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[Investor Journey] Inanc Balci (Crestone VC) on scaling Lazada in SEA, launching an emerging markets Fintech VC and parallels between LatAm & Asia
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Nội dung được cung cấp bởi Pat Alex. Tất cả nội dung podcast bao gồm các tập, đồ họa và mô tả podcast đều được Pat Alex hoặc đối tác nền tảng podcast của họ tải lên và cung cấp trực tiếp. Nếu bạn cho rằng ai đó đang sử dụng tác phẩm có bản quyền của bạn mà không có sự cho phép của bạn, bạn có thể làm theo quy trình được nêu ở đây https://vi.player.fm/legal.
On this episode Pat sits down with Inanc Balci, Co-Founder and Partner at emerging markets fintech fund Crestone Venture Capital where he invests across South East Asia and Latin America. We dive into his journey as an operator turned VC, scaling in SEA, similarities between LatAm and SEA in terms of fintech models and much moreYou will learn about: How Inanc ended up in SEA as an operator and Co-founder of Lazada Why operators make good investorsWhat input metrics he finds critical...
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1. [Investor Journey] Inanc Balci (Crestone VC) on scaling Lazada in SEA, launching an emerging markets Fintech VC and parallels between LatAm & Asia (00:00:00)
2. Inanc's way into the world of startups (00:02:30)
3. Building the back-end at the same time - realities of entrepreneurship in emerging markets (00:07:18)
4. Operators make good VCs? (00:09:01)
5. On Crestone Ventures (00:15:31)
6. Parallels between SEA and LatAm in terms of financial inclusion (00:20:13)
7. Finding your co-founder in VC (00:25:34)
8. Input metrics and their importance in analysing deals (00:31:14)
9. What is next for the fund? (00:36:08)
10. Fast Speed Round (00:37:15)
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Manage episode 359814840 series 3378375
Nội dung được cung cấp bởi Pat Alex. Tất cả nội dung podcast bao gồm các tập, đồ họa và mô tả podcast đều được Pat Alex hoặc đối tác nền tảng podcast của họ tải lên và cung cấp trực tiếp. Nếu bạn cho rằng ai đó đang sử dụng tác phẩm có bản quyền của bạn mà không có sự cho phép của bạn, bạn có thể làm theo quy trình được nêu ở đây https://vi.player.fm/legal.
On this episode Pat sits down with Inanc Balci, Co-Founder and Partner at emerging markets fintech fund Crestone Venture Capital where he invests across South East Asia and Latin America. We dive into his journey as an operator turned VC, scaling in SEA, similarities between LatAm and SEA in terms of fintech models and much moreYou will learn about: How Inanc ended up in SEA as an operator and Co-founder of Lazada Why operators make good investorsWhat input metrics he finds critical...
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continue reading
Chương
1. [Investor Journey] Inanc Balci (Crestone VC) on scaling Lazada in SEA, launching an emerging markets Fintech VC and parallels between LatAm & Asia (00:00:00)
2. Inanc's way into the world of startups (00:02:30)
3. Building the back-end at the same time - realities of entrepreneurship in emerging markets (00:07:18)
4. Operators make good VCs? (00:09:01)
5. On Crestone Ventures (00:15:31)
6. Parallels between SEA and LatAm in terms of financial inclusion (00:20:13)
7. Finding your co-founder in VC (00:25:34)
8. Input metrics and their importance in analysing deals (00:31:14)
9. What is next for the fund? (00:36:08)
10. Fast Speed Round (00:37:15)
86 tập
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