Gustavo Nieves Email & Phone Number

South Carolina, United States

Echo Base Expeditions invests in Latino-owned companies in the lower middle market. As a firm, we provide debt and equity financing, strategic resources, and operational expertise to ensure the success of our portfolio companies. We invest in businesses that have strong growth potential and are poised to make a significant impact in their markets. Our.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Founded and lead Loma Capital, the first Latino-led private equity firm in South Carolina. At Loma, we back unexpected founders in unexpected places. In my role as CEO, I have had the opportunity to build an investment.
• Lead the firm's corporate strategy, brand and platform strategy, develop and maintain its culture and MVV
• Manage overall fund operations, investment decisions, and stakeholder relations, ensuring alignment with long-term strategic goals
• Lead efforts to secure and allocate funding for ventures that demonstrate significant potential for community impact and financial return
• Lead the development and refinement of the firm's investment thesis and strategy
• Develop and execute the firm's portfolio construction strategy and areas of investment focus

• For the past 15 years, I've built bold ideas and turned them into thriving businesses across a variety of sectors including martech, advertising, media, retail, e-commerce, fintech, and SaaS. Having navigated those.
• design their business model
• identify and quantify product-market fit
• craft effective fundraising strategies
• build their corporate strategy

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Co-founded the first Hispanic advertising agency in South Carolina. Over the last 15 years, I have co-led the transformation of UMG into a top-performing ad agency in the Hispanic marketing space.
• Oversaw strategic planning and led product development for the agency with my co-founder.
• Led the financial function of the agency. In this role, I designed and maintained financial processes for the agency, led the finance team, led the agency FP&A function, and oversaw the pricing strategy of our agency's.
• Cultivated key partnerships and led high-impact marketing campaigns that significantly boosted client engagement and satisfaction.
• Led the development and execution of award-winning multichannel creative campaigns for international brands, overseeing the entire process from crafting creative briefs and strategic marketing plans to directing on-set.
• Led operations of the agency from a small, two-person team to a multinational team of 25 agency professionals across multiple time countries. During this time, I designed, implemented, and executed agile project.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

• Krsor is a marketplace that matches individuals who need to ship items with travelers who have available space, optimizing unused transport capacity for efficient, cost-effective deliveries. The platform aims to.
• Analyzing and enhancing product-market fit to align with evolving market demands.
• Developing and executing comprehensive marketing strategies across digital and traditional platforms.
• Creating detailed buyer personas and identifying target audience segments to tailor marketing efforts.
• Quantifying market demand to guide strategic planning and resource allocation.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

• Founded Spara as a full service accounting firm and led its product development transformation into client advisory services, including outsourced accounting department, fractional controller and fCFO services. At.
• Co-led the firm's corporate strategy, developed and maintained its culture and MVV
• Led client engagements across accounting, bookkeeping, and advisory services
• Developed and executed the firm's new business strategy
• Designed and implemented operational systems and processes that enhanced service delivery and client retention.