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Alejandro Guerrero shared thisThis is the literal stuff of dreams. A self-made Black woman and Puerto Rican man — Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano — based in LA, inspiring so many people across America (myself included) and around the world… are now owners of the San Diego Padres. That f-ing matters. Not just because it’s baseball — but because ownership like this has historically been out of reach for people who look like them. They didn’t inherit it. They built it. And now they’re at the highest levels of capital, culture, and influence. Representation at the ownership level hits different. It expands what people believe is possible. And for a lot of us watching — it’s not just inspiring, it’s motivating. Let the light shine through to guide us all 💛 💛 https://lnkd.in/gV2XbNTQ Act One Ventures Clearlake Capital Group Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano InitiativeExclusive | San Diego Padres Nearing Deal to be Sold for an MLB-Record $3.9 BillionExclusive | San Diego Padres Nearing Deal to be Sold for an MLB-Record $3.9 Billion
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Alejandro Guerrero posted thisWith AI changing everything, it is abundantly clear that human connection is one of if not the final frontier of our existence. We are all going through so much right now. Good and bad, everywhere all at once. Reminder: Ask people you know how they're doing. Ask them how they feel. Ask if they need help with anything. They probably won't take you up on it, but the impact on their soul will be deeply felt. Right now the ability to make people feel seen vs just heard matters more than one could possibly imagine. Act One Ventures Michael Silton Israel M.
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Alejandro Guerrero shared thisThings are changing so fast that I now think in days and weeks (sometimes months) at the early stage. So I am going to use this opportunity to ask my friend Jose Fernandez, the Co-Founder of StepStone Group, about how he’s reevaluating everything about manager selection. $811B in total capital responsibility and $220B in AUM means you gotta be thinking about this more than most! Thanks to SomosVC for asking me to have this conversation with him. Come join us on May 5th during the Milken Conference in Beverly Hills. Act One Ventures Milken InstituteAlejandro Guerrero shared thisWe are thrilled to announce our keynote fireside chat for the 4th Annual SomosVC Emerging Manager Showcase. Jose Fernandez (Co-Founder and Partner at StepStone Group) will sit down with Alejandro Guerrero (Co-Founder & GP at Act One Ventures) to discuss emerging manager trends and global capital deployment strategies. With StepStone Group managing $811B in total capital responsibility and $220B in assets under management, Jose offers a unique perspective on the emerging manager ecosystem and the flow of capital to the next generation of fund leaders. This conversation provides the insider perspective LPs value, whether you are exploring emerging manager allocations or want to understand future market directions. The event will take place on May 5th in Beverly Hills during Milken Conference week. Request an LP invite by clicking the link in the first comment.
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Alejandro Guerrero shared thisA few weeks ago I had the privilege to do an interview for a joint series by Emerging Manager Monthly / FIN News and the New America Alliance about how I and our firm Act One Ventures are viewing the landscape today in the world of AI. It was fun to think about what the last 10 years have been like as a firm and how I view the next 10 as starting like it's day 1 all over. Shaped by the past but not controlled by it for the future. Thank you so much to Danielle Correa for conducting a super comfortable interview! Thank you also to Marisol Reyes and Anyori Hernandez of the New America Alliance where I am a proud member for thinking I'd be a good fit for this. The interview is available in the April issue of EMM and the full video interview is in the comments below.
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Alejandro Guerrero shared thisThe weeks have been pretty busy 🤖 so it was nice to do this on a Sunday morning at Stanford with Elian Savodivker, Laura Medina and Claudia Bardales. Thanks LBAN/Latino Business Action Network for having me. A lot of laughter with the nuggets keep us human! Act One Ventures
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Alejandro Guerrero posted thisThis month marks 10 years that our firm Act One Ventures has been in business. As much as I am grateful for this milestone, all I can think about is the amount of insane work and painful nights I put myself through to even have a shot at finding my own lucky moment. I came into the tech game as a founder nearly 20 years ago having spent zero days grabbing private school and banking badges. I was the product of America's public school system, starting right by the US-Mexico border all the way until I got to UCLA. The ignorance that I had about absolutely everything in tech and VC, was actually a blessing in disguise. It allowed me to stay grounded in the basic principles that carried me my entire life through the journey of the public school system: work as hard as possible; always compete; find joy in your process; and somehow, someway, you will advance. It's crazy to think I never lost faith even when I had multiple reasons to do so at so many different junctures along the way. Now living in the times of AI, I truly have never been more excited in my career or in my life for my future. Because it feels like the great equalizer. It no longer matters what credentials you have or don't have. What matters is are you willing to out hustle, out work, and master the tools that everyone now has at their disposal, while respecting humans more than anything else. Principles that I have always valued way more than any badge you could ever throw in my face. With a 10 year track record in tow, I'm waking up every day fired-up to be building with my mentor, business partner and friend Michael Silton, because it's a world we were both built for. I wake up with immense gratitude that a set of exceptional humans turned founders choose to work with us, out of the sea of options that they have. I'm honored to be an investor in each of their companies, whether things go right, or go wrong. And I am excited to have the privilege to continue to fight and advance towards the next 10 years of Act One, alongside our community that helped us get here.
