On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Kenny Laplante, Founder of Genial Care

Key Takeaways

A personal story about overcoming adversities and conquering learning difficulties

The importance of why when starting up

Investing in powerful, positive change that endures

How to achieve better outcomes at lower cost in healthcare

How to crack Go-To-Market

From operating in the US to founding a healthtech startup for LATAM

The myths behind being a solo founder

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Adrian Garcia-Aranyós, President at Endeavor.

Key Takeaways:

Being the president of an organization that supports entrepreneurship since 1997

The Multiplier effect of Endeavor building new ecosystems

How to scale in emerging markets

Entrepreneurship trends that Adrian sees across the world

How to apply to Endeavor

Evolution of the ecosystems since the beginning of Endeavor until now

Entrepreneurship in emerging markets

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Laura Gómez, General Partner at Latin Leap.

Key Takeaways:

Lessons from a female serial entrepreneur

Successful exit very early on

How to navigate the ups and downs of entrepreneurship

The purpose behind investing in Spanish speaking LATAM

From founder to corporate VC to classic VC

Learning from your mistakes and keep persevering

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Laura Constantini, Co-Founder at Astella.

Key Takeaways

Building a fund in 2008

Early Stage VC investing in Brazilian founders since 2010

Astella investment thesis

How to pick the best companies to invest on

Building the future by leveraging the opportunities around consumer internet, software-as-a-service, and marketplaces

Evolution of the Brazilian ecosystem in the last 15 years of Astella

Bringing knowledge and new ideas to strengthen the startup ecosystem

How to successfully build a content machine

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Ben Gleason, Founder of Kamino.

Key takeaways

Starting up in completely different maturity stages of the ecosystem with Groupon, GuiaBolso and Kamino

From MD at Groupon to fintech founder at GuiaBolso

From GuiaBolso to Kamino

How did the passion for the Brazilian ecosystem start

Helping underrepresented founders to break the barriers as angel investor and via Endeavor

Lessons learned being an angel investor and founder

The importance of creating the right culture and vision in a remote or hybrid work environment

On this Episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Miguel Arias, General Partner at KFUND.

Key takeaways:

Experience from being on all sides of the table of the innovation ecosystem: corporate leader, teacher, VC, operator, founder…

The importance of psychology in creating and backing a startup

How is the LATAM ecosystem developing?

In what ways is technology shaping the new world and creating new market opportunities?

Will VR and AR create a new metaverse?

Enabling tech applied to climate change

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Edouard de Montmort, Co-Founder at Velvet

Key Takeaways:

Building a startup as Founding Partner and Head of LATAM at Majoritas

Building his first startup: Arvore

Building his second startup: Velvet

Velvet offers liquidity to the brightest people in startups all over the world so that builders can monetize their vested equity through a seamless digital experience.

The multicultural footprint of a serial entrepreneur.

How Edouard built a differentiation as an angel investor.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with with Jessica Chao, Founding Capital Partner at Iterative

Key Takeaways

Healthtech trends in the US, LATAM and Southeast Asia

Exciting infrastructure-based startups that are re-shaping the healthcare sector

Patterns to succeed as a leader in the healthcare sector: eager to learn and be mission-driven.

The main challenges to start a healthcare company: how to get your first clients.

What is the investment thesis of Iterative and SVLC

On this episode of the Scale Up Valley Podcast, Michael Sidler, Co-Founding Partner at Redalpine speaks with Mike Dias, CEO & Co-Founder of Scale Up Valley

Key Takeaways

Investing in vision and real disruption

Top criteria to invest for Redalpine: The quality of a founding team.

The passion of developing the European ecosystem

Helping to create financial independence in Europe

Challenges and opportunities of the European and the Swiss Market

The opportunities of longevity and psychedelics in the healthcare sector

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias with Mariano García-Valiño , CEO & Founder at AXENYA and Roebrto Vianna, CCO & CMO at AXENYA.

Key takeaways

The future of healthcare

From IPO back into starting up

Empowering Latin-America's healthcare ecosystem to plug into the future of medicine.

How to align incentives of multiple stakeholders.

How to deliver a value proposition that benefits health plans, employers and employees, simultaneously.