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Federico Antoni, ALLVP: Investing in the Mexican Startup Ecosystem, Ep 59
Talks about Mexican startup ecosystem, venture capital and ALLVP
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Marcus Dantus
General Partner at Ananda Ventures
Naucalpan de Juárez, México
Overview
Marcus Dantus is the Founder and Chairman of Startup Mexico, a position that showcases his expertise in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He is also a Venture Partner at Impacta VC and serves as a Shark on Shark Tank Mexico, demonstrating his significant impact in the startup ecosystem and his ability to identify and support innovative companies.
Dantus has made notable investments in companies like Atexto and REFLY.ME, showcasing his commitment to supporting emerging technologies and startups. His diverse roles, including as a Guest Professor at IPADE and Managing Director Mexico at GEN, highlight his leadership in fostering entrepreneurship and strategic partnerships in the Latin American business landscape.
Work Experience
Founder and Chairman
2013 - Current
Startup Mexico a leader in the innovation, growth and entrepreneurship segments in Latin America. We support entrepreneurs in the creation of new, high potential companies, we accelerate SMB´s growth, we help corporates in their innovation processes and cooperate with local governments in fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems.
General Partner
2023
Ananda Ventures is a hybrid Venture Capital and Micro Private Equity fund investing in visionaries and founders in the Americas.
Board Member
2023
Rewards and encourages social impact projects with innovation, strengthening the link between Latin America and Israel
President
2022
Generating prosperity through education, entrepreneurship, innovation and investment
General Partner
2022
Angel syndicate fund investing in retail and technology green field projects
Venture Partner
2021
At Impacta VC we invest in Impact Startups, which with the help of Mentors and our Co-investors grow to raise their next round of capital. In the process, we enable our Limited Partners to multiply their investment and create positive impact around the world. All of this would not be possible without a Team and Partners who share our vision of a better world.
Shark
2017
Shark Tank Mexico is an Mexican business reality television series on Sony Channel that premiered on June 17th, 2016.[1] The show is the American franchise of the international format Dragons' Den, which originated in Japan as Tigers of Money in 2001.[2] It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of five investors or "sharks," who decide whether to invest in their company.
Managing Director, Mexico
2017 - 2024
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates a platform of projects and programs in 170 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth. GEN’s extensive footprint of national operations and global verticals in policy, research and programs ensures members have uncommon access to the most relevant knowledge, networks, communities and programs relative to size of economy, maturity of ecosystem, language, culture, geography and more. GEN helps celebrate, understand, support and connect entrepreneurs and those who champion them. https://genglobal.org/content/about-gen
Head of Latin America
2013 - 2022
Angel Labs is a premier angel investing bootcamp for high-net-worth individuals all around the world. Our goal is to make an impact on the liquidity side of the entrepreneurial equation, build connected angel investor & LP communities globally and create smart capital for entrepreneurs
Guest Professor
2010 - 2022
IPADE is one of the foremost Business Schools in the world and he most important one in Mexico. My contribution to IPADE has been in the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital
Education
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