The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch 20VC: Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International on Lessons From Investing $1BN Per Week with Masa Son, How Softbank Could Have Up To 8 Companies Go Public in LATAM Alone Next Year & How Softbank Analyse Both Deal Pricing and Competition Today
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Aug 30, 2021 
Marcelo Claure, CEO of SoftBank Group International and a key player in tech investments, shares his insights into a year spent with Masa Son. He reveals how their partnership redefined his approach to investing and operating. Topics include softbank's strategy in Latin America, with the potential for several IPOs next year, and the importance of founder-centric investments. Marcelo emphasizes the need for collaboration among entrepreneurs and uncovers how intuition plays a crucial role in venture capital. His commitment to empowering underrepresented groups in LATAM's business landscape also shines through.
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Tokyo Meetings
- Marcelo Claure and Masa Son held numerous founder meetings, sometimes making quick decisions.
- They wrote checks ranging from $50 million to $8 billion in a single day.
SoftBank's Unique Approach
- SoftBank invests its own capital without fixed deployment cycles or security types.
- They seek companies using AI, data, and machine learning to disrupt traditional models.
LATAM Hypothesis
- Claure hypothesized that Latin America had potential but lacked capital for startups.
- This was confirmed, leading to significant growth and the rise of numerous unicorns.
