Mercedes Bent, Partner at Lightspeed – Unlocking Fintech’s Potential Across the Americas & Balancing Priorities in Venture Capital Investing
Listen now
Description
Send us a text[Original air date, March 28, 2023] Miguel Armaza interviews Mercedes Bent, Partner at Lightspeed, a global venture capital firm founded in the year 2000. Over the last 23 years, they have secured over $18 billion in committed capital and backed over 500 companies, including Snap, Affirm, Faire, Grubhub, Carta, Blend, and a long list of great firms.In this episode, we discuss:Investing in marketplaces or credit-driven businesses and what founders and investors should keep in min...
More Episodes
Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Howard Morgan, Chair at B Capital, and also co-founder of Renaissance Technologies and First Round Capital.Howard and Miguel sat down live on stage at Barclays Rise in NYC for the Gilgamesh Ventures Summit, an annual meeting with over 150 Limited Partners,...
Published 11/12/24
Published 11/12/24
Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Jouk Pleiter, CEO & Founder of Backbase, a global fintech that’s modernizing software and infrastructure for banks around the world.Founded in 2003, Backbase was bootstrapped to €200M in annual revenue until they raised a single Private Equity round of...
Published 11/05/24