Cómo Elegir un SOCIO ESTRATÉGICO | Sebastián Gómez

21 May 2022 · 3 min
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Conversation (Spanish) between Sebastián Gómez and Oso Trava about choosing strategic partners. Sebastián recounts how their marketplace faced potential investment from industry players and the need to preserve neutrality. They engaged journalists (Dennis Schault, editor of Skift) who introduced them to Rich Barton (serial entrepreneur, described here as founder of “Xperia”, Zillow, and Open Door). They structured a deal-club approach to invite bus companies into equity on preferential terms; Primera Plus was the main partner that entered. To protect other investors, the team removed certain corporate rights from the strategic partner so it could not block investor exits. The transaction closed in March 2018 after an almost one-year due diligence led by Ernst; the partnership helped them regain commercial contracts and rebuild industry relationships. The discussion reflects on pros/cons of strategic corporate investors and how setting clear expectations and legal protections enabled the relationship.

Questions this video answers

March 2018.

Almost one year.

Dennis Schault (editor of Skift).

Rich Barton.

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