2022 Top Women Investors in Latin American Tech

Women in venture are underrepresented in Latin America as they are globally.  In the US, women only hold ~16% of GP positions in VC, and the majority of firms have no women partners; in other markets, reliable benchmarks for comparison are harder to come by. 

In an effort to continue to raise their visibility, LAVCA has published the list 2022 Top Women Investing in Latin American Tech, and our fourth annual list of Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech.

LAVCA identified 20 new partner-level women investing in Latin American VC/Tech in 2022, representing a 23% increase over 2021. LAVCA also published a companion list identifying 52 new junior investment professionals , a 16% increase over 2021.

Seven women from last year’s Emerging Women Investors list now hold Partner or Partner-level roles and are featured in this list: 

Regina Zurutuza (500 Global), Gabriela Cibils-Bernardes (Cibersons), Bianca Sassoon (17Sigma), Macarena Liu (Driven VC), Vanessa Bello (Wayra Hispam), Viviane Radiuk (Invest Tech), Evelyn Arriaga Velasco (G2 Momentum Capital)

Top Women Investing in Latin American Tech

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  • Veronica Allende Serra

    Veronica Allende Serra
    Veronica Allende Serra is a hands-on experienced investor in technology and innovation across the US and Latin America, doing growth equity investments for the past twenty years. Outside interests include education and entrepreneurship.

    Firm: Pacific Investimentos/Innova Capital

    Title: Founding Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Innovation

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): U.S., Latin America

    Board Position(s): Movile, ClearSale, Endeavor Global, HBS Latin American Advisory Board, HBS Alumni Board, XTC

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  • Bárbara Alvim Raymundo

    Bárbara Alvim Raymundo

    Barbara Raymundo is a Partner and ESG Officer at Oria Capital, a specialist B2B tech investment firm based in São Paulo. Since 2012, Oria has been supporting founders to grow their companies aiming to contribute to improving Brazilian productivity. Barbara is particularly interested in investing in SaaS, Fintech, Healthtech and Martech scale-ups. As an angel investor and mentor, she is also engaged with impact deals. With a ten year career with alternative assets dedicated mostly to the tech ecosystem, her previous experience includes Early-Stage and distressed assets investments and private debt.

    Firm: Oria Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): SaaS, Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Rafaela Andrade

    Rafaela Andrade

    Rafaela has a diverse background with years serving the Brazilian Air Force and later working for over a decade in the financial services industry. After her MBA at Wharton and working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, she joined QuintoAndar to lead its Finance department and helped scale the business from 3,000 to 60,000 customers, designing a proprietary rental insurance solution and fintech ad-on products while supporting +USD300m fundraising from its Series B up to post Series D stage. Since 2018 Rafaela has become an active angel investor, having completed 15+ transactions in Latin America.

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: Lisbon, Portugal

    Investor Type: Angel Investor

    Preferred Sector(s): B2B SaaS, Marketplaces, Fintech, Blockchain tech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Europe

    Sample Companies:

    BizCapital, Fazenda Futuro, Sooper, LemonEnergy, Lovys, TutorMundi, aMORA,
    Roddo, CASAFARI, COLB, More Than Real

    Board Position(s): Roddo, TutorMundi, More than Real

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  • Andrea Andrade de Oliveira Kestenbaum

    Andrea Andrade de Oliveira Kestenbaum

    Andrea Andrade de Oliveira Kestenbaum is Co-Founder of Positive Ventures. She is an impact investor and diversity enthusiast backing mission-driven founders building hard technologies to tackle the global south’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

    Firm: Positive Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder and CEO

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil, and Palo Alto, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Healthcare and Well-being, Education, Financial Services, Sustainable Systems

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    OccamzRazor, Eureciclo, Labi Exames, Letrus, Good Money, Slang, Neomed, Provi, Favo, Pachama

    Board Position(s): Letrus, Sistema B

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  • Luciana Antonini Ribeiro

    Luciana Antonini Ribeiro

    Luciana Antonini Ribeiro is a founding partner of EB Capital, an investment firm that invests in Brazilian middle-market companies. Luciana previously served as a member of the Board of Directors and Investment Committee of e.Bricks Ventures, EB Capital’s VC arm, focused on companies with disruptive business models that increase efficiency and solve Brazilian gaps. With over ten years of experience in the field, she has led relevant transactions in the media, education, and technology industries.

    Firm: EB Capital

    Title: Founding Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, SMB Services

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Board Position(s): Sumicity, Mob Telecom

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  • Paula Arango

    Paula Arango

    Paula Arango is a Senior Investment Officer at Finance in Motion, a global impact asset manager focused on sustainable development in emerging markets. Paula was formerly a Director at Konvalor and a Partner and Principal at Ewa Capital. Paula previously worked as an investment professional with Elevar Equity, working with Latin American portfolio companies. She believes “in the importance of contributing to social and economic development through sustainable growth initiatives in the private sector and is committed to inspiring and innovative business models that will have an impact in vulnerable sectors.

