Nicolas Szekasy

6 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 16, 2021 by Nicolas Szekasy · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Aug 16, 2021
Insight
Szekasy: Kaszek only invests in startups that can return the entire fund
“And every investment, the bar is that it will become a fund maker. So if we don't think that it has the potential of becoming a fund maker, we would not do an investment.”
Nicolas Szekasy Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 12:51 20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
Aug 16, 2021 neutral
Prediction Held up
Szekasy: Kaszek Will Keep Core Early-Stage Fund Size Capped
“We are fully convinced that we are first and foremost an early stage investor, and for that there's a certain size of fund that has a limit to ensure that you stay very effective and you continue to produce outsized returns. So that will not change, and maybe …”
Nicolas Szekasy Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 28:54 20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
Aug 16, 2021 negative
Disclosure
Out-of-Touch MercadoLibre Board Members Inspired the Founding of Kaszek
“Part of us being motivated to start Kasek with Hernan was that we had board members at Mercado Libre who were members of the banks or these financial institutions, and they were really great guys and really smart guys and well-intended, but they had no idea of…”
Nicolas Szekasy Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 24:44 20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
Aug 16, 2021 positive
Opinion
LatAm Founders Handled Dot-Com Crash Better Than US Counterparts
“I'm sure that we were better suited than most of the founders from more developed countries, that they were not aware that something like this could happen.”
Nicolas Szekasy Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 5:48 20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
Aug 16, 2021
Insight
Szekasy: Board members are supporting actors who influence rather than decide
“Make sure that you don't want to be the smartest guy in the room. You're there to help. You need to understand that you're a support cast. You're in the passenger seat. Be very humble about that. Everything that you've got, and when something is wrong, you hav…”
Nicolas Szekasy Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 25:13 20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
Aug 16, 2021
Insight
Szekasy: Board members must de-escalate panic during founder crises
“If you're the board member and the team is about to collapse because there's a catastrophe, the last thing that they want is a nervous board member that is adding fuel to the fire. What they need is someone that, that is going to be there to try to calm things…”
Nicolas Szekasy Aug 16, 2021 ▶ 24:01 20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
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