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[Investor Journey] Wenyi Cai (Polymath) on building businesses for the LatAm middle class, parallels to Asia & how to make company building work
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On this episode Pat sits down with Wenyi Cai, Co-Founder and CEO of Latin American venture studio Polymath. We dive into Wenyi's journey into LatAm, the region's similarities with Asia, Polymath's approach to venture building and designing business and much more.
On this episode you will learn about:
- The characteristics of the Latin American middle class and why is it difficult to service them
- Parallels between Asia / China and LatAm in terms of building business for the middle class
- Polymath's playbook on designing digital businesses
- Deep dive into social commerce app Elenas and how they scaled beyond Polymath's early stage backing
You can find Wenyi on LinkedIn here.
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Chapters
1. [Investor Journey] Wenyi Cai (Polymath) on building businesses for the LatAm middle class, parallels to Asia & how to make company building work (00:00:00)
2. Wenyi's way into venture & LatAm (00:02:22)
3. Defining & unpacking the middle class in the region (00:07:01)
4. How does Polymath design businesses? (00:25:05)
5. The equity piece for company builders (00:30:44)
6. Elenas - Social commerce for the region (00:35:18)
7. Building relationships with LPs (00:44:11)
8. Fast Speed Round (00:47:15)
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