    Firm: Finance in Motion

    Title: Senior Investment Officer

    Based In: Bogotá, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Board Position(s): Union Andina, Cuperz, Foundation Tiempo de Juego

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  • Evelyn Arriaga Velasco

    Evelyn Arriaga Velasco

    Evelyn is a Partner at G2 Momentum Capital, a member of the Investment Committee and responsible for deal flow management and analysis of investment opportunities for the G2 Fintech Fund and G2MC. G2 Momentum Capital is a Venture Capital fund that supports Early-Stage, Spanish-speaking LatAm entrepreneurs, mainly focused on fintech and insurtech industries.

    Firm: G2 Momentum Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Insurtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Spanish-speaking Latin America

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  • Lynne Bairstow

    Lynne Bairstow

    Lynne is the Founder and Managing Partner of MITA Ventures, which since 2012 has invested in tech innovation companies based in Mexico and LatAm with global growth potential. She is an active mentor with the Google Launchpad LatAm Accelerator and an angel investor. Her current focus of interest is on Bitcoin-adjacent and blockchain technologies.

    Firm: MITA Ventures

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Mexico City and Punta Mita, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Bitcoin/Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Incubator, Seed, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, USA, Latin America, Canada

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  • Tatiana Barbato

    Tatiana Barbato

    Tatiana Barbato has worked in the investment banking and private equity industries for more than ten years in the U.S. and Colombia. She also worked as the CFO/COO of Bogotá Beer Company (the largest microbrewery in Colombia) being actively involved in the acquisition, expansion, and exit of AB Inbev. She is currently a Partner at Ewa Capital and formerly worked at a family office called Esferas Portafolio in Bogotá, Colombia where she was responsible for investments in Colombia and abroad.

    Firm: Ewa Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Bogotá, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic (Edtech, Financial Services, Health, Agribusiness, Retail)

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Series A, Series A

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  • Paula Barrientos Moreno

    Paula Barrientos Moreno

    Paula is a Managing Partner at InQlab, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage, tech-driven companies across different sectors in Latin America. Before joining the VC industry, she worked for Colombia’s leading media companies on the new business front, with an emphasis on digital innovation. Prior to this, she worked at IFC (World Bank) doing business development in the financial markets of Latin America. Mentor and Board Member of Startups and Investment funds. Passionate about teaching venture capital training programs. Bachelors in industrial engineering and MBA from La Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).

    Firm: inQlab

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Bogota, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Colombia, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Pulzo, Symplifica, Fitpal, Enjoyflowers, Pinbus, Mesfix, Lentesplus, Laika, Slang, Bold, ClicOh, Favik, Chiper

    Board Position(s): ColCapital, Pinbus, Fitpal, Symplifica

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  • Vanessa Bello

    Vanessa Bello

    Vanessa is the Head of Scouting for Wayra Hispam. She’s in charge of screening and sourcing startups for Business Development, and manages CVC’s new early-stage investments in Hispam. Prior to joining Wayra, Vanessa was Venture Analyst at the top performer Latin X fund – LEAP Global Partners, and Investment Manager at GC Capital.

    Firm: Wayra Hispam

    Title: Head of Scouting & Sourcing

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Corporate

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Mid-Stage

    Board Position(s): Rafik, DebelloGroup, Allproperty

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  • Mercedes Bent

    Mercedes Bent

    Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Mercedes is an investor and operator who lives and breathes startups. She invests in consumer fintech, LatAm, and multicultural regions and founders including Flink, Stori, Magic Eden and more. In 2016, she was named a 40 Under 40 for Tech Diversity in Silicon Valley” and in 2021, WSJ named her one of 9 “Women to Watch in VC”. She has an MBA and a Master’s degree in Education from Stanford University and an AB from Harvard University.

    Firm: Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Title: Partner

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Crypto, Consumer

    Preferred Stage(s): Series A (Seed to B)

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and sometimes Argentina

    Board Position(s): Board member: Stori, Flink, Fidu, Forage; Board observer: Magic Eden, FCF, Honeylove, and some unannounced

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  • Vivianne Bernardes-Cibils

    Vivianne Bernardes-Cibils

    Vivianne Bernardes-Cibils is a pioneer, investor and serial entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience in the technology industry, including more than ten years in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Founder and President of PARCAP, the Paraguayan Association of Venture Capital. Former Co-Chair of UC Berkeley’s Parents Board and current member of MIT’s Parents Board. She’s the Co-Founder, past CEO, and current Director of CIBERSONS, a multinational tech and investment firm with operations and venture capital funds in Latin America, Silicon Valley and Asia. During her leadership, Cibersons spread its operations to more than 40 countries. Previously Vivianne also worked for the Paraguayan Ministry of the Treasury, U.S. Embassy, United Nations, JICA and Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles, among many others. Vivianne is a software engineer with top international business and academic awards and a proud mother of three.

    Firm: CIBERSONS

    Title: Co-Founder & Managing Director

    Based In: Asuncion, Paraguay

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic: Deep Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Healthtech, Agtech, Foodtech, Mobility, Edtech, Infrastructure

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Paraguay, Latin America, U.S.

