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Edrizio De La Cruz – Silicon Valley Entrepreneur And 1st Latino Y-Combinator Visiting Partner

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In this episode of the Road to Growth podcast we are pleased to introduce you to Edrizio de la Cruz Edrizio is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and the first Latino Y-Combinator Visiting Partner He is most known for selling FinTech startup Arcus to MasterCard in its first Latin America acquisition In 2013 Edrizio founded Arcus a payments-as-a-service platform secured 19M in funding from Y-Combinator Ignia SoftBank and Citi Ventures and grew the company to 100 employees and 100 clients including Walmart 7-Eleven Santander BBVA and Rappi before selling the business in 2021 Background wise Edrizio is a Dominican immigrant who grew up in Harlem To make ends meet he dropped out of college to work as an aircraft technician but he later returned to get his degree worked on Wall Street and earned an MBA from The Wharton School Edrizio is extremely passionate about supporting other founders of color to win in Silicon Valley and has established himself as one of the thought leaders on helping aspiring entrepreneurs fundraise and succeed He has written a book titled Underdog Founder which will be published in September It is a practical no-nonsense playbook for entrepreneurs that lays out seven key principles for rising above racism poverty imposter syndrome and every imaginable and unimaginable startup obstacle Learn more and connect with Edrizio de la Cruz by visiting him on Twitter https twitter com EdrizioCruz ref src twsrc 5Egoogle 7Ctwcamp 5Eserp 7Ctwgr 5Eauthor Be sure to follow us on Twitter Twitter com to growth on Facebook facebook com Road2Growth Subscribe to our podcast across the web https www theenriquezgroup com blog Spotify https spoti fi 2Cdmacc iTunes https apple co 2F4zAcn Castbox http bit ly 2F4NfQq Google Play http bit ly 2TxUYQ2 Youtube https www youtube com channel UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA view as subscriber If you are looking to be a Guest on Podcasts please click below https kitcaster com rtg For any San Diego Real Estate Questions Please Follow Us at web www TheEnriquezGroup com Youtube https www youtube com channel UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA or Call 858 -345 – 7829 Recently reduced properties in San Diego County Click bit ly 3cbT65C Here Click here to visit this podcast episode

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