# Ep. 315 How I Raised It with David Alvo of Impacta.vc Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-raised-it-the-podcast-where-we-interview-startup-founders-who-raised-capital-62943/ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impacta-vc Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-raised-it-the-podcast-where-we-interview-startup-founders-who-raised-capital-62943/ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impacta-vc.md Podcast: [How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-raised-it-the-podcast-where-we-interview-startup-founders-who-raised-capital-62943) Published: 2025-12-10T23:56:42+00:00 Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/user-2586856/ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impactavc Audio file: http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2227556252-user-2586856-ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impactavc.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-raised-it-the-podcast-where-we-interview-startup-founders-who-raised-capital-62943/episodes/ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impacta-vc Duration seconds: 3235 ## Resource Produced by Foundersuite (for startups: www.foundersuite.com) and Fundingstack (for emerging manager VCs: www.fundingstack.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with with David Alvo of Impacta.vc, a seed fund investing in purpose-driven startups in LATAM. Learn more at https://www.impacta.vc/ In this episode we go deep into the LATAM startup and VC scene. David shares his thoughts on which country produces the best startups, and the differences between Mexican, Columbian, Argentinian and Chilean founders, why LATAM is a great place to invest in startups (hint: lower valuations), what it takes for LATAM startups to raise capital in the USA, his process for raising Fund I and II and how the LP composition has changed, and much more. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $21 Billion since 2016. If you are a startup, create a free account at www.foundersuite.com. If you are a VC, venture studio or investment banker, check out our new platform, www.fundingstack.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-raised-it-the-podcast-where-we-interview-startup-founders-who-raised-capital-62943/episodes/ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impacta-vc/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-raised-it-the-podcast-where-we-interview-startup-founders-who-raised-capital-62943/ep-315-how-i-raised-it-with-david-alvo-of-impacta-vc.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.