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Alejandro Guerrero reposted thisAlejandro Guerrero reposted thisAI agents are fundamentally interactive systems. They shall be expected to interact across systems and environments, coordinate with other AI agents, and collaborate with humans. However, we’re only beginning to design the right way for humans to work with them. This is because most AI agent frameworks are still headless. The orchestration is invisible. That means: • real-time feedback on what agents are doing is hard to manage 👀 • no meaningful human-in-the-loop beyond "approve/reject" ❌ • custom UI integration rebuilt from scratch, every time 🔄 In the agentic world, trust isn't just about making agents smarter. It's about giving users the ability to see, steer, and intervene 🎯 This is why we are super excited about our collaboration with CopilotKit , bringing native AG-UI support to AG2 — an open protocol for agent-to-user interaction. An important step forward in AG2’s vision for AI agents: Open framework. Open protocol. Open ecosystem. 🌐 Let’s make the Multi-Agent future visible and natively interactive 🎛️ together!
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Alejandro Guerrero reposted thisAlejandro Guerrero reposted thisWe’ll be in #Seattle next week and looking forward to spending time with the local PNW community! Act One Ventures is co-hosting an intimate gathering at Foundations alongside Founders Co-op to share a few lessons from backing AuditBoard from the early days through a $3B outcome, and how that experience has shaped the way we think about building enduring enterprise companies. We’ll also touch on what we’re seeing resonate in today’s fundraising environment and where AI is creating real opportunities in enterprise software right now. More than anything, we’re excited to connect with founders and operators across the Pacific Northwest. We’d love to see you there! Alejandro Guerrero Michael Silton Aviel Ginzburg https://luma.com/urjc0n5hFoundations & Funders: Building Category-Defining Companies · LumaFoundations & Funders: Building Category-Defining Companies · Luma
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Alejandro Guerrero shared thisThrilled for Luis Loaiza and the incredible team at Jelou AI on their $10M Series A led by Jackson Cummings at Wellington Management! Meet your customers where they live. Big things cooking with this squad! Act One Ventures is proud to have led the prior unannounced seed round. Michael Silton Gabriela Camilli Israel M.Alejandro Guerrero shared thisWe just raised a $10M Series A 🔥 and more than anything, we’re grateful and HYPER committed 🌎 . Grateful to our team, who have been shipping, and operating through complexity for years. And grateful for the trust of our investors, who chose to back this journey and the long-term work ahead. For us, fundraising is not a finish line, it’s a commitment. A responsibility to execute better, think bigger, and move with discipline. Jelou AI was born in the heart of Latin America, building for markets where messaging is the primary interface and financial infrastructure is complex. That perspective shapes how we build: focused on real use cases and real operations. This round marks the beginning of a new phase of intense, strategic execution across the region. Less noise, more delivery. We don’t celebrate capital raised. We celebrate trust and we take that trust seriously. Welcome to our new investors Wellington Management , Krealo, and Collide Capital, joining Act One Ventures and Arca Continental on this journey. Now, back to work! 🦾 Forbes https://lnkd.in/e38K8AiMHow Jelou Is Turning WhatsApp Into A Global Banking ConnectionHow Jelou Is Turning WhatsApp Into A Global Banking Connection
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisThey say you should never meet your heroes, but for me, having Henry Kravis hand me an award might be the one exception to the rule. Although standing next to the man who basically invented the modern playbook for our industry is a quick way to feel like you’re still an intern! 