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Venture Studio
APU Ventures
Building the Future:
A New Model for Venture Creation
We build innovative, high value SaaS companies with a capital efficient, bootstrapped mindset at a fraction of the market cost by leveraging AI and Latin Americas emerging tech ecosystem and talent pool
Our Vision
The Opportunity & Our vision
Cost Efficiency Trends in Tech
- AI and tech-enabled tools make it super convenient to launch products in the marketplace
- 3X faster to launch MVPs and achieving POC compared to 10 years ago
Leveraging LatAm
- Tech and growth talent in emerging ecosystem LatAm ~50% cheaper
- LatAm interesting emerging market opportunity for digitalization and tech solutions
Data is key in the new World Order
- Data more and more important in a world wanting to train inference and foundational models
- Plenty of industries, niches, categories that are not collecting or leveraging data
Build Thesis & Focus Areas
We have some primary industries we focus which present interesting opportunities and in which our leadership has relevant experience
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Financial Services🏥
Health🛒
Retail / Ecommerce⚡
Mining & EnergyWe want to focus on some particular horizontal needs and technologies that we believe there is extensive need for
Data collection & creation (synthetic)
AI
Hyper-focused B2B SaaS
Our Portfolio & Pipeline
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Shoperalo
MarTechPersonal AI Shopper that provides hyper targeted shopping advice, like solutions, bundles, gift ideas, and hyper personalizes bundled discounts, promotions, and limited time offers
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Knexium
Business OpsSpeech Analysis. AI solution that transforms voice interactions into structured data and actionable insights, with applications in Contact Centers, to improve quality and compliance
MVPComing Soon
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Predices
FintechPolymarket / Kalshi tailored to topics and use cases in Latin America - Prediction Markets platform
ValidationVisit Website
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Mediank
Data & AIMarket intelligence platform that acts as your companys eyes and ears in the digital world, analyzing competitors, trends, and opportunities
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Puqaz
HealthSaaS solution for Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment (OHSE) management relying on ISO standards, powered by AI framework for risk prediction and safety optimization
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Eradiux
HealthAdvanced RIS/PACS software with AI capabilities for intelligent analysis and optimized management of medical images
How we work
Independent Studio
Building and scaling our own ideas and products, backed by independent VCs when needed
Corporate Co-Creation
Partnering up with established companies based on scalable use cases (via Joint Ventures and spin-offs)
Strategic GTM Partnerships
Accelerating market entry and product adaptation in new regions through soft or hard landing strategies
Tech Co-Venturing & Development
Partnering up with strong industry leaders that have proven opportunities and are looking for a technical / product co-founding team
Our Venture Studio Operating System (OS)
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Ideation, Discovery & Prioritization
Internal & Thesis-Driven - Market-Pull & First-Principles - Tech Push
100-170 ideas
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Pre-Product Validation & De-Risking
Assumptions Mapping - Formulating Hypotheses - Run Lean Experiments
50-80 validations
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Company Building & MVP Development
MVP Development - GTM Sprints - Milestones-based validation
20-30 MVPs
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Spin-out & Scaling
Scaling with internal resources or Spin-out with external resources
5+ successful ventures
About Us
We are combining 40+ years of venturing, growth and tech experience from Fast Forward Advisors and Aputek to form this new Joint Venture.
Leadership & Team
Frank Savianne
Partner & CEO
Experienced entrepreneur and venture builder with extensive background in growth strategy and business development across Latin America
Alfonso de la Guarda
Partner & CTO
Technology leader with deep expertise in software architecture, AI/ML, and building scalable tech products
Our Clients & Partners
Client 1
Client 2
Client 3
Client 4
Client 5
Client 6
Success Stories
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Resources
Insights and perspectives on venture building, technology, and the Latin American ecosystem
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