PEOPLE & PROGRAMS
> REGISTER for the LAVCA Venture Investors Annual Meeting in New York on September 27, followed by an after-party hosted by Riverwood Capital at Tribeca 360.
Session Highlights:
🎤 Nico Szekasy of KaszeK Ventures interviews Hurst Lin, General Partner of DCM. Lin co-founded DCM China in 2006 and is considered one of the best VCs in Asia. He has been listed on the Forbes Midas List for the past five years in a row due to exits like Tuniu (IPO 2014), 58.com (IPO 2013) and Vipshop (IPO 2012), and is one of CBInsight’s Top Venture Capitalists for 2018.
🎤 Maya Chorengel of TPG’s The Rise Fund interviews Roy Swan, Director of the Ford Foundation’s Mission Investments about his commitment to invest US$1b in impact over the next decade.
🤝 [LAVCA Members:] David Pakman, a Partner at Venrock, co-creator of Apple Music Group and one of CBInsight’s Top 100 Venture Capitalists, will host a private Q&A for LAVCA Members on September 26.
After unicorn exits in Nest and Dollar Shave Club, Pakman now leads Venrock’s partnership with CoinFund, a Brooklyn-based crypto investor group, to help entrepreneurs build businesses on the blockchain.
> TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield is coming to São Paulo in November, through a partnership with Facebook. Apply here.
> Startups working with IoT, AI/big data, and advanced manufacturing are invited to apply for ChileGlobal Ventures’ Generación Impacto initiative for up to US$500k in funding. Apply by August 12.
> Y Combinator’s Growth Program is accepting applications from startups with 50-150 employees that are scaling rapidly. Apply by August 20.
> BoostLab, BTG Pactual’s accelerator in partnership with ACE, is accepting applications for it second cohort. Six startups made the cut for the inaugural cohort: Neurotech, Agronow, Clicksign, F(X), Liber Capital, and Zigpay. Apply by August 24.
> Nokia Open Innovation Challenge is offering mentorship and financial support for Brazilian IoT startups. Apply by Sept 6.
> Save the date for Finnosummit Mexico City (Sept 12-13) and Miami (Oct 4-5). LAVCA members and network have access to a 20% discount using code LAVCA20.
> Dell and Springboard Enterprises are hosting Women Funding Women in Mexico City on Sept 13 and São Paulo on Sept 18. #CHANGETHERATIO
> Over 20 companies in the monashees+ portfolio are hiring. See current job openings in Brazil, San Francisco, and New York here.