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▶ 1:00:30 Ben Gilbert There's a lot of capital flowing into the region right now, and SoftBank's takeaway from all of this is that technology in Latin America really isn't about disruption, but inclusion.
▶ 1:01:17 Ben Gilbert So that's just one example of how SoftBank is pairing with local founders in Latin America to bring them the capital and expertise they need.

▶ 1:03:03 Anu Hariharan We have investments in Latam.
▶ 1:31:32 Ben Gilbert After all these years, they've been successful in deploying eight billion dollars in 70 plus companies, and they have one gigantic takeaway from all this, that technology in Latin America isn't about disruption, but really just about…
▶ 1:32:23 David Rosenthal It's a global software company built in Latin America.
▶ 1:32:28 Ben Gilbert So that's just one example of how SoftBank is pairing great founders in Latin America with the capital and expertise they need.

▶ 2:01:39 Ben Gilbert The region of Latin America was overflowing with innovative founders and great opportunities, but short on the ingredient of capital.
▶ 2:01:52 Ben Gilbert I can't say this enough because I think it's like you can keep hearing it, but I think the important thing is sort of like internalizing it, that technology in Latin America is not about disruption, it's about inclusion.
▶ 2:02:24 Ben Gilbert A lot of these business models and a lot of this technology just has not happened yet to serve the vast populations in Latin America.
▶ 2:03:20 Ben Gilbert They were recently named the world's fastest growing e-commerce platform, and they are just one example of how SoftBank is partnering with great founders and bringing them the capital and expertise they need to bring the future and build…

▶ 1:47:19 Ben Gilbert Latin America is totally overflowing with innovative founders and amazing opportunities, but historically has been short on the ingredient of capital.
▶ 1:47:34 Ben Gilbert They have one huge takeaway, which is not, like, super obvious at first, but in retrospect makes tons of sense, that LATAM, it's not so much about disruption as it is inclusion, because the majority of the population is underserved in,…
▶ 1:47:57 Ben Gilbert And there's just so much to build for so many people in Latin America.
▶ 1:48:55 David Rosenthal Just talking about this is such a bright spot of, you know, in venture capital period and in SoftBank of like the Latin America, you know, investing ecosystem.
▶ 1:49:19 Ben Gilbert They really are the OG Latam investors and are such a power there.

▶ 1:26:04 Ben Gilbert As you know, they created this fund with a simple thesis that Latin America is overflowing with innovative founders and great opportunities, but is always short, or always has been historically, on the one essential ingredient of capital.
▶ 1:26:26 Ben Gilbert They have one big takeaway, and that is technology in LATAM isn't so much about disruption, it's really actually about inclusion, because the vast majority of the population is underserved in almost every category from banking to…
▶ 1:26:42 Ben Gilbert Similarly, most businesses are underserved by just modern software solutions, so there is so much to build for so many people and so many businesses in Latin America.
▶ 1:27:18 Ben Gilbert That's just one example of how SoftBank is pairing great founders with the capital that they need and great expertise to build amazing companies in Latin America today.

▶ 2:48:07 Ben Gilbert And as Xu and Paolo have told you on previous episodes, one of the big lessons they learned while investing eight billion dollars in over 70 countries is LATAM is much more about inclusion than it is just disruption.
▶ 2:48:32 Ben Gilbert There is just so much to be built for businesses and people all across LATAM.
▶ 2:49:26 Ben Gilbert This is just one example of how SoftBank is partnering with founders and bringing the capital and expertise that they need to help build the future in Latin America.
▶ 2:49:34 Ben Gilbert Now, if you're considering what's next in your career, whether you're an operator, you want to be a founder, you're in Latin America, maybe you want to invest in Latin America,

▶ 2:11:28 Ben Gilbert One of the big lessons that they learned while deploying eight billion dollars into 70 plus companies is that technology in LATAM is less about disruption, the way that we tend to think about it, and, and more about inclusion, because the…
▶ 2:11:55 Ben Gilbert So much to build for so many people and so many businesses in Latin America, uh, and we wanted to, uh, tell you about another one today, another example called Olist, a leading Brazil-based sales platform.
▶ 2:12:30 Ben Gilbert And this is just one great example of how SoftBank is partnering with great founders with the capital they need and the experience that they have to build and shape the future of Latin America now.
▶ 2:12:43 Ben Gilbert So if you're thinking about your next move in your career and maybe you want to start or join a company in Latin America, maybe you want to co-invest along with SoftBank.

▶ 2:26:52 Ben Gilbert As SoftBank LATAM fund leaders Xu and Paolo, who we've had on previous episodes, explain one of the big lessons learned along the way to investing eight billion dollars in over 70 companies, is technology in LATAM isn't really about…
▶ 2:28:03 Ben Gilbert So, this is just one example of how SoftBank is partnering with great founders and the capital and expertise that they need to help build the future in Latin America now.

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