Latitud plans to invest $50K to $250K for 3% to 10% equity
Brian Requarth · He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America · Feb 12, 2021 · at 12:00
Brian Requarth outlines the planned check sizes and equity stakes for Latitud's rolling fund investments in Latin American startups.
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“We're gonna start investing in some of these companies probably in the second half of the year. We'll, we'll start formalizing our investment for specific terms taking around a three to 10% equity in these companies and investing between 50 to 250,000.”
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