    Board Position(s): Innovation Director

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  • Monica Black

    Monica Black

    Monica Black is the Founder & Founder of Function, an investment group that is activating Miami-based capital in early-stage technology investing across the Western Hemisphere, with a focus on enterprise software. Mónica has more than ten years of experience investing and operating in startups, venture capital, and private equity. Monica previously held investing roles at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Providence Equity Partners, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and TheVentureCity. She is an active advisor and board member of several startups, including Runa HR, Aprende, and Babysparks. A Miami native, she studied economics and management science at MIT and received her MBA and Master of Education from Stanford University.

    Firm: Function

    Title: Founder

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Enterprise Software, Fintech, Logistics, Proptech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): USA, Latin America

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  • Jana Boltvinik

    Jana Boltvinik

    Jana Boltivinik is a Founding Partner at Capital Invent. Jana has been leading digital and internet-related projects for the past ten years. She was the Innovation Director of Metroscubicos.com. She worked at Grupo Expansion, where she led the launch of Quien.com, Chilango.com, Adnpolitico.com, and Quo.com. She graduated in Economics from ITAM University and is married with two daughters.

    Firm: Capital Invent

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico

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  • Monica Brand Engel

    Monica Brand Engel

    Monica Brand Engel is an entrepreneur and investor, having launched various funds and products aimed at broadening financial inclusion. She is the co-founding Partner of Quona Capital – a venture firm focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets. Quona is the investment manager for the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, the first global, third-party fintech fund for inclusion, and its successor, the Accion Quona Inclusion Fund. Monica spent her formative years in Silicon Valley, where she helped launch a US$50m multi-bank lending intermediary to finance small businesses. Monica also worked at Calvert Ventures and Anthuri Ventures – Early-Stage equity vehicles based in Bethesda and Cape Town, respectively. While living in S Africa, Monica founded Anthuri Catalysts to prepare Early-Stage companies for investment. Monica then joined Accion to set up a product innovation group and worked in Mexico with Gentera (née Compartamos) Bank, the largest microfinance institution in Latin America – which went public in 2007 (NSDQ: GENTERA:MM). She was the founding managing director of Accion’s Frontier Investments Group, the predecessor to Quona Capital. Monica holds an MBA and MA Ed from Stanford University and a BA in economics from Williams College. She serves on the boards of Sokowatch, Yoco, Azimo, GloboKasNet, Tiaxa and Zoona; is a founding member of the EMPEA Impact Council; and chairs the Investor Representative Committee of LeapFrog Investments, the world’s first microinsurance fund. Previously, she served on the boards of Gentera (née Compartamos) Bank (IPO), Shubham Housing (sold to Premji Invest), AllLife, Paralife, and Pay Rent Builds Credit (acquired by MicroBilt). She’s half Peruvian and blessed with a fantastic husband and twins.

    Firm: Quona Capital

    Title: Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    Based In: Washington, DC, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Tiaxa, GloboKasNet, Zoona, Azimo, Yoco, Sokowatch, Paralife

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  • Livia Brando

    Livia Brando

    Livia Brando is Venture Capital Director at VOX Capital, a pioneering and leading impact investing firm in Brazil, where she manages the flagship fund Tech for Good Growth.

    Before joining VOX in early 2022, Livia was Country Manager of Wayra Brazil, the CVC and open innovation hub of Telefonica-Vivo group, and in her previous experience, she was Innovation Director of EDP and led the creation and management of EDP Ventures Brazil, the first CVC focused on the energy industry in the country. The executive has a degree from PUC, and an MBA from FGV, with extension courses in PE and VC from Insper and Università Bocconi. Livia is a mentor in several programs and is passionate about connecting technology with impact to address positive socio-environmental transformation.

    Firm: VOX Capital

    Title: Venture Capital Director

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Health, Financial Services, Climatetech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Celcoin, Sanar, Nude, Isa Lab, Seedz, Omens, Octa, Cubos Academy

    Board Position(s): Nude, Seedz, Omens and Cubos Academy

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  • Clara Bullrich

    Clara Bullrich

    Clara Bullrich is a Co-Founder and General Partner at TheVentureCity, a Partner at Alvarium-Tiedemann (AlTi) Holdings, and a co-founder of Ola Guild Games. TheVentureCity is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 with a fund of over USD150m and an accelerator focusing on Early-Stage tech with over 75 investments. Alvarium-Tiedemann Holdings is an international multi-family office with over USD54B in assets under management. At AlTi, Clara heads the Digital Assets Committee and oversees its digital asset strategy, looking into new ways to use and invest in blockchain technologies. Clara is a strong supporter of Women in Blockchain, a non-profit dedicated to breaking down barriers to entry in the blockchain. She contributes to the Komorebi Collective, a fund focused on investing in exceptional women and non-binary crypto founders. In March 2022, Clara co-founded Ola Guild Games to leverage the power of crypto and blockchain technologies for decentralization, true financial inclusion, and empowerment for Hispanic markets in Latin America.

