Dreaming big and achieving big: Henrique Dubugras, Brex

<p><b>Henrique Dubugras</b> taught himself how to code as a teenager. He met his co-founder, Pedro Franceschi, over an argument on Twitter, which ended up turning them into best friends. The Brazilian tech duo went on to join teams at different startups and even start a few business projects. In 2013, they founded payments company <b>Pagar.me</b> — the Stripe of Brazil — when he was only sixteen years old.</p><p>Pagar.me was sold in 2016, and Henrique enrolled at Stanford University. But he left after just a few months to follow his entrepreneurial instincts. In YC, him and Pedro started <b>Brex</b>, a B2B fintech that is an all-in-one finance for business, disrupting the century-old industry of banking small companies.</p><p>Brex became a unicorn in record time. One year after its first product was released, it was valued at US$2.6Bn. Today, it&apos;s worth US$7Bn.</p><p>In this episode, learn more about:</p><ul><li>Henrique&apos;s thoughts on fundraising and super high valuations</li><li>How Henrique and Pedro make it work as co-CEOs</li><li>And what is harder and easier about founding a company in the US vs in Brazil</li></ul><p>Starting something new?<br/>Visit <a href='https://latitud.com/'>latitud.com</a> to learn about the Latitud Fellowship program.</p>