The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova
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The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova
The #1 English-language podcast on Latin American tech, venture capital, and the founders building the region’s next generation of $1B+ companies. Ranked in the top 5% globally on Spotify. Hosted by Olga Maslikhova — venture capital investor and founder of The J Curve. New episodes bi-weekly featuri...
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TJC Debrief: Claude 4.6 is the New ChatGPT | Only 4 Companies Can IPO Right Now | You Don't Need VCs to Build a $$$ Business | The Brex Exit Nobody Saw Coming with Olga Maslikhova & Paulo Passoni
Paulo Passoni, Managing Partner at Valor Capital, and Olga Maslikhova break down Claude 4.6, Brex’s $5.15B sale to Capital One, and why only 4 US comp...
Building Brazil’s Most Efficient Bank | Pedro Conrade, Neon (TJC Originals)
Pedro Conrade is the founder of Neon — a $1B run-rate Brazilian neobank that serves millions of underbanked Brazilians and has raised $924M from Gener...
The Operating Playbook Behind a $100B Company | Stelleo Tolda
Stelleo Tolda co-founded MercadoLibre in 1999 and ran Brazil for 25 years — building the $100B company into Latin America’s most valuable publicly tra...
Building Breakout Companies in Latin America | Hernan Kazah
Hernan Kazah is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kaszek Ventures — Latin America’s largest venture firm, backing Nubank, Kavak, Gympass (Wellhub), a...
Why Exit Thinking Destroys Value - Round Two with Paulo Passoni ( Valor Capital)
Paulo Passoni is Managing Partner at Valor Capital — one of the most active crossover investors in Latin America, with positions in Nubank, Plata, Clo...
Moats, Unit Economics, Retention: What Makes a Great Business - with Dileep Thazhmon (Jeeves) and Bruno Maimone (Warburg Pincus)
Dileep Thazhmon is Founder and CEO of Jeeves, a global corporate card and expense management platform serving SMBs across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, an...
What Money Means Is About to Change - with Roberto Dagnoni (Mercado Bitcoin), Gui Gomes (OranjeBTC) and Ben Lizana (SoftBank)
Roberto Dagnoni is Executive Chairman of Mercado Bitcoin — Brazil’s largest crypto exchange. Ben Lizana is Principal at SoftBank Latin America. Gui Go...
Complexity Is Your Unfair Advantage - with Olga Maslikhova (The J Curve)
Olga Maslikhova, Founder and Host of The J Curve, breaks down what four Latin American founders did differently — Daniel Vogel (Bitso, $2.2B), Caique...
The $1B Startup That Nearly Died on Christmas Eve - with Daniel Vogel (Bitso)
Daniel Vogel is Co-Founder and CEO of Bitso — Latin America’s first crypto unicorn, valued at $2.2B and serving millions of users across Mexico, Brazi...
The WhatsApp MVP that became a $200M exit - w Caique Carvalho (ex-Gringo)
Caique Carvalho is Co-Founder and former Chief Product Officer of Gringo — a Brazilian super app for drivers that was acquired by Sem Parar (owned by...
The Anti-Hustle Culture Behind One of Brazil’s Fastest-Growing Fintechs — with Piero Contezini (Asaas)
Piero Contezini is Founder and Executive Chairman of Asaas — a Brazilian fintech platform serving thousands of SMBs, processing billions in payments,...
Brazil vs Mexico: The Playbook for Betting on LatAm’s Giants — with Julio Vasconcellos (Atlantico)
Julio Vasconcellos is Managing Partner at Atlantico — a leading Latin American venture firm and publisher of the Latin America Digital Transformation...
Building Olist: Pivots, M&A, Product-Market Fit & AI-Powered Commerce in Brazil w Tiago Dalvi
Tiago Dalvi is the solo founder and CEO of Olist — Brazil’s leading e-commerce operating system, serving 45,000+ merchants and processing 60 billion r...
Why 90% of LATAM Founders Fail at VC Fundraising (And the Playbook That Actually Works) w / Olga Maslikhova
Olga Maslikhova, Founder and Host of The J Curve, breaks down why 90% of LATAM founders struggle to raise venture capital — and the patterns behind ev...
The $1B Pismo Playbook: How Brazilian Startups Beat Silicon Valley at Global Scale
Daniela Binatti is Co-Founder and CTO of Pismo — acquired by Visa for $1B cash. Carlos Costa is Managing Partner at Valor Capital ($2B+ AUM), early in...
How Sami Tripled Gross Margin in Brazil's $60B Private Health Insurance Market w / Dr. Vitor Asseituno
Vitor Asseituno is CEO and Co-Founder of Sami — Brazil’s fastest-growing health insurance startup, serving 20,000+ customers across 11 Brazilian citie...
Federico Vega (Frete.com) on Cracking Network Effects in a $100B Legacy Freight Market
Welcome to Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova.
This week, I sit down with Federico Vega, founder and CEO of Frete.com—the largest...
Olga Maslikhova, Host of The J Curve: LATAM’s Volatility Builds Better Operators
Welcome to this special solo episode of Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova.
Every few months, I zoom out to reflect on the lessons...
