First Block: Interview with Gerry Giacomán Colyer, Co-Founder and CEO of Clara

For a video, transcripts, and a custom Notion x Clara template, please visit: To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: Welcome to First Block, a Notion series where founders from the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey—and what they learned from that experience. In this episode, recorded live at Mexico Tech Week, we spoke with Gerry Giacomán Colyer, Co-founder and CEO of Clara. In just a few years, Clara has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas, reaching over 20,000 customers across three countries and raising $80 million along the way. Gerry shares the founding insight that came from watching a previous company struggle without proper financial tools, the near-end experience of their bank partner shutting down months after launch, and how they’re now deploying AI agents to transform finance operations across Latin America. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:42 The Starting Point 05:11 Early Milestones 08:47 Scaling Decisions 12:30 Staying Lean 15:56 Roadmap Across Markets 19:52 The Tool Stack 20:59 Advice Block

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This episode was published on Jan 20, 2026.

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