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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Viva Real became the market leader despite being the most underfunded
“We were the most underfunded out of the, out of everybody, but we ended up becoming the market leader.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 3:29 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
Assertion Supported
Latin America's aggregate GDP is twice as large as India's
“If you take the aggregate of the region, it's an enormous, you know, it's twice as large as India when you look at the GDP.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 13:13 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
Assertion Partly supported
Viva Real reached 7M Brazil property listings and 35K advertisers
“Initially it was just a classifieds model. So we had, you know, advertisers, we had, you know, seven million properties across Brazil and, you know, about 35,000 real estate companies that advertised.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 2:31 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
Assertion Partly supported
Viva Real sold for $600M in an all-cash transaction in 2020
“We sold the company for six hundred million dollars all cash. It was approved by the antitrust authorities in November of 2020 six month kind of review process. And yeah, all, all shareholders are now cash.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 4:05 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Requarth owned much less than 30% of Viva Real at its exit
“I didn't own 30, 40% of the business. I wish I did.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 7:54 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
Assertion Partly supported
Latitud co-founder Gina Gotthilf grew Duolingo from 3M to 300M users
“My co-founder, Gina Gotthil, ran Duolingo, grew it from three to three hundred million users.”
Brian Requarth Feb 12, 2021 ▶ 11:31 He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America
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