Crossing Borders With Nathan Lustig

Claire Díaz-Ortiz, Magma Partners: Investing in Latin American Female Founders, Ep 123   Claire Díaz-Ortiz has been passionate about investing in women and supporting the underrepresented since her days at Stanford, where she completed an undergrad in Feminist Studies and History. However, it wasn’t until later in her career as an angel investor, and now as a VC Partner, that she truly understood the business case for investing in women.    Having spent the last 6 months working in stealth mode, Claire joined Magma Partners as a Partner to lead both Southern Cone and Brava, an initiative that seeks to invest in more Latin American female founders. Brava is committed to investing in at least 20 female-founded Latin American startups through Magma’s fund III.    I sat down with Claire to officially welcome her on the team and talk about the importance of investing in women and doing business in emerging markets. We touch on topics of privilege and the biases that exist in the world that are reflected in the ven