Alfonso de los Rios, Nowports ($1.1 Billion 🦄) Co-Founder and CEO, Semilla.VC Interview

On this episode of Semilla.VC, the podcast highlighting the most exciting and revolutionary figures in Latin American Venture Capital, Tech, and Society, Trip Gorman spoke with Alfonso de los Rios, also known as “Poncho” is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nowports, the Mexican Unicorn developer of a digital freight forwarder platform designed to handle freight transportation. The company's platform offers real-time tracking for freight, booking import or export cargo, and enables businesses to transport freight anywhere, at any time, and in a convenient & affordable manner. Nowports has raised $242.6 Million from some of the world’s most reputable investors including but not limited to Y Combinator, Softbank, Tiger Global, Tencent, and Monashees. Alfonso is also a Thiel Fellow.

In this interview you will learn:
✅ How Alfonso stays grounded having a billion-dollar company and hundreds of employees…at only 24.
✅ How Nowports revolutionized freight forwarding.
✅ How Alfonso raised $242.6 Million dollars.
✅ How being in Y Combinator affected the trajectory of Nowports
and much, much more!

We filmed this Interview on Alfonso’s 24th Birthday, so a big happy birthday to him, and I hope you enjoy this episode of Semilla.VC!

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Host: Trip Gorman, Twitter @GormanTrip, Linkedin: Tripg.me