#63 - Reaching a $500 million valuation in a year: Dileep Thazhmon, Jeeves

<p>Founders outside of Silicon Valley have always had a harder time <b>accessing capital</b>, and Latin America is no exception. Add that to the difficulty of paying for global company expenses in local currency and you have yourself a market ripe for disruption.</p><p><b>Dileep Thazhmon </b>founded Jeeves to provide startups with an all-in-one cross country, cross currency expense management platform, making capital accessible through debt and combating equity over-dilution all in one fell swoop.</p><p>If you haven&apos;t heard of it, that&apos;s because Dileep built Jeeves stealthily but, having <b>raised a whopping $131 million in just one year</b>, they&apos;re now halfway to unicorn status at a <b>$500 million valuation</b>.</p><p>Before Jeeves, Dileep founded Jeeng, which surpassed the <b>$35M+</b> annual recurring revenue mark and was acquired last year. He also has an investor background and lots of lessons learned during his time with Voyager Capital.</p><p>Join us as Dileep and I go into:</p><ul><li>Challenges and misconceptions of hypergrowth</li><li>Positive signals to look for in the Latam fintech ecosystem</li><li>When to fundraise and when NOT to</li></ul><p>Building something new? Apply for the Latitud Fellowship at <a href='https://apply.latitud.com/'>apply.latitud.com</a></p>