Fred Santoro
Fred Santoro is CEO of Raketo and built and led the Startups division at Amazon AWS cloud ($1B in annual sales) and the social network Lovoo in Latin America (+14 million downloads in the region). Fred also co-founded fintech Zig and is an Investor/Advisor to successful startups such as Aarin, Flapper, içougue, Lastlink and Divify among others. Fred was accelerated by Visa, Endeavor, 500startups and Apex and has given over 200 talks across 3 continents. He lived abroad for over 15 years, holds a Master's degree from Macquarie University in Australia and specializations from INSPER and Stanford. Fred is recognized for his networking with investors, executives, press and founders in the innovation and
Money Hacks: How to Finance Your Business Growth Without Being Held Hostage by Traditional Methods
(Exclusive access for Platinum and Enterprise credentials). The era of relying exclusively on traditional means to obtain credit or diluting prematurely for traditional funds is over. The new financial ecosystem belongs to those who know how to hack capital intelligently and in a decentralized way. This session opens the map of alternative financing routes for growing companies. We will demystify the power of Equity Crowdfunding to transform customers into partners, the agility of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) credit, and the strategic use of future revenue (Revenue-Based Financing), inventory and receivables to generate immediate cash with competitive interest rates. Discover how to access impact funds (ESG) and new liquidity structures to finance your scale with total sovereignty and financial intelligence.