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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners (Part 4)

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 13th

Sramana Mitra: I think it was in 1997. I was funding a company of my own that I had founded. We did all our product development for very little money in India. It was before the trend where you could be building companies in India. I met with 36 venture capitalists before I could find

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners (Part 3)

Posted on Monday, Mar 12th

Nathan Lustig: Another company that fits that model is a company called GroupRaise, which went through Startup Chile. They’re originally from Houston. They now have an office with eight people in Houston, about 15 people in Santiago, and about 40 in the Philippines. What they do is they allow anybody to book an event at

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners (Part 2)

Posted on Sunday, Mar 11th

Nathan Lustig: I got a call from one of the founding members of the founding team of Startup Chile who said that there was a family office that was looking to diversify and get into tech. I met up with my now partner Francisco Saenz whose family had done well. They were the co-founders of

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners (Part 1)

Posted on Saturday, Mar 10th

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Nathan Lustig was recorded in October 2017.  Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner of Magma Partners, a Latin-America-focused fund. He talks about their strategy, as well as the dynamics of the LatAm market. Sramana Mitra: Tell

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Latin America Startups: How Three Sourcing Entrepreneurs Crossed the Chasm

Posted on Monday, Jun 13th

A guest post by Tarun George and Kirk Laughlin Ever since our Red Hot Startups contest last year, Nearshore Americas has kept a close eye on the gradual increase of tech innovation coming out of Latin America. Unlike Silicon Valley – where angel investors, tech talent and other vital ingredients to nurture startups are abundantly

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