Federico Antoni

Bio

Federico is a pioneer in the venture capital industry in Mexico.  In 2012, he co-founded Antoni Lelo de Larrea Venture Partners (ALLVP), the first institutional early stage venture capital fund in the country.  As Managing Partner of ALLVP, Federico has successfully raised two Funds focused on Seed, Series A, and Series B investments.  He has overseen 25 investments to-date across four sectors: FinTech, Digital Consumer, Healthcare, and Smart Cities. Federico brings nearly twenty years of extensive strategy, marketing, and operational experience to add value to startups in his role as Managing Partner of ALLVP.  As Head of Business Development and subsequently CEO of Edoardos, a then publicly-traded Mexican apparel company, Federico led the Company’s international expansion across Latin America, its launch of new brands, and its turnaround efforts during the economic crisis. Federico also served as CMO of Mexico for B2W (formerly Submarino), the dominant e-commerce platform in Brazil, doubling the country’s sales prior to the subsidiary’s acquisition by Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-speaking media company.  At Televisa, he took on the role of VP of e-commerce and restructured the division to cut costs, grow sales, and launch new product offerings in Mexico.  Federico also successfully developed and launched three new product lines in Europe while working at L’Oréal.

In addition to ALLVP, Federico’s entrepreneurial drive led him to start two more companies: Fondeadora, the principal crowdfunding platform in Latin America, and Venture Institute, a premier seed acceleration program.  Under Federico’s leadership, Fondeadora facilitated the successful funding of over 1,000 projects, before being acquired by Kickstarter, the global crowdfunding leader.  Venture Institute merged with NUMA, the global accelerator program, thus creating NUMA Mexico which has backed over 150 startups.  Federico, who is a frequent Techcrunch contributor, is an Entrepreneurship and Management Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received his MBA in 2004. He also holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Applied Economics from Paris Dauphine.

Teaching

Degree Courses

2018-19

STRAMGT 547: Riding The Next Wave in Developing Economies

Today, technology-driven ventures continue to disrupt industries around the world and entrepreneurial ecosystems in developing economies are evolving, creating a better backdrop for entrepreneurs and investors who wish to explore high potential...

2017-18

STRAMGT 547: Riding The Next Wave in Developing Economies

Today, technology-driven ventures continue to disrupt industries around the world and entrepreneurial ecosystems in developing economies are evolving, creating a better backdrop for entrepreneurs and investors who wish to explore high potential...

2016-17

STRAMGT 547: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Developing Economies

As technology-driven ventures are having more and more impact, entrepreneurial ecosystems have been emerging in recent years in developing economies. Following the lead of Silicon Valley, these newly formed industry networks that include...

In the Media

Not another AI post

TechCrunch, February 26, 2017

The rise and rise of Mexican fintech

TechCrunch, July 28, 2016

The Next Great Startup Will Be A ‘Unicornio’

TechCrunch, August 1, 2015

Insights by Stanford Business

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August 21, 2017

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writtenHow Startup Culture Can Thrive in Developing Worlds

May 15, 2017

A Mexico City venture capitalist discusses what it takes to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem.