Venture Funding: Setting the Stage for Entrepreneurial Success

Marcos Fernandez is the Managing Partner at Fiat Ventures and a Partner at Fiat Growth. He has an extensive background in the Fintech space having led Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy at SoFi and BD/Partnerships efforts most recently at Ripple. Outside of his day-to-day responsibilities Marcos has also spent a large part of the last decade advising and investing in companies in the Fintech space including Brex, Ladder, Treasure and Sigo. We are also fortunate to have him as a mentor in our Growth Factory community. Listen in to hear more about Marcos’ path to co-founding an early-stage venture capital fund and his philosophy on the role that venture investors play: “…entrepreneurs are really the rockstars. I like to consider us as the roadies who are setting the stage for them.”  This informative discussion also covers the ins and outs of venture investing from developing an investment thesis to sourcing and selecting companies to effectively supporting founders.