Interview · Latin America
Latitud Podcast
with Brian Requarth
Latin America's better-known founders and investors interviewed by someone who built and sold a large company in the region himself.
Why an angel should listen
The host founded and scaled a Brazilian company through a merger and an eventual sale, which means the interviews are conducted by someone who has been through the specific difficulties the guests are describing. That shows in the questions, particularly around raising international capital into a local operating business.
For an angel the useful material is about scale constraints. Latin American companies face currency exposure, fragmented regulation across markets that look similar, and an exit universe that is thinner than in the US or Europe. Understanding those constraints changes what a good outcome looks like and therefore what you should pay to enter.
The guest list is genuinely senior for a regional show, which reflects how small and well-connected the ecosystem still is.
Where to begin
Start with these
- Episodes on raising international capital into a local business — the defining problem of the region.
- Anything about expanding between Latin American countries, which is much harder than outsiders expect.
- Interviews with founders who have exited, since exit routes are the region's real constraint.