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#5 - Federico Vega - Fundraising lessons from the founder of a billion dollar startup
In this episode, Derek Hall sits down with Federico Vega. Federico is the Founder & CEO of Frete.com, a logistics and trucking technology business that was last valued at $1 billion dollars.
With an A-list group of investors and board members on his cap table, Federico has raised nearly $400 million dollars. His investors include Blackstone, Softbank, Tencent, Goldman Sachs, Valor Capital Group, Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn), Paulo Veras (Founder of 99), Henry Kravis (Founder of KKR), Oscar Salazar (co-founder of Uber), Jeb Bush (the 43rd Governor of Florida) and others.
Federico talks about the early days of founding the business, convincing his former boss to invest in the company, and growing Frete.com to become the largest freight transport platform in Latin America.
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By Derek HallIn this episode, Derek Hall sits down with Federico Vega. Federico is the Founder & CEO of Frete.com, a logistics and trucking technology business that was last valued at $1 billion dollars.
With an A-list group of investors and board members on his cap table, Federico has raised nearly $400 million dollars. His investors include Blackstone, Softbank, Tencent, Goldman Sachs, Valor Capital Group, Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn), Paulo Veras (Founder of 99), Henry Kravis (Founder of KKR), Oscar Salazar (co-founder of Uber), Jeb Bush (the 43rd Governor of Florida) and others.
Federico talks about the early days of founding the business, convincing his former boss to invest in the company, and growing Frete.com to become the largest freight transport platform in Latin America.