    Firm: TheVentureCity / Alvarium-Tiedemann (AlTi) Holdings / Ola Guild Games

    Title: Co-Founder & General Partner / Partner / Co-Founder

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Consumer, Healthtech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, VR/AR, Blockchain, Gaming

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA, Europe, Africa, Singapore

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  • Ariadne Caballero

    Ariadne Caballero

    Ariadne Caballero is Partner at SP Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses its investments on companies and founders that transform the food system – from Farm to Table. She is responsible for the AgTech investments at the firm and the SPV’s expansion into Latin America.

    Ariadne has led investments in fintech, climate, agtech and education, in companies such as Traive, Leaf, Moss, Verge, Agroadvance, ZoomAgri, Verqor and Puna Bio, where today she sits on their Executive Board.

    Prior to joining SPV, Ariadne built a career in agribusiness and financial services, where she held roles such as Business & Commercial Leader, Corporate Strategist and Digital Agriculture.

    Firm: SP Ventures

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agtech, Foodtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Leaf, TrAIve Finance, InCeres, AgroSmart

    Board Position(s): Leaf, Traive Finance, InCeres, AgroSmart

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  • Wenyi Cai

    Wenyi Cai

    Wenyi Cai is the Founder and Managing Partner of Polymath Ventures in Colombia. Prior to Polymath, Wenyi was most recently the COO of Milo.com, a consumer internet startup that sold to eBay in 2010. Prior to Milo, Wenyi was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, working primarily in telecom, banking, and innovation clusters. Wenyi graduated cum laude from Harvard College and studied philosophy and physics.

    Firm: Polymath Ventures

    Title: Founder & CEO

    Based In: Bogotá, Colombia

    Investor Type: Company Builder

    Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, Transportation, Education, Health, Commerce, other industries that disproportionately impact the middle class

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Colombia, Mexico, USA, Middle East, North Africa, China

    Board Position(s): Elenas, Autolab, Aflore, Tani

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  • Daniela Calleja

    Daniela Calleja

    Daniela is an ecosystem pioneer within the venture capital and entrepreneurial scenes. She is one of the most active Mexicans working towards high impact entrepreneurship in Latin America. She started her career at Endeavor as Director of Selection and Growth for tech companies. She was portfolio and investment manager of Nazca Mexico and started operations of the fund in Colombia. Afterwards, Daniela structured and led the operations and investments of the first institutional fund in Guadalajara, Redwood Ventures. Throughout her career she has analyzed 500+ investment opportunities, executed 15+ investments, and worked hand-in-hand driving growth of 30+ companies through strategic assessments, better corporate governance practices, fundraising and go-to-market strategies. She has a dual experience and vision, the entrepreneur side, and the investor eyes. She is now leading startups and medium size companies from initial funding stages to successful IPOs at BIVA, where she is Head of New Issuers leading the listing process of new clients to the stock exchange. She is an angel investor through 0BS and advisor of several startups.

    Title: Partner, Head of New Listings

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  • Liliana Carlos Rodriguez

    Liliana Carlos Rodriguez

    Liliana Carlos Rodriguez is a Partner, CFO and COO at Canary an Early-Stage Venture Capital firm focused in Brazil and Latin America. Prior to Canary, Lili led the Commercial Planning team at Stone Pagamentos in Brazil, and previously, she was an Investment Banking associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in N.Y.

    Firm: Canary

    Title: Partner, CFO and COO

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Milena Casado de Oliveira

    Milena Casado de Oliveira

    Milena Casado de Oliveira has over 12 years of experience in private equity and venture capital, having specialized in the tech and fintech markets since 2018. At Volpe, Milena is a member of the investment committee, leading the regulatory analysis of Volpe’s investment thesis and the negotiation of the transaction documents.

    Firm: Volpe Capital

    Title: Partner & Co-Founder

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, SaaS, Fintech, Consumer

    Preferred Stage(s): Series A, Series B

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Caju (Board observer), Education Journey

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  • Marcella Ceva

    Marcella Ceva

    Marcella Ceva is the Chief Investment Officer for Microsoft’s WE Ventures venture capital fund, with over twelve years of experience in investment banking, M&A and fund raising in global firms such as G5 Evercore, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP and Derraik & Menezes Advogados. Marcella accumulates over R$4b in advised transactions, including some of the largest debt restructuring transactions in Brazil. She began her career in corporate law, has a Law Degree from Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, studied International Relations at Michigan State University, and specialized in Human Rights and Women’s Health at Stanford Online. Marcella is an enthusiastic marathon runner, active volunteer and board member for NGOs and a proud mother.

    Firm: WE Ventures

    Title: Chief Investment Officer

    Based In: Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

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  • Gabriela Chagas

    Gabriela Chagas

    Gabriela Chagas is Partner and Product Manager at Vox Capital, Brazi’ls leading impact investing firm, focused on tech for good. Previously, she led WeWork Labs’ São Paulo startup program, managed marketing for MassChallenge Israel’s 2018 program and founded Impacto Ventures, a hub developing toolkits for social impact startups. Before launching Impacto, Gabriela led deal sourcing and investment analysis at Vox Capital, where she is happy to be back.

