ex Y-Combinator Visiting Partner. Co-founded Arcus (sold to Mastercard). Investing and helping underdog founders 👊🏾 achieve the dream 🇺🇸
Miami, FL
Joined April 2011
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Huge thank you to my family at @ycombinator for the amazing support all of these years
From selling guavas in a Santo Domingo barrio to selling his company to Mastercard, @EdrizioCruz — co-founder of Arcus (YC S13) and former YC Visiting Group Partner — shares his improbable odyssey in his new book: The Underdog Founder.
Available now: geni.us/TheUnderdogFounder
It's crazy how many founders I met, actually come from money, I'd say the vast majority. It makes sense, the bigger the safety net, the bigger the jump
AI in Fintech in 2026 is like sex in high school, everyone is talking about it, almost no one is actually doing it
I recently spoke to a founder in colombia, then another founder in Chile - neither of them knew where santo domingo was located - we talk a lot about gringos, but even the most educated Latinos is south America don't know basic geographic 🙃
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LFG. @psneville and @EdrizioCruz walking us through the early days of Circle.
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E155: De mecánico de aviones a vender su empresa a @Mastercard 🛫💰 | La historia de Edrizo de la Cruz @EdrizioCruz en @10ampro
When you care about what every one thinks of you, your become invisible. 🙈
When you stop caring what everyone thinks of you, you become invincible 💪🏾
Having fun at what you do = being successful at what you do
being successful at what you do = how many people you help + how much wealth you create
Founder's summer vacation : "I'll take no calls on Fridays, and will take Sundays off "
VC summer vacation : "I'll take all of August off, and will take 1st week of September off "
Nos vemos en Colombia 🇨🇴
Edrizio de la Cruz estará en #PlatziConf este 7 de septiembre 🇨🇴
Siendo ex socio de Y Combinator, @EdrizioCruz te revelará los mitos que matan el emprendimiento latino.
Últimas entradas en: platzi.com/conf/
I spoke to an investor yesterday who said "I have a PhD in incubators"
Me: have you ever built a startup and gone thru an incubator?
Him: no
Me: have you ever ran an incubator?
Him: no
🤦🏾♂️
Thanks to caya from @slidebean for inviting me to chat about what no one says about startup exits
youtu.be/ECMRDIdTU5I?si=_-BD…
"When you're small, act small" - GT.
Start where you are with what you have because that's already plenty
