Andres Barreto Founder and General Partner Firstrock Capital.

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General Partner

Firstrock Capital

Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 4 months)

Firstrock Capital is a VC fund that helps founders accomplish their goals faster by providing more than just capital. Firstrock adds value by helping founders recruit elite engineering teams. The Firstrock team has backgrounds in data science, technical recruiting, developer relations, hardware and software engineering. We are more likely to invest if your team has the following: - You are — or your co-founder is — able to write software. - You are solving a problem you’ve lived yourself. - You’ve managed to build and launch the product. - Your product is getting market adoption in the U.S. - You are open to — or already — have your engineering team in Latin America.

Co-Founder

AtomHouse

Mar 2013 - Mar 2018 (5 years 1 month)

(Acquired by Seedstars in 2018) Co-working spaces in Colombia for companies expanding globally.

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Investor & Board Member

Socialatom Ventures

Nov 2012 - Current (13 years 6 months)

Socialatom Ventures is a seed capital investor that also provides in-house services to help entrepreneurs reach their goals faster. We normally participate in existing rounds, including as part of an accelerator, friends and family, angel round or Series A round with founder-friendly terms. We invest in digital startups across the U.S. and Latin America that offer solutions that are either global or applicable to all of Latin America. In certain cases we are able to leverage our our capital and services with non- dilutive capital from our financing partners. Companies we work with: Oppten, Oja.la, Micarga, Streem, Seahorse, Gone!, Ustraap, Geniusly, Playvox, Alltherooms, MortgageHippo, Letslunch, Viajala, Entryless, Cambly, Authy, Donor

Founder

Coderise

Aug 2012 - Current (13 years 9 months)

In developing nations, being a bright kid with potential isn't enough to go up the socio-economic ladder or reach your full potential. In fact, for most kids born into low-income families, life is riddled with roadblocks to success. Coderise adresses this problem by training and empowering high-school level students with not just access to technology but with the programming skills that are in demand today. Our mission is to empower high-school students with demonstrated potential by giving them the tools and inspiration to dive into tech innovation and tap into their entrepreneurial spirit.

Advisor

Bunny Inc

Jan 2012 - Current (14 years 4 months)

At Bunny Inc., we help humankind reach its full potential by building end-to- end marketplaces that enable companies to delegate their creative projects to us. We fulfill projects quickly and easily using sophisticated algorithms to identify the best professionals in the planet for projects, all backed by our fanatical customer support and human-powered quality control. We offer predictability in terms of quality, costs, turnaround times, and awesomeness.

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Co-Founder

Onswipe

Jul 2010 - Dec 2012 (2 years 6 months)

(Acquired by Beanstock Media in 2014) Onswipe enables publishers to provide the best browsing and advertising experience to their readers on tablet and touch devices. Prior to its exit, Onswipe reached over 55M monthly unique readers.

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Co-Founder

Cloudomatic

Mar 2010 - Dec 2010 (10 months)

(Acquired by Ambassador in 2010) Cloudomatic is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to discover Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.

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Founder

Pulsosocial

Aug 2008 - Current (17 years 9 months)

Pulsosocial is the leading publication and community in the area of technology and entrepreneurship from Latin America. It’s readers include the most influential latin american journalists, early adopters, bloggers, entrepreneurs, investors and tech professionals.

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Co-Founder

Grooveshark

Apr 2006 - Oct 2007 (1 year 7 months)

(Shut down in 2015 after 9 years of litigation with record labels) Led Product Development (UX) and Product Marketing (PR), also served as COO. Grooveshark was a pioneer in online music streaming reaching close to 40M unique users at its peak.

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Founding Partner

Oct 2005 - Current (20 years 7 months)

Holding Company that has spun out: -Socialatom PR -Socialatom Ventures -AtomHouse -PulsoSocial

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