    Firm: Vox Capital

    Title: Partner & Product Manager

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Health, Education, Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Early Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Sanar, Celcoin, Diaspora.Black, Magnamed

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  • Sylvia Chebi

    Sylvia Chebi

    Sylvia Chebi is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Thales Lab, a Montevideo-based company builder that supports technical startups by promoting entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Sylvia is a former tech executive turned entrepreneur and angel investor. She is the Co-founder and President of URUCAP, the Uruguayan Association of Private Capital She holds an Electrical Engineering degree from UdelaR, Uruguay, and an MBA from the Adolfo Ibañez School of Management, Miami, FL.

    Firm: Thales Lab

    Title: Co-Founder & Executive Director

    Based In: Montevideo, Uruguay

    Investor Type: Company Builder

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Caribbean

    Board Position(s): ThalesLab, Okaratech, UruCap

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  • Tina Christa Rosenfeld

    Tina Christa Rosenfeld

    Tina Rosenfeld is an advisor and board member for a series of startups helping them to scale internationally, with a clear focus on investing in innovative female-led startups.

    Firm: Chile Global Angels

    Title: Chair of the Board

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Female entrepreneurs with purpose and impact

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Europe

    Sample Companies:

    Unown Fasion, Suncast, Accion Circular, BioClass, We Link Her, Accion Circular, Codify

    Board Position(s): Suncast, Accion Circular, BioClass

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  • Gabriela Cibils Bernardes

    Gabriela Cibils Bernardes

    Gabriela Cibils is a Paraguayan with eight years of experience in Silicon Valley, where she worked closely with top funds, accelerators and startups. She is a Computer and Neuroscientist from the University of California, Berkeley, with a specialization in Human-Centered Design and Global Systems Development. She is Co-Founder and Board at Parcapy, Paraguay’s venture capital association. Gabriela worked at artificial intelligence startup Hive, now a unicorn, before switching to full-time investing as a Partner at Cibersons. She is also a proud second-generation venture capitalist.

    Firm: CIBERSONS

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Asunción, Paraguay

    Investor Type: Corporate

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage (Pre-Seed to Series A)

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, US

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  • Lauren Connolley Morton

    Lauren Connolley Morton

    Lauren Connolley is a partner at QED investors, an Early-Stage fintech firm based in Virginia. Prior to joining QED, Lauren spent fifteen years in key operational roles at Capital One, where she led a combination of consumer credit, customer acquisition and technology teams. She’s especially passionate about financial health and inclusion in developing countries. Lauren holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford GSB.

    Firm: QED Investors

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Washington, DC, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed to Series B

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    QuintoAndar, Creditas, Nubank, Warren

    Board Position(s): Warren Brasil, Worky.mx, Tribal, Nuvocargo, XpertSea, Zubale

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  • Bruna Constantino

    Bruna Constantino

    Bruna Constantino is a Brazilian investor and filmmaker passionate about social innovation. She co-founded Positive Ventures, a B certified and women-led venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, that backs mission-driven entrepreneurs building technology to tackle Latin America’s social and environmental challenges. Acting as one of the managing partners, Bruna leads the impact investment targets, strategies and measurement, as well as marketing and public relations.

    Firm: Positive Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder, CMO & Chief Impact Officer

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Healthtech, Fintech, Foodtech, Sustainable Systems, Education, Mobility, Women's Empowerment

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America

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  • Patricia Cordeiro Nader

    Patricia Cordeiro Nader

    Patricia Cordeiro Nader is the Investment Director and Head of Impact at GK Ventures. Patricia was formerly a Portfolio Manager and former Head of VC for Vox Capital, the first impact investment firm in Brazil. We invest in Early-Stage companies that bring solutions to the bottom of the pyramid, within the education, health, and financial services sectors. Extensive previous experience in mergers & acquisitions, business development and strategic planning within different multinational companies in the agribusiness, biotechnology and food and beverage sectors.

    Firm: GK Ventures

    Title: Investment Director & Head of Impact

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Health, Financial Services, Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Celcoin, Editora Sanar, Avante

    Board Position(s): ProRadis, bem.care. Board Observer: Virtus, Celcoin, Grao

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  • Marta Cruz

    Marta Cruz

    Marta Cruz is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of NXTP Ventures, an investment fund for B2B startups focused on Latin America. From his two funds, he has invested in more than 200 technology-based startups that positively impact the region. She is the founder & president of the Women Entrepreneurs community, EmprendedoraLAC, and Co-founder and President of WeInvest, the community of women investors focused on Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, she is a member of the board at WeXchange, an IDB Lab initiative, and is an active member of UN Women. She was the first president of ARCAP, the Argentinean Private Equity, and Seed Capital Association, and served as an Executive in the German company Siemens. She was a senior consultant for PENUD, the United Nations Development Program, and the LatAm Regional Director at McCann Erickson, Interpublic Group. She was the advisor for the design development of the Innovation Park of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and today she is its ambassador.

