Basics… How to Improve your chances of raising a seed round 24 May 202226 Apr 2022 This is a co-authored post with Jorge Goncalves, who is also a lawyer and the co-founder, and CEO of 4YouSee Arenas. We offer some perspectives and tips on how entrepreneurs…
impinv… Real-Life Heroes: Lina and Ted 23 Mar 202222 Mar 2022 Hi, Gaston here. When I chose to invest in Carmachain's pre-seed round almost a year ago, I just envisioned helping the unbanked in emerging markets (starting with Kenya and Nigeria).…
Climate Change… Blockchain in Agriculture 26 Oct 20216 Aug 2022 As I mentioned in a previous post, I am a firm believer that innovation lies at the crossroads between different industries. This is the case for agriculture that is being…
Basics… Average “ticket size” 14 Jul 202013 Jul 2020 I could start with, “it depends”, but I will try to give you a more straightforward answer. If you are a founder and have landed on this page, why are…
First Order Principles… Value investing in startups? 31 Mar 202031 Mar 2020 The critical question is whether value investing techniques can be applied or not to early-stage investing in startups?. The conclusion is that although you may adopt the methodology, for seed…
impinv… Sharing Deal Flow: a system 6 Feb 20206 Feb 2020 Some time ago, I joined a discussion with a group of impact investors, about the best ways for sourcing deal flow, and, which are the best practices for the sharing…
Valuation of seed stage startups 21 Jan 202017 Jan 2020 I don’t care that much about valuation, and thus pay slight attention to this parameter when deciding whether to invest or not in a startup. Apparently, I am not the…
First Order Principles… My investment criteria 23 Sep 201918 Sep 2019 I try to follow certain ”rules” both for the selection of the startups and for the allocation of funds within my startup investment portfolio. These rules are not written in…