Sramana Mitra: How relevant do you think is Silicon Valley to the B2C side of the Mexican venture ecosystem? Not just Mexican – Latin America. If you’re doing B2C, how relevant is Silicon Valley for you? Hernan Fernandez: I think it’s growing in terms of relevance. I really wished Silicon Valley took a little bit
Sramana Mitra: A lot of these B2C trends are big in India as well. We cover India extensively. The Indian B2C market is more advanced than Latin America. A lot of these trends are very active trends in India as well. The commonality across all this is that the consumer logistics part is very broken
Sramana Mitra: Is FinTech a sector that you have invested more in? This is a global trend. Hernan Fernandez: Yes. We were lucky enough to be in the middle of the FinTech wave. When we started the fund in 2013, we had no idea that we were going to see FinTech deals. When we started
Sramana Mitra: You said you invest in Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Colombia. Are the angel investors also from all the four countries or are they all Mexican investors? Hernan Fernandez: We have a very broad base of angel investors that represents 15 nationalities. We do have investors from the US and Canada, but the core
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Hernan Fernandez was recorded in May 2019. Hernan Fernandez is Managing Partner at Angel Ventures Mexico, a firm that invests in Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Colombia. This is an excellent discussion on
Hernan Fernandez is Managing Partner at Angel Ventures Mexico, a firm that invests in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia. This is an excellent discussion on trends in Latin America.