    Firm: NXTP Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): B2B SaaS, Enterprise Software, Logistics Tech, Fintech, Internet Security, B2B Marketplaces, AI (Information Services)

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Nuvemshop, Satellogic, Frete, VU Security, Mural, Cobli, Auth0, Betterfly, Inventa, Kangu, Spline, Exactly, Pomelo

    Board Position(s): VU Security, Zolvers, WeXchange, WeInvest, EmprendedoraLAC

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  • Lina María Cuervo

    Lina María Cuervo

    Lina María is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Cube Ventures, with a portfolio of 105 companies in 9 countries. Entrepreneur and passionate about social innovation and impact, with more than nine years of experience working in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Latin America and Europe.

    Firm: Cube Ventures

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Bogotá, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Beatriz Dager

    Beatriz Dager

    Beatriz Dager is a General Partner for Chi X Future Ventures, a Canadian VC fund that operates and invests in Early-Stage companies in Latin America. She comes from a financial background working in the M&A department for a large multinational before founding the first boutique investment bank in Cartagena, Colombia. Her experience in the VC investment side includes being the Managing Director for ChiOne Capital Ventures the first Early-Stage vehicle created in the Caribbean region of Colombia and advising startups through her boutique investment bank since 2017.

    Firm: Chi X Future Ventures

    Title: General Partner

    Based In: Cartagena, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Logtech, Enterprise SaaS and Digital Content Creation

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Colombia, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Liftit, Prolibu, Vecindario, Kiki Logistics, Kuatro Investment Banking, Peiky, Apparta, Influur

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  • Carolina Dams

    Carolina Dams

    Carolina Dams co-founded A2C Advisors. She is the Academic Program Director at IAE Business School and a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Universidad Austral in Argentina. 

    Firm: Universidad Austral & IAE Business School (Angel Investor)

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Innovation

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Argentina

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  • Deborah Dana

    Deborah Dana

    Deborah Dana is an angel investor and former Managing Partner of Soldiers Field Angels, a venture capital fund formed by 25 Harvard Business School alumni in Mexico. She is the current Founder & CEO of Canasta Rosa, a Mexico-based marketplace for DIY and handmade goods. Dana also co-founded ASEM (Asociación de Emprendedores de México).

    Firm: Etsy

    Title: Managing Director, Mexico

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Angel, VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Agriculture, Health, Finance, Energy, Transportation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico

    Board Position(s): Kiwilimon SAPI de CV

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  • Adelina Dasso

    Adelina Dasso

    Adelina Dasso leads Latin American investments at Accion Impact Management, investment platform of Accion, as Partner for Latin America. She joined Accion in 2016 and has played a key role in transactions, strategic initiatives and corporate governance. She has worked on multiple transactions both in Latin America and India, including initial investments, follow-on and exits. She works closely with the investees’ management on various strategic and operational matters. Adelina brings over twelve years of experience doing direct investments in emerging markets, the first part of her career working on one of the leading Peruvian pension funds (Prima AFP, part of the Credicorp group), across different sectors, managing a portfolio of over USD10 billion as Equity Portfolio Manager. Adelina has served as Board representative at portfolio companies of Accion, Prima AFP and Profuturo AFP. Adelina has a Bachelor’s in Economics and Finance from Universidad de Piura (Peru) and an MBA from Duke University, and she is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Adelina is the Co-founder and Strategy Director of MBA Women Peru, a non-profit organization that supports Peruvian MBA women and Peruvian women, who want to pursue an international MBA at a recognized business school. She is also the Co-founder and Member of the Investment Committee of Universidad de Piura´s Endowment. Adelina is a part-time professor of Impact Investing at the Finance Master of Universidad de Piura (Lima, Peru).

    Firm: Accion Impact Management, Investment platform of Accion

    Title: Partner, Latin America

    Based In: Peru

    Investor Type: PE Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Financial Inclusion, Digital Transformation

    Preferred Stage(s): Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, India, Southeast Asia, Africa

    Sample Companies:

    CIVICO, ftCash, Sub-K

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  • Carmen de la Cerda

    Carmen de la Cerda

    Carmen de la Cerda is a member of BuenTrip Ventures’ investment committee and recently became a Managing Partner at BuenTrip Ventures, the first institutional VC fund from Ecuador. Carmen brings years of experience identifying, mentoring, and investing in the most promising teams of founders in Ecuador and Latin America.

    Firm: BuenTrip Ventures

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Quito, Ecuador

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Sector agnostic but specially interested in B2B companies that solve the region’s most complex problems.

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-seed to pre-Series A companies that demonstrate traction and a strong business model.

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America ex Brazil

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  • Claire Diaz-Ortiz

    Claire Diaz-Ortiz

    Claire Diaz-Ortiz (@claire) is a startup investor and author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company, she has written nine books that have been translated into ten languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford and has been featured widely in print and broadcast media. She writes a popular business blog at ClaireDiazOrtiz.com.

