February 27th, 2013
It's been quite an eventful week. As I, and the startups that we're accelerating at Socialatom Ventures, head to New York City (NYC), there's a lot on which to reflect. On Tuesday, government agency Innpulsa Colombia and ourselves hosted an innovation event at Socialatom Ventures. Guests included a number of leaders from the Colombian startup ecosystem (public and private sectors) as well as dignitaries from the government of Massachusetts including the Governor, Deval Patrick. It was great to see all ...
February 17th, 2013
Several months back, Daniel Artunduaga, CEO of AgentPanda, was trying to plan and coordinate a trip with some friends. After numerous emails, links and images being shuttled back and forth, he came to grips with how painful this process really is. Nonetheless, after being accepted into an incubator in Colombia (Wayra) and obtaining US $50k in investment, he and his team were trying to get a ride sharing application (yes, another one) off the ground. His heart just wasn't into it, though, and he remembered his ...
February 17th, 2013
It's not been twelve years since I was living in Mexico and working as a Strategic Investments Manager for Intel Capital. It was during that stint that I developed my long term objective of some day launching my own seed fund. I've even given that eventual fund a name: Tayrona Ventures. In part, that dream arose from the frustration of sometimes seeing great entrepreneurs and startups that don't fit the perceived corporate investment philosophy at headquarters. Either way, my time at Intel Capital ...
