding iThink VC, Jazmín led the creation of the first National Innovation Strategy in Paraguay, working in the Presidency of the country. She oversaw the development of the Strategy as a public-private initiative to foster the country’s innovation ecosystem (2018-2021). Before that, she served as the Vice Minister of Planning and Economic Development (2017-2018).
iThink VC is a venture capital fund investing in exceptional entrepreneurs solving the most pressing challenges in Latin America.
John Crowell leads buyout and growth equity investment activities for Accel-KKR across Latin America and the Iberian Region. Before joining Accel-KKR, he worked for a North American multi-family office, focused on buyouts and growth capital investments in software and tech-enabled service businesses in the Latin America region.
Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with $19 billion in capital commitments. The firm invests in software and IT-enabled businesses well-positioned for topline and bottom-line growth. Accel-KKR focuses on middle-market companies and provides a broad range of capital solutions from minority-growth investments to buyouts, recapitalizations, divisional carve-outs, and going-private transactions. The firm has offices in Menlo Park, Atlanta, London, and Mexico City.
Director of Business Development for Latin America and the US at PFG, a debt fund based in San Francisco. Based out of Miami, Julia leads their efforts to partner with Technology and Fintech companies as well as fundraising.
Before joining PFG, Julia was at Silicon Valley Bank, leading the bank’s LATAM efforts. She is also an angel investor.
Partners for Growth specializes in tailored debt solutions for entrepreneurs driving global growth in tech and innovation. With a history spanning almost four decades, we’ve collaborated with over 230 companies from more than 20 countries in tech-centric sectors. Our expertise is crafting customized debt and asset-backed financing solutions for high-growth companies designed to accelerate key stages of their journey.
Kim offers a unique combination of government, corporate and trade association experience. As CEO of CVCA she is the spokesperson for Canadian Private Capital and advocates for the best investment policy environment. She has been in this role for two years and prior to joining CVCA, she spent a decade working for Amgen, a Californian biotech multinational.
She has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, operator, investor, community leader, and philanthropist. A native to Miami, FL, Melissa Medina is Co-founder & CEO of eMerge Americas with a mission of helping transform South Florida into a global tech hub. With Melissa’s leadership, the eMerge Americas conference now attracts more than 20,000+ attendees from over 50 countries.
Melissa is also a Partner at Medina Ventures, an early-stage venture fund, as well as the President of the Medina Family Foundation, which has a mission to fund local initiatives that focus on mentoring children and empowering families.
Paola Garcia has more than 20 years of professional experience in management and administrative positions in Spain and Colombia, in firms such as Dragados, Obras y Proyectos, CSI Complex Systems, also as a foreign investment promotion advisor at Invest in Bogota and ProColombia where she held positions as investment manager for Agroindustry, Logistics, Energy and Infrastructure; manager for investment attraction in Asia and vice president of investment. She has also been in charge of accompanying capital funds that have bet on the country and its companies. She has worked with Softbank in technology ventures, Brookfield in energy, KKR in telecommunications, MacQuarie and John Laing in infrastructure, and Acumen in impact projects, among others.
Paulo is a Managing Partner at Valor, responsible for the firm’s Growth Equity business. He is an investor with 16 years of experience. His areas of focus are growth equity and special situations. He has invested in private and public companies in a variety of asset classes: tech, listed companies, private equities, private credit, public credit, infrastructure, and real estate.
Valor Capital Group, LLC is an investment firm focused on Brazil and US-Brazil cross-border opportunities with a presence in New York, Silicon Valley, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. The firm operates across two investment strategies: Growth Equity and Venture Capital
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Bicycle Capital, a recently launched
firm focused on investments in growth-stage Latin American technology companies, which closed on over $500M of LP Commitments with Mubadala and Claure Group anchoring the fund with participation from over 30 Family Offices.
He also served in multiple senior investment roles at SoftBank Vision Fund and SoftBank Group International. He was most recently a Managing Partner at SoftBank Group International, where he launched and managed two separate funds.
Sylvia is an international executive and consultant who became a technology entrepreneur. She is Co-Founder and CEO of ThalesLab, a Company Builder and Technology Incubator based in Uruguay. She is co-founder and president of URUCAP (the Uruguayan Private Capital Association), a mentor at Endeavor, and Director of WeInvest, a community of investors in ventures in Latin America. Sylvia has been a university professor in engineering courses and innovation topics.
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.