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The Financial Analysts’ Society of Puerto Rico invites you to join us for our next speaker event. This will be a hybrid event including an in-person and a webcast attendance option.
Speakers: Hector Jirau, Executive Director Parallel18
Topic:
Parallel18 and the Entrepreneurial and Startup Ecosystem in Puerto Rico.
Come learn about the exciting things going on in Puerto Rico’s entrepreneurial and startup community and how Parallel 18 and other organizations are nurturing the next generation of businesses in PR and accelerating their efforts to attract capital and grow.
Light snacks and beverages will be available. for in-person attendees
Date: October 1, 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm (in-person)
6:30pm-7:30pm (webcast speaker portion)
Place: Parallel18
Forward Center, PR-21 Int PR 18
San Juan, 00907
Cost: Members – in-person – $10
Non-Members – $20
Students – $5
Webcast - $10
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Speaker’s Bio: Hector Jirau
Héctor J. Jirau-Colón (Hector Jirau in short) is a Puerto Rican investor, operator and scientist specialized in Cross-Border early-stage investing, with a base in Puerto Rico. He serves as the Executive Director of Parallel18, an international startup accelerator, where he leads investments across early- and late-stage ventures. Prior to this, he served as an associate at Unity Growth, a private equity firm focused on secondaries, with investments in companies such as Stripe, Anthropic, Klarna, Space X, among others. Dr. Jirau has impacted over 300 companies, overseen more than $40M in early & late-stage investments. His work and commentary have appeared in outlets including Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Magazine, Crunchbase News and The Fintech Times. Prior roles include operations and investment leadership at the Puerto Rico Science Trust. He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and an M.S. in Financial Engineering.