Carlos Antequera Talks About Revenue-Based Financing To Raise Growth Capital

A VCFamilia member, Carlos is currently the co-founder of Novel Capital a Kansas City firm that leverages Revenue-Based Financing to provide growth capital to early-stage software companies that don't fit the traditional venture or banking models. In the last two years, Novel has invested over $9M in 26 companies across the US and Canada. He is an active member of the prestigious Kauffman Fellows and Pipeline Entrepreneurial Fellowship. In addition, he serves as board member for LeanLab Education and the Enterprise Bank & Trust Advisory Board. Prior to Novel, Carlos was the cofounder and CEO of Netchemia for 14 years. Under Carlos' leadership, Netchemia grew to provide their Talent Management platform to over 3,500 school districts across the country and was recognized as one of the leading technology companies in K-12 education. Netchemia received many accolades including being named District Administration Magazine's top products. Of all the recognition, Carlos is most proud of his company being named one of Kansas City's "Best Companies to Work For." In 2015, Carlos successfully sold Netchemia to Vista Private Equity, one of the best PE firms in the world. Carlos immigrated to the United States from the highest city in the world, La Paz, Bolivia, when he was 18 years old. He studied computer science and graduated from Washburn University with a bachelor's degree. Later, he completed his MBA at the University of Kansas. He lives in Kansas City with his wife, a children's author. In his free time, he enjoys giving back to the entrepreneurial community as a mentor and advisor, traveling, dancing salsa, and experimenting with tasty cocktail recipes that he can share with friends and family.

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Carlos Antequera Talks About Revenue-Based Financing To Raise Growth Capital is an episode from LatinxAmerica's podcast by Adriana Flores-Ragade.

This episode is 28:47 long.

This episode was published on Oct 7, 2021.

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