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: Angel Investor

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Insurtech, Edtech, Healthtech, Femtech, SaaS

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA

    Sample Companies:

    Jefa, Prometeo, The Intern Group, Flickplay, Vexi, Quansu

    Board Position(s): Jefa

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  • Mariana Donangelo

    Mariana Donangelo

    Mariana Donangelo has been investing in tech in LatAm for over ten years and is an early investor in companies such as Quinto Andar, Gympass, Nuvemshop, and Flash, among others. She was an investor at Accel Partners for five years, doing both early- and growth-stage investing, and is now a Partner at KASZEK, LatAm’s largest early-stage fund.

    Firm: KASZEK

    Title: Partner

    Based In: New York, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Quinto Andar, Gympass, Nuvemshop, Flash

    Board Position(s): 99minutos, Aplazo, Lemon Energy, Nuvemshop

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  • Tahira Dosani

    Tahira Dosani

    Tahira Dosani is a Managing Partner at resilienceVC, a global Early-Stage embedded fintech fund investing in scalable startups that drive returns and resilience. Prior to joining resilienceVC, Tahira was a Managing Director at Accion Venture Lab, where she invested capital in and provided support to innovative fintech startups that improve access, quality, and affordability of financial services for the underserved at scale.

    Firm: resilienceVC

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Washington, D.C., U.S.

    Investor Type: Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Financial Inclusion

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, U.S.

    Board Position(s): Destacame, Salud Facil

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  • Eliza Erikson

    Eliza Erikson

    Eliza Erikson is Managing Director of Walton Enterprises, the Single Family Office of the Walton Family. She previously managed investments in Omidyar Network’s Entrepreneurship, Education and Financial Inclusion initiatives across the US, Latin America and Africa.

    Firm: Walton Enterprises

    Title: Managing Director

    Based In: Washington, DC, U.S.

    Investor Type: Family Office

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Financial Services, Sustainable Agriculture

    Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Geekie, MFX, LearnZillion, FINAE

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  • Jenny Esaine

    Jenny Esaine

    Jenny Esaine is responsible for the Fondo de Inversión Multirenta Inmobiliaria (FIMI), AC Capitales SAFI first real estate fund, with USD100m AUM. She led the structuring and placement of the AC Capital Real Estate Fund II for US$143m of capital committed (June 2012) and the first indebtedness operation of an investment fund in Peru (December 2010). Jenny has been a member of the boards of directors and is a full member of the executive committees of portfolio investments. She has experience in the infrastructure sector, developed as commercial manager of the natural gas distribution company of Lima (Cálidda) between 2003 and 2007. Previously, she worked as a consultant for APOYO Consultoría between 1996 and 2003. He is an economist from Universidad del Pacífico. Jenny is also an angel investor and investor in AVP Seed Fund I in Peru. At AVP Seed Fund I, she serves as the President of the Audit Committee (Comite de Vigilancia).

    Firm: AC Capitales

    Title: Partner & Head of Real Estate

    Based In: Lima, Peru

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Real Estate, Financial Services

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Juntoz Sample Funds: AVP Fund

    Sample Funds: AVP Fund

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  • Susana Espinosa de los Reyes

    Susana Espinosa de los Reyes

    Susana Espinosa de los Reyes is a hands-on funder looking to change the region where she lives through innovation and technology. She has been investing in startups for the past six years and co-funded Mujeres Invirtiendo to empower more women in the PE/VC industry.

    Firm: Dux Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latinx all over U.S. and Latin America

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  • Camila Farani Lima Porreca

    Camila Farani Lima Porreca

    Camila Farani Lima Porreca is the President of G2 Capital, a technology investment boutique. Camila Farani was elected one of the 500 most influential people in Latin America by Bloomberg Línea. Shark Tank Brasil (Sony) for six seasons, she is a member of the Board of Directors of PicPay and Tem Saúde and the Marketing and Growth Council of NuvemShop. She is a partner and investor in Play9 and Rio Innovation Week (RIW).

    She is a Columnist for Forbes, Estadão and MIT Technology Review, in addition to having a strong presence on social networks, where she reaches more than 2 million people daily. She is also a lawyer with a postgraduate degree in Marketing and specializations in growth, technology and startups at Stanford, MIT and Babson College.

    Firm: G2 Capital

    Title: President

    Based In: Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Foodtech, Edtech, Fintech, Retail Tech, Consumer, SaaS, Marketplaces, Mobile Apps

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America, USA

    Board Position(s): President

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  • Camila Folkmann Costa

    Camila Folkmann Costa

    Camila Folkmann Costa has the background of a corporate lawyer, having worked for major Brazilian firms. After attending Berkeley and working on the business front at two different startups in the Bay Area (Cheapest Online and HandsOn.TV), she moved back to Brazil and joined Acelera Partners in 2014 where she invested and supported LatAm startups. In 2016, Camila co-founded Mindset Ventures, a seed venture capital fund primarily focused on investing in startups based in the United States and Israel, especially those accelerated by Microsoft.

