# Going Against the Grain in VC | Oscar Carreón & Roberto Nieves, Cabra Ventures

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Podcast: [Top Decile Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-decile-podcast-7851283)
Published: 2026-05-13T23:18:05+00:00
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## Resource

Oscar Carreón and Roberto Nieves co-founded Cabra Ventures after careers spanning Mexico, China, the Netherlands, and the Middle East, including Roberto's time in institutional investment at Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. They set out to build the fund they always wished existed for founders who don't fit the traditional VC mold. We get into why the next wave of fintech will be built by founders that mainstream venture capital overlooks, how they validated their thesis by pitching across the GCC before writing a single check, and what it takes to build LP conviction as a first-time emerging manager.

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