The J Curve with Olga Maslikhova
The J Curve, hosted by seasoned investor and Stanford GSB alum Olga Maslikhova, is your front-row seat to Latin America’s tech revolution. Ranked in the top 5% of global videocasts, we bring you unfiltered conversations with the visionaries—entrepreneurs and investors—who are redefining the tech landscape in Brazil and beyond. Tune in bi-weekly for insider stories, hard-earned lessons, and strategies behind some of LATAM’s most groundbreaking tech successes.
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Building Olist: Pivots, M&A, Product-Market Fit & AI-Powered Commerce in Brazil w Tiago Dalvi
Tiago Dalvi is the solo founder and CEO of Olist, Brazil's leading e-commerce operating system serving 45,000+ merchants and processing 60 billion reais annually. Olist has raised $314M from investors including SoftBank, Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs, Valor Capital Group, and Accel partner Kevin Efrusy, and oper
Why 90% of LATAM Founders Fail at VC Fundraising (And the Playbook That Actually Works) w / Olga Maslikhova
Why do 90% of LATAM founders struggle to raise venture capital funding? It's not their product or market - it's because they don't understand the game they're playing. This episode reveals the patterns behind every major VC success story from Nubank to QuintoAndar. I cover the fund economics that drive every investment
Three ecosystem builders who created $1B+ in exits share the exact strategies behind Latin America's biggest tech wins in this rare roundtable, recorded live in São Paulo with AWS. Daniela Binatti: Built Pismo into one of Visa's largest fintech acquisitions ($1B cash) Romero Rodrigues: Sold Buscapé to Naspers for $374M
How Sami Tripled Gross Margin in Brazil's $60B Private Health Insurance Market w / Dr. Vitor Asseituno
Dr. Vitor Asseituno is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sami, Brazil's fastest-growing health insurance startup. Sami has raised $65M total funding and serves 20,000+ customers across 11 Brazilian cities in the $60B private health insurance market. Key Insights & Takeaways: 1. The "pipeline mathematics" behind turning 100+ VC
Federico Vega (Frete.com) on Cracking Network Effects in a $100B Legacy Freight Market
Welcome to Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova. This week, I sit down with Federico Vega, founder and CEO of Frete.com—the largest freight matching platform in Latin America. Federico’s story is anything but conventional: he grew up in a small town in Patagonia, left a career in investment banking at JP Mo
Welcome to this special solo episode of Season 4 of The J Curve with me, Olga Maslikhova. Every few months, I zoom out to reflect on the lessons that stuck with me from the show. Think of this as your quarterly operator’s memo—especially if you’re building, raising, or investing in Latin America. Q2 was full of sharp i