Caetano Lacerda & Raphael Dyxklay (Barte) on How to Win Mid-to-Large B2B Customers in Latin America
Welcome to Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova.
This week, I sit down with Caetano Lacerda and Raphael Dyxklay, co-founders of Braz...
Joao Del Valle (EBANX) on The Future of Payments and Why Being Global by Default Is EBANX’s Biggest Moat
Del Valle is Co-Founder and CEO of EBANX — one of Latin America’s most iconic fintech stories, processing billions in cross-border payments across 29...
Mike Packer (QED) on the Post-2021 Reset—and Why AI-Driven Platforms Win
Welcome to Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova.
Last week I got to spend a few days in cidade maravilhosa—Rio de Janeiro—for Web Su...
Marcelo Lutz & Roberto Biselli (Capim) on the $14B Dental Market—and the Credit Wedge That Cracked It
Welcome to Season 4 of The J Curve 🎙️
This week, I sit down with Marcelo Lutz and Roberto Biselli, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Capim—a vertic...
Olga Maslikhova, host of The J Curve on What Latam Founders Get Wrong About Exits
Welcome to this special solo episode of Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova.
Every few months, I take a step back from the intervie...
Gustavo Mapeli (Kanastra) on the $300B Market Built on Excel—And the Startup Replacing It
Gustavo Mapeli is Co-Founder of Kanastra, a Brazilian fintech replacing the $300B private credit market infrastructure still running on Excel.
I...
Roberto Oliveira (Blip) on Why WhatsApp, Not ChatGPT, Will Own AI Commerce
Roberto Oliveira is Founder and CEO of Blip, the Brazilian company powering billions of WhatsApp conversations across Latin America and backed by Warb...
Guilherme Horn (Agora, Orama, WhatsApp) on How WhatsApp Took Over Brazil’s Economy—And What’s Next
Guilherme Horn is Head of WhatsApp for Strategic Markets — Brazil, India, and Indonesia — and previously founded Agora and Orama, two Brazilian fintec...
Andre Penha (QuintoAndar, IBBX): $5B QuintoAndar Was Just the Start—This Is Bigger.
Andre Penha is Co-Founder of QuintoAndar — a $5B+ Brazilian real estate platform that raised $750M from SoftBank, General Atlantic, Kaszek, and others...
Paulo Passoni (Valor Capital) on IPOs, M&A, and AI’s Impact on Startups in Latam
Paulo Passoni is Managing Partner at Valor Capital. He previously led SoftBank’s multi-billion-dollar investments in Latin America, serving on the boa...
Olga Maslikhova, host of The J Curve: LATAM’s tech explosion—blockbuster M&As, IPOs, and a pipeline of unicorns
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Season 3 of The J Curve is officially wrapped, and I’m here to unpack the journey so far. From doub...
Allen Taylor, Managing Partner at Endeavor Catalyst: How U.S. IPOs Can Unlock Billions for LATAM Startups
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. Today we sit down with Allen Taylor, Managing Partner at Endeav...
The J Curve After Hours: Dirty Martinis and Making It in Latin America
On this special episode of The J Curve, I swap roles with the incredible Veronica Serra—founding partner at Innova Capital and Endeavor Global board m...
Marcelo Lombardo CEO at ERP giant Omie: What no one tells you about building a $100M in ARR startup
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. Today we sit down with Marcelo Lombardo, the founder of Omie, t...
Adhemar Milani Neto, CEO at Brazilian car subscription platform Kovi: Why Brazil is poised to dominate the global EV market
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America with me, Olga Maslikhova. My guest today is Adhemar Milani Neto,...
Sergio Furio, founder and CEO of $4.8B Brazilian fintech lender Creditas: Why the wrong market will sink even the best team
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guest today is Sergio Furio, chairman of the board of Ende...
Marcelo Abritta, founder and CEO at Buser: How a simple marketplace model took over Brazil’s $10B bus industry
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guest today is Marcelo Abritta, founder and CEO of Buser, a...
Igor Marinelli, founder & CEO at Tractian: First Principles Approach to Disrupting Legacy Industries
Igor Marinelli is Founder and CEO of Tractian — the industrial AI company whose solutions now touch 5% of global industrial output, serving John Deere...
Marcelo Maziero and Fernando Fontes, founders of Brazil’s leading receivables exchange firm CERC: The $5 trillion opportunity—How CERC is changing the capital market infrastructure in Brazil
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guests today are Marcelo Maziero and Fernando Fontes, founde...
Andre Maciel, founder at Brazilian VC Volpe Capital: the $700B LATAM question for Meta, Google and ByteDance
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guest today is Andre Maciel, founder of the Brazilian vent...
Marcelo França, founder & CEO at Brazilian fintech infrastructure company Celcoin: three critical choices that made Celcoin a fintech leader in Brazil
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guest today is Marcelo França, founder & CEO at Celcoin, a b...
Dileep Thazhmon, founder and CEO at $2.1B tech unicorn Jeeves: LATAM is the future of fintech
Welcome to Season 3 of The J Curve, a podcast about entrepreneurship in Latin America. My guest today is Dileep Thazhmon, founder and CEO at Jeeves, a...