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A Bullish Take on LatAm’s Growth Equity & Lessons from Investing $8BN at Softbank| Paulo Passoni, Valor Capital Group
A Bullish Take on LatAm’s Growth Equity & Lessons from Investing $8BN at Softbank| Paulo Passoni, Valor Capital Group
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61 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2024
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Paulo Passoni is Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group, a venture capital and growth equity firm investing across Brazil, LatAm, and the US.Before Valor, Paulo played a protagonic role in developing LatAm’s growth equity ecosystem as a Managing Partner at SoftBank, managing their $8 billion LatAm Fund. Paulo invested and acted as a board member of several Brazilian unicorns including VTEX, Loggi and Creditas. He also invested over a decade in Latin America’s public and private equities at Third Point Management and Eton Park.In this episode, we talked about the non-obvious investing principles he’s learned over his career, why he’s bullish on LatAm’s venture and growth ecosystem, unlike other investors, and his reflections from his time at Softbank. We also d iscussed his frameworks for investing in growth-stage companies in Brazil and LatAm, including markets, regulatory tailwinds, business models, metrics, and teams; and how this has changed since 2020 and 2021.GET THE BEST OF THE INTERVIEWS IN OUR NEWSLETTER?️ Read it: https://rebrand.ly/tssnwsrss
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Distribuido por Genuina Media
Released:
May 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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