🤣😬🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽 Deeply honored to have received the Michael W. Osheowitz SEO Founder’s Award last night. When Behdad and I started Clearlake in 2006, the goal was to build a firm that would thrive by doing things differently. To have that journey recognized by SEO—an organization that has spent decades tearing down barriers—is a "full circle" moment I don't take for granted. A huge congratulations to my fellow honoree, Carlos Whitaker and Event Chair, Jose Tavarez. It’s a privilege to share the stage with leaders who understand that finance isn't just about the returns, it's about the doors we leave open behind us. To the SEO team: Thank you for the incredible work. Let’s keep making sure that "opportunity" isn't just a buzzword, but a reality for the next generation. Now, back to the grind… #SEOAnnualAwards SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) #ClearlakeCapital Clearlake Capital Group KKR Blackstone Bank of America #PrivateEquity #RepresentationMattersAlejandro Guerrero liked thisWe are proud to honor José E. Feliciano, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Clearlake Capital Group, as an honoree at our SEO Annual Awards Dinner. Since co-founding Clearlake with Behdad Eghbali in 2006, José has helped build the firm into a leading alternative asset manager with more than $185 billion in assets under management. His disciplined approach to investing and hands-on leadership have been central to the firm’s success. Beyond his professional achievements, José is deeply committed to expanding opportunity through the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative, supporting education, entrepreneurship, and economic opportunity. We are pleased to recognize José for both his industry leadership and his enduring commitment to broader impact. Join us on April 30: https://lnkd.in/g9ij499 #SEOCommunity
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisGrateful to TEDSports Indianapolis for the opportunity to speak at their first-ever TED Sports Summit and share a perspective I care deeply about: the power of sports to unite us. Sports are more than competition—they create lifelong memories, build community, and foster a sense of belonging that cuts across cultural, social, and economic differences. In a time when so much can feel divided, sports remain one of the few platforms that can truly bring people together and drive meaningful impact in our communities. #impact Neelay Listen here: https://lnkd.in/e58hdrDi
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisThree years ago, Juan Pascual Orero and I set out to rethink an industry we knew was ready for change. If you have ever been inside a real window and door project, you know what I am talking about. An architect sends a last minute revision. A quote needs to turn around in 48 hours. Specs don’t match drawings. Three different people give you three different answers. And somehow, it all still has to get built. The industry hadn’t changed in decades. So we built Latii. From day one, we pushed on two fronts. Hardware. Intelligence. Both essential. Today, both get clearer. Latii is now Latii AI. The company, the brand, our entire focus. We are the AI infrastructure layer for fenestration, and nothing else. Juan Pascual Orero steps into the role of Chief Product Officer, leading what we build from here. LATII Finestre is now a fully dedicated Hardware Division. Tyler Wright and Rodrigo Aguilar Couttolenc lead it as Co Presidents. They built it with us from day one, and they are exactly the right leaders to take it forward. Watching them run it as their own is the kind of transition every founder hopes for. For Juan Pascual Orero and me, this is the moment to commit completely. Latii AI is where everything we have goes from here. To the customers, suppliers, architects, and the team who have been part of this journey: thank you. None of this exists without you.
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisExcited for Alejandro Guerrero to join Jose Fernandez from StepStone Group for the keynote chat at next week's SomosVC Emerging Manager Showcase. 35+ institutional LPs, 5 emerging managers, and a room full of people who actually care about getting capital to Latino and Latina fund managers. See you in LA on May 5th.Alejandro Guerrero liked thisWe're just days away from our 4th Annual Emerging Manager Showcase on May 5th, and I wanted to publicly thank the partners making it possible. A huge thanks to SVB (a division of First Citizens Bank), Sydecar, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Cambridge Associates, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and PledgeLA for stepping up to support this event. These companies understand something critical: when Latino and Latina emerging fund managers get access to capital, networks, and strategic guidance, everyone wins. Our sponsors are making it possible for 35+ institutional LPs to connect with 5 carefully selected emerging managers, creating real pathways for capital access and deal flow. Also thanks to StepStone Group's Jose Fernandez and Act One Ventures' Alejandro Guerrero for agreeing to do a keynote chat at the showcase. That's what SomosVC is all about: removing barriers and creating opportunities for the next generation of fund leaders. If you're an LP and haven't registered yet, there are still a few spots available: https://luma.com/d3mnn01u See you on Tuesday, May 5th in Los Angeles.
