Roger Larach
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Roger Larach
@rogerlarach
Co-Founder & CEO at https://t.co/yhp6vFPDFY. Solving the LatAm credit gap by enabling leading tech platforms to provide financial services
Latin America Katılım Haziran 2009
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Applications for @ycombinator S26 are due today.
It literally feels like we went through the batch yesterday.
If you want me to review your app/wanna do a mock interview, DM me.
YC will change your life.
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Él es @victorcardenas, un VENEZOLANO de 24 años con un récord impresionante.
Fundó una fintech en California @slashapp, acaba de levantar $100 millones en financiamiento y su compañía ya está valorada en 1.400 millones de dólares.
Aquí su historia: rumble.com/v78rz12-24-aos…
No solamente se convierte en uno de los empresarios venezolanos más importantes de EEUU en tiempo récord, sino que se convierte en uno de los pocos hispanos en lograr crear un unicornio y el que más joven lo hace.
Importante dar a conocer su historia, pues rompe la narrativa que se ha ido creando en los últimos años sobre la migración venezolana.
No olviden suscribirse en nuestro canal de Rumble y activar las notificaciones.
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> be Victor
> Born 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela
> Parents: Venezuelan family amid hyperinflation & economic crisis
> Grow up in Caracas seeing broken money firsthand
> Move to US, study CS at Stanford
> Co-found TabTab (recurring bill splitting app) as undergrad
> With Kevin Bai (Waterloo CS dropout)
> Pivot
> Co-found Slash (business banking for internet companies), 2021-2022
> Stanford CS dropout + Thiel Fellow, 2021
> Build unlimited virtual cards, stablecoin rails, agentic finance tools
> Scale to billions in annual volume, $150M+ ARR profitably, $370M valuation
> Raise from YC, NEA, Goodwater & top fintech VCs
> Raise $100M Series C at $1.4B valuation
> Launching Twin, the new AI agent that manages finances autonomously
> At ~25, Story just getting started
> Building the financial OS for the next generation of online businesses.
Victor Cardenas Codriansky@victorcardenas
We (@slashapp) raised a $100M Series C at $1.4 billion valuation to build the world's most powerful business banking platform.¹ The round was led by @RibbitCapital, and co-led by @khoslaventures & @GoodwaterCap. And we're releasing Twin: the world’s first AI private banker.
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It’s been incredible to watch @victorcardenas and team build @slashapp since going through @ycombinator in 2021
Venezuelan founder 🇻🇪 building a global fintech company
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Slash Financial, which got its start as a fintech for sneakers sales launched by 19-year-old college dropouts, is now a $1.4 billion financial services company bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@victorcardenas @slashapp @RibbitCapital @khoslaventures @GoodwaterCap Slash be the fastest fintech to get to IPO in history
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@victorcardenas @slashapp @RibbitCapital @khoslaventures @GoodwaterCap Vamooooos! Congrats @victorcardenas and team! Incredible pace of execution
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We (@slashapp) raised a $100M Series C at $1.4 billion valuation to build the world's most powerful business banking platform.¹
The round was led by @RibbitCapital, and co-led by @khoslaventures & @GoodwaterCap.
And we're releasing Twin: the world’s first AI private banker.
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slash to $5bn rev per year real quick once we launch the idea we just discussed at the office
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Estuvimos lock-in durante unos días en el Founders Program de @draperamericas. Un lujo.
En el Demo Day un jurado de altísimo nivel confió en @nodica_ai para subirnos al podio con el tercer puesto.
Gran experiencia. Seguímos.
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Looking forward to an even stronger 2026, in which R2 will continue being a driving force for economic growth in LatAm by providing small & medium businesses with frictionless access to capital through the technology platforms they use on a daily basis.
r2.co/blog/building-…
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Venezuela will be a power state. Dubai of the 21st century.
Largest proven oil reserves. Sleeping giant.
We are going to the moon because I am taking us to the moon. Let’s get the job done.
