Tomas Braun, Kalei Ventures General Partner, Semilla.VC Interview

2023-03-23

On episode 34 of Semilla.VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Tomas Braun, General Partner of Kalei Ventures. Welcome to the first of two episodes of Semilla.VC's Invest in Argentina Series. Despite having the third largest GDP in Latin America, Argentina is often overlooked by international investors…and for good reason. Argentina has among the world’s highest corporate tax rates, a rest...

Welcome to the first of two episodes of Semilla.VC's Invest in Argentina Series. Despite having the third largest GDP in Latin America, Argentina is often overlooked by international investors…and for good reason.

Argentina has among the world’s highest corporate tax rates, a restrictive foreign currency regime with multiple government-mandated exchange rates, and a weak domestic currency battered by rapid inflation.

Even with these challenges, startups like MercadoLibre, Auth0, and Globant have become unicorns.

Semilla.VC’s Invest in Argentina Series explores what strategies VCs and founders use to negate Argentina’s aforementioned risks and then take advantage of them as competitive advantages.

Tomas is a General Partner at Kalei Ventures, a Buenos Aires-based, Latin American-focused venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies that have a commitment to applying innovative solutions in emerging markets. Tomas has held various roles at Banco Galicia as well as LendingFront. Tomas earned a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University. He was the CFO of Enigma.art, an investor in Osana Salud, and is currently on the Board of Advisors of Nilus.

In this interview you will learn:
✅ Why growing tech companies in Argentina don't pay much tax.
✅ Taking advantage of Argentina’s cost-effective workforce.
✅ The growing Venture Capital & Technology community in Punta del Este, Uruguay, where Tomas currently resides.
✅ How multiple government-mandated exchange rates affect Venture Capital and Technology in Argentina

and much, much more!

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