José Luis Silva Vázquez of Dux Capital and Brian York of Cubbo
In today's episode of Funding & Disrupting, host Keith Herman interviews Jose Luis Silva, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Dux Capital, and Brian York, Co-Founder & CEO of Cubbo. Dux is an early-stage VC firm investing in US-based Latinx founders. They provide funding to groups that have been historically underinvested, overlooked, and underrepresented. Cubbo is a Latin American technology company that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands.
- Why Dux was created and where the name came from
- Dux’s portfolio, what sets them apart, and how they decide whom they invest in
- How Dux and Jose Luis came to know Brian and Cubbo
- Why Brian decided to start Cubbo in LatAm and how they are innovating the supply chain
- Why Brian likes working with newer VC’s like Dux
- The importance of having a great team
- Cubbo’s pivot away from a self-storage concept
- The due diligence process with Dux
- Brian's advice to tech founders if they want Dux as an investor
- Jose Luis’s advice for tech founders in the early stages of raising capital
- How to get in contact with Jose Luis and Brian
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