#182 - Eric Acher (Monashees): one of the founding fathers of LatAm VC

Monashees is an iconic VC firm in LatAm. Founded in 2005 by Eric Acher and Fabio Igel, the firm has seen the evolution and explosion of the LatAm startup ecosystem firsthand. In this week’s episode we talked to Eric Acher about the following topics: His professional career until founding Monashees The McKinsey experience and how it has shaped his career How working at General Atlantic opened his eyes to Venture Capital and startup investing The post dotcom winter and what it felt like investing at the time in LatAm His thinking around technology cycles and how it affects startup investing The evolution of LatAm’s tech ecosystem The story of 99 and other LatAm unicorns And many other topics