🌍 Ganas Global Tour: We’re going global and we want to meet you.
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Hey friends, Lolita here 👋🏽. This fall, I’m hitting the road for something big: The Ganas Global Tour - 11 countries, 5 regions, and countless conversations with the founders, funders, and ecosystem builders shaping what’s next.
Think: Ganas Coffees, live startup ecosystem guides, and one-on-one convos across Eastern Europe, MENA, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
But this isn’t a press tour. It’s a listening tour. We’re showing up in person to build relationships, earn trust, and co-create the next chapter of Ganas - one that’s still founder-first, still community-driven, and truly global.
⏰ Why now?
Because global innovation isn’t slowing. It’s shifting. And while capital continues consolidating at the top, we’re seeing something different on the ground:
💪🏽 Founders building lean and scaling smart
📍 Local solutions powered by frontier tech (not hype)
🤩 Undervalued ecosystems with real upside
Here’s what the data says:
🧠 Brain drain is real and top talent is increasingly building outside the US
🚪 Capital continues to consolidate and the opportunity lies in who and what’s being left out
📉 Early-stage valuations outside the U.S. are 45–60% lower
🌱 Founders in emerging markets are scaling smarter and more sustainably
We’ve seen it ourselves: underestimated founders in emerging markets are building high-leverage, high-resilience companies. That’s our lane. This tour is how we double down.
🙌🏽 Why we’re ready
We’ve been building toward this moment:
💰 100+ global investments made across emerging + established markets by GP
📡 100+ Deal Partners across 6 continents
🌐 88,000+ in the Ganas community
🤝🏽 1,000+ investors using our matching tool
📈 Fund I startups backed by a16z, Lightspeed, NFX, DCG, and more
We set out to do this in LATAM in 2021. It worked. Now we’re scaling it up.
🛫 Where we’re going and why it matters
Here’s the full tour list + why each market has us fired up:
🇸🇬 Singapore: Regional hub with talent, capital, and sharp gov-backed infrastructure
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: Frontier meets finance. AI, cross-border innovation
🇹🇼 Taiwan: Technical founders + one of Asia’s strongest accelerators
🇬🇪 Georgia: Strategic crossroads, growing ecosystem, underrated market
🇯🇴 Jordan: Strong founder base, growing capital networks, gov support
🇦🇪 UAE: Bold VC vision, LP capital, and fintech experimentation
🇵🇰 Pakistan: Scrappy, smart, and fast-growing tech ecosystem
🇮🇳 India:Rapid startup growth, deep tech talent, huge local market
🇲🇾 Malaysia: Key SEA innovation player with strong gov push
🇵🇭 Philippines: High-energy founder talent, untapped market opportunity
🇯🇵 Japan: Deep tech roots + new generation of globally-minded founders
👀 What we’re looking for
This is where you come in. We want to meet:
🧠 Founders solving real problems (software or tech-enabled)
🙌🏽 Accelerators and VCs doing early-stage work
💸 LPs curious about what’s coming next
☕️ Local collaborators for Ganas Coffees
🦄 Unicorns in the making who might not even call themselves that yet
📬 Want to join us or collab along the way?
👉🏽 Fill out this quick form to get connected, join a meetup, or be featured in our Ganas Global Community Gallery - a digital wall of bold humans shaping what’s next across borders. Already shared your info? Amazing - you’re on the list.
🙏🏽 If you’ve got founder friends, investors, or partners in any of these markets, please pass this along. That intro could change everything.
Thanks, in advance, for being part of this. If you believe in the power of underestimated founders and markets, this is our moment. So, let’s do this!
💫 Lolita Taub, GP at Ganas Ventures | LinkedIn | X | Linktree
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❓FAQ
1. Is Ganas Ventures still investing from Fund I? Absolutely. Fund I is still active and we’re investing $100K checks into pre-seed and seed-stage, community-driven software startups based in the US and LATAM. If that’s you, apply at ganas.vc for investment consideration.
2. So what’s Ganas Global? We’re not deploying global capital yet. The Ganas Global Tour is how we start. We want to listen, show up, and build trust. We’re spending time with founders, funders, and ecosystem builders to co-create what the Ganas Global Fund can be.
3. Will you invest globally in the future? That’s the goal. But before we write checks, we’re writing notes - learning what’s really happening on the ground, building community, and better understanding where Ganas Ventures can add the most value.
4. Can I be part of the Ganas Global journey? Yes! We’d love that. That’s why we’re sharing this now. Whether you’re a founder, LP, accelerator, or just curious, we’d love to hear from you. Join us!About
Ganas Ventures is a leading Latina-led VC fund investing in early-stage startups across the US and Latin America. Rooted in community, we back founders with bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the relentless determination — “ganas” — to succeed. Recognized by TechCrunch and Forbes, we’re redefining venture capital by championing underestimated founders and driving outsized returns.
Beyond funding, Ganas offers a vibrant community of +88K members, +70 LPs, and +100 deal partners ready to support founders. We’re here to help founders transform bold ideas into groundbreaking companies — con ganas.
Lolita Taub, General Partner of Ganas Ventures, is a force in the VC world. With 17+ years in Silicon Valley, she’s invested in +100 startups, driven +$70M in tech sales, and seen multiple exits. As the daughter of immigrants, Lolita’s journey fuels her passion for equity and innovation. Named on the For(bes) Culture 50 List and honored by LAVCA as a top VC, Lolita has also created transformative tools like the Startup-Investor Matching Tool and a widely followed newsletter connecting founders, funders, and allies.
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