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisChord, a NYC-based provider of an AI platform empowering modern commerce operations, has raised $7 million in a funding round led by Equal Ventures, with participation from existing investor M13 and new investors Chingona Ventures and CEAS Investments. The company plans to use the funds to speed up development of its AI agent infrastructure and expand across mid-market and enterprise retail and commerce brands with $20M–$1B in revenue. Bryan Mahoney | Ali Afridi 🔗 Read full article link in comment #chord #AI #funding #startupnews #businessnews #innovation #businessupdate
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisA few years ago (jeez, time flies!), we stopped pretending AI would fix a broken system. Too many commerce teams were upgrading models while running on infrastructure that couldn’t support them. The tech got better. The results didn’t. So we made a different decision at Chord. We rebuilt the foundation with AI at the core, not as an add-on. Shoutout to Brent Murri and M13 for recognizing that early and backing the shift. Better data has been our bet since Chord's inception. Long before the agentic commerce category had a name, the operators we've spent years working alongside were drowning in fragmented systems, and it was clear AI alone wasn't going to fix it. Our customers were telling us, in increasingly specific ways, that what they actually needed was a real foundation underneath the AI. Not a smarter model. A system that understood the business. Well, that's what we built. Today we're shipping the Enriched Context Stack. Chord now takes a beat to understand what you're asking before it answers. It investigates live data when it hits something it doesn't know. It remembers what it's learned, so the next conversation is sharper than the last. And it checks its own work before showing it to you, instead of handing over a confident wrong answer and hoping you don't notice. If you've ever watched an AI tool be wrong with total confidence about your own business, that's the thing we're trying to solve. This is the release where it starts to actually work. We’re also announcing our $7M Seed round today, led by Equal Ventures. This round came together a bit differently than most. We weren’t actively running a broad process. Equal had a very specific view of what needed to exist in the market, went looking for it, and ultimately found us. From there, they built conviction quickly. Not just on the idea, but on what we’ve already built at Chord and where it can go. It was one of the fastest, most aligned processes I’ve been a part of, and that alignment is really what drove the round forward. The capital is important because it gives us the ability to keep building and shipping at a faster pace. But it doesn’t change what we’re focused on. The product has always been the priority, and that’s what we’ll continue to invest in. Grateful to Ali Afridi and the entire Equal Ventures team for the partnership and belief in what we’re building. Excited to have you with us! A lot of people are racing to build agents right now. We’re busy testing ours, too (please DM me to participate in the Beta). But an agent without a foundation it can trust is just a faster way to be wrong. Agents you can really trust is next level! If you're an operator wrestling with this, I want to hear about it. Where is your AI still getting your business wrong and what’s holding you back from achieving the level of trust you need for agentic operations to become a near-term reality?
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisI love working with university and graduate students through my guest lectures. Recently, I shared a story with them about age and influence that still shapes how I show up today. At 20 years old, fresh out of college, I found myself working on an Emmy winning documentary about one of the pioneers of rock and roll. My job? Escort rock legends through their press tour… and somehow get them to listen to me. You think influencing in investment planning is hard? Try telling a rock legend what to do! Let’s just say there’s a noticeable gap between 20 and rock legend. Was I intimidated? Absolutely. Did I struggle at first? Without question. But here’s what that experience taught me early: Authority is not assigned by age. It’s established by presence. I had a choice: Shrink in the room… or step into it. So I did the work: • built real connection • communicated with clarity • set expectations and meant them • showed up like I belonged before I fully believed it And guess what? They listened. We executed a successful press tour. And I walked away with a lesson that shaped my entire career. To every young professional who feels “too early” or “not ready”: You are not too young to influence. You are not too junior to lead. You do not need permission to be taken seriously. Presence. Clarity. Conviction. That’s the real authority. Rock out & Own it. 🤘🏽
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisExcited to share Finix has launched MCP integrations with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Developers using Finix for payments can now search our API docs, generate code, and prototype payment flows directly within the AI tools they already use. Check out the blog for more details: https://lnkd.in/d8b-qQ2r #AI #Payments #Developers #FintechBuild payments directly in AI-native workflows with FinixBuild payments directly in AI-native workflows with Finix
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Alejandro Guerrero liked thisAlejandro Guerrero liked thisOn Thursday evening I had the pleasure of joining a beautiful gathering of business, civic, and public sector leaders at RailSpur in Pioneer Square to celebrate Alaska Airlines’ launch of new international service to Reykjavík, Rome, and London. It was led off by inspiring remarks from Ben Minicucci about his family’s village in Italy, and the opportunity this all brings for more global connectivity to Seattle. A big thank you to Harry Cheema for helping bring together such a wonderful group of Seattle leaders, and shoutout to Angela Dunleavy on the event too. With the great Diana Birkett Rakow recently becoming CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, it’s a milestone year for the organization. I am a total hometown kid and so happy to see these wins for Alaska and the travel industry here. Extra special to catch up with my forever friend Pallavi Wahi (pictured — and incoming Chair of the San Francisco Fed?!) as well as see Washington Roundtable’s own fabuous Rachel Smith and meet energetic Port of Seattle Commissioner Sam Cho. Kudos to all, and excited to see what these new direct travel corridors bring to all of us here.
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