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Roger Larach retweetledi
Going Hi since 2024, R2 has been building the financial rails that power Latin America’s digital economy. Founded by @RogerLarach and @RogTeran, the company enables platforms like @UberEats, @Rappimx, @inDrive, and PayU to offer working capital to their merchants through a seamless AI-powered embedded finance platform.
Today, @Ant_Intl’s strategic investment in R2 marks a new milestone for the company — and a new exit for Hi Ventures, our third so far in 2025.
We backed R2 at a key inflection point, as the founders began using AI to transform SME lending in Latin America. Their technology now helps close a $1.8 trillion credit gap, empowering hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the region.
Here’s to the founders redefining how technology can expand access, and to the next wave of AI-native financial infrastructure built from Latin America to the world.
Gracias Roger Larach and Roger Teran for the trust, grit, and brilliance that define R2. It’s a privilege to be part of your journey — and we know this is just page one.
Let’s go Hi
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Roger Larach retweetledi
Hi exits @r2_capital ... a story of timing, trust, and second chances.
When @rogerlarach first reached out in 2020, we met, shared ideas, clicked but did not invest. Through the years, we could only cheer from the sidelines as R2 joined @ycombinator and raised from @generalcatalyst and @GradientVC.
Four years later, a message from @dchhugani brought them back into our orbit. We met again... and this time, we didn’t hesitate. @hi_ventures_ led the round.
Today, @Ant_Intl 's investment marks a new chapter for R2, and a proud exit for us. But more than that, it’s proof that great founders always find their way back.
Congratulations Roger, @rogteran, Luis, Nimit, Andrea, Dimitri, Angel and the entire R2 team. Muchas, muchas gracias.
Here’s to more AI-native fintech from Latin America going global!
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College seniors - For decades your fall has consisted of running a gauntlet of career fairs, info sessions, and recruiting dinners to lock-in a plum post-grad gig at a big name.
Now there's a new option: Bet on yourself.
With YC Early Decision you apply to YC this fall, get funded for a future batch, and lock-in a new post-grad gig, one where you set the pace, you make all the rules and the only limits are self-imposed.
Come build with us.
Y Combinator@ycombinator
Introducing Early Decision. For students who want to do a startup but also want to finish school first. Apply now, get funded the moment you're accepted, and do YC after you graduate. ycombinator.com/early-decision
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Transitioning to an AI-enabled organization and amplifying our impact through AI agents embedded in our operations has allowed R2 to scale our volume 2.4x YoY. Thanks @hi_ventures_ for your guidance & support in our journey to transform access to financial services in LatAm 🚀
Federico Antoni@federicoantoni
The @r2_capital team has been doing something fascinating: rebuilding themselves as an AI-enabled organization. This org chart isn’t about headcount, it’s about a new way of thinking... a small human team amplified by #AI agents... people leading where judgment and creativity matter most, and agents embedded where speed and scale create leverage. Early results are very strong, but what feels most important is the mindset shift: the best organizations will move from asking how to add AI to what they do, to asking what their org looks like when AI is part of the team. @RogTeran, @rogerlarach & team shared this at our latest board, and it sparked one of the most forward-looking conversations we’ve had.
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@t_blom not just 10 years, it'll change your life forever
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Today is the deadline for the YC fall batch.
It takes 30 minutes to write an application and could change the next 10 years of your life.
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Embedded finance & AI in action in LatAm 💥
Hi@hi_ventures_
¿Qué pasa cuando una startup como @r2_capital reemplaza call centers con agentes de voz de #AI? +200,000 minutos de llamadas al mes <5 min/día de supervisión humana +14% en recuperación de cuentas en riesgo Hasta 44% de recuperación total (vs. 35% con agencias) Junto a @inDrive, @r2_capital está usando #AI para automatizar cobranzas, adaptarse en tiempo real al cliente y reducir costos sin sacrificar empatía. Este es solo uno de los muchos casos reales incluidos en el State of AI 2025, el reporte más completo sobre cómo startups, corporativos y fondos están ejecutando #AI en América Latina. Descárgalo en la liga en el thread. Gracias @rogerlarach y #RogerTeran por compartir el caso de éxito.
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Everyone's the fastest to 100m ARR but no one's posting receipts
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