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episode 115: Let’s Demystify the Venture Capital Asset Class
Fernando Pontaza, co-founder and managing general partner at Invariantes Fund, recounts the inception of Invariantes, Guatemala's first early-stage venture capital fund. He offers insights into the growth of the Latin American VC market and shares his experiences as a multi-asset class portfolio manager.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
[2:11] Insights from pioneering Guatemala’s first venture capital fund
[7:08] Investing in both venture fund investments and startup investments: the Invariantes model
[13:34] Investors who maintain a long-term perspective seek professional relationships to add value beyond just investing.
[20:21] More education is needed to demystify the venture capital asset class
The non-profit organization that Fernando is passionate about: Volcano Summit
About Guest Speaker
Fernando Pontaza is a Co-Founder and Managing General Partner at Invariantes Fund - Guatemala’s first, homegrown, early-stage VC fund. He’s been directly involved in every step, from constituting the fund, designing the deck, raising capital, evaluating deals to everything in between. After over 10 years in finance and a decade of managing portfolios he has learned an enormous amount about the power of creating wealth.
About Invariantes Fund
Invariantes Fund is an early stage venture fund investing in technology companies that leverage software as infrastructure. The fund is based in Guatemala City and invests in the United States and Latin America.
Portfolio companies include: Picker, Hamama, Favor, Monkey Foods, Revere VC, Reforge, Axiom Space, Symba, Vinovest among others.
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