PodKast 182 - Eric Acher (Monashees): one of the founding fathers of LatAm VC

⁠Monashees⁠ is an iconic VC firm in LatAm. Founded in 2005 by ⁠Eric Acher⁠ and Fabio Igel, the firm has seen the evolution and explosion of the LatAm startup ecosystem firsthand.In this week’s episode we talked to Eric Acher about the following topics:

• His professional career until founding Monashees
• The McKinsey experience and how it has shaped his career
• How working at General Atlantic opened his eyes to Venture Capital and startup investing
• The post dotcom winter and what it felt like investing at the time in LatAm
• His thinking around technology cycles and how it affects startup investing
• The evolution of LatAm’s tech ecosystem
• The story of 99 and other LatAm unicorns
• And many other topics

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