Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Scaling ALLVP in Latin America
Ciesinski, Steve; Rosen, Howie; Feldhausen, ErikaCase SGSB-E712-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes the development of ALLVP, a Mexico-based venture capital firm, from founding to Fund III. It discusses how Federico Antoni and Fernando Lelo de Larrea, ALLVP’s founders, positioned the firm to address unmet funding needs in Mexico’s nascent entrepreneurial market. The case also examines venture capital more broadly throughout Latin America, including the dominance of VC in Brazil, international investment, and structural barri...Starting at €8.20
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Runa: Driving Social Change through Passion ans Profit
Hattendorf, L; Kissick, RCase SGSB-E549-EEntrepreneurshipNear the end of 2008, Tyler Gage and Dan MacCombie enrolled in an entrepreneurship course at Brown University. During the class, they refined the business plan for Runa, a beverage company that would make drinks from guayusa, a little-known leaf that grew in the Amazon. Beyond the potential of the business to make money, the two believed in Runa’s social mission―respecting the cultural traditions of Ecuadorian Kichwa communities, providing sust...Starting at €8.20