    Firm: Mindset Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder & Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agribusiness, Financial Services, Healthcare, Smart Cities, Big Data, Education, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, B2B SaaS

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Argentina, USA, Israel

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  • Mariana Foresti

    Mariana Foresti

    Mariana Foresti is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Honey Island Capital, a VC firm backed by the founders of EBANX, a Brazilian fintech unicorn. The firm seeks to invest in the next generation of global fintechs born in Latin America. Prior to joining Honey Island, Mariana worked as a regional manager at Endeavor where she selected and supported founders of high-growth companies and contributed to the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems outside of São Paulo.

    Firm: Honey Island Capital

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Curitiba, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, SaaS, Impact

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Noodle, Kyte, Tecnofit, TASTY

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  • Laura Frey

    Laura Frey

    Laura Frey is an impact investment professional with over ten years of experience in Latin America and Emerging Markets, building funds, investing, advising in portfolio companies and creating bridges to new capital.

    Firm: Ludibuk

    Title: Early-Stage Investment Advisor

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA

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  • Erica Fridman Stul

    Erica Fridman Stul

    Erica Fridman Stul is co-founder of Sororité, the largest female angel investor community in Brazil, committed to improving the diversity of gender within the startup ecosystem in the country and nurturing early-stage startups founded by women. Erica has been a mentor for 50+ Brazilian founders, many of which are women.

    Firm: Sororité

    Title: Founder

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: Angel Investor

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    BotCity, Muda Meu, Doji, Zipia, Feel

    Board Position(s): Fabri (Foodtech), Feel (Femtech), Muda Meu Mundo (Agritech)

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  • Maria Alice Frontini

    Maria Alice Frontini

    Maria Alice Frontini is an active angel investor in technology-driven startups in Brazil. She is the President of the MIT & MIT Sloan Club of Brazil.

    Firm: MIT Alumni Angels Brazil

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Gaveteiro, Netshow.me, Pin People, GoEpik, GlucoGear

    Board Position(s): Pin People, GoEpik, GlucoGear

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  • Izabel Gallera

    Izabel Gallera

    Izabel Gallera is a Partner at Canary, an early-stage VC firm focused on Latin America, leading dozens of investments in the region. Prior to investing, Izabel operated in startups and enterprises across Brazil and North America.

    Firm: Canary

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

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  • Mariela García

    Mariela García

    Ms. Mariela García Figari de Fabbri is General Manager at Ferreycorp and an angel investor in Peruvian startups. She is on the Board of Directors at American Chamber of Commerce in Peru and Peru 2021, a board member of startup MESA24. She received her undergraduate degree from Universidad del Pacífico, an MBA from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and an MBA from INCAE Business School.

    Firm: Ferrycorp

    Based In: Lima, Peru

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Retail and Customer Services, Tourism, Distribution, Human Resources, Workplace, Sharing Economy

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, North America

    Sample Companies:

    Mesa247

    Board Position(s): Chairman for Ferreycorp subsidiaries, Chairman for American Chamber of Commerce Perú, Board member of Peru2021, Mesa247

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  • Victoria García-Besné

    Victoria García-Besné

    Victoria is a Partner at Iluminar Ventures. After ten years in the industry, she joined Iluminar Ventures in April 2022 as a General Partner. As a senior leader at the firm, she is focused on building a world-class fund and continuing to support entrepreneurs in Latin America on their exciting and challenging journeys.

    Firm: Iluminar Ventures

    Title: General Partner

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Spanish-speaking Latin America

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  • Susana Garcia-Robles

    Susana Garcia-Robles

    Susana Garcia-Robles joined Capria Ventures in March 2020, first as a Venture Partner, becoming a Senior Partner as of January 2021. She brings to Capria 23 years of experience being at the forefront of innovation, entrepreneurship and high-impact investing; building bridges between countries and regions to improve dynamic ecosystems worldwide and supporting high-growth entrepreneurship among women in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). She is also a Senior Advisor and Board member of the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA), and the co-founder of two initiatives to improve gender diversification in the VC industry: WeXchange for women entrepreneurs (2012, now housed at the IDB Lab), and WeInvest Latam, for women in investment decision-making positions (2019). Her career in investing in VC funds and building entrepreneurial ecosystems started in 1999 when she joined the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), becoming the main architect of its investment strategy for Early-Stage funds and startups. During this time, she analyzed and coached thousands of seed and VC funds and startups in LAC and invested and managed USD300m in 90 funds — many of them first-time fund managers. An avid supporter of ecosystems, she is a co-founder of the Argentinean VC/PE association ARCAP and the Colombian VC/PE association Colcapital. She serves on the Advisory Boards of the Argentinean VC/PE association ARCAP, ForoMET, the Future Perfect Ventures Fund, the Elevar Equity Fund, the iThink.VC fund, PRODEM, and the CITES company builder/fund, as well as the Board of Directors of Village Capital and in the investment committee of the Bancoldex Fund of Funds (Colombia) and the Cofide Fund of Funds FCEI (Peru). Ms. Garcia-Robles has a master’s degree in Philosophy and Education from the Universidad Catolica of Argentina and in International Relations with a concentration on International Economic Policies from Columbia University.

    Firm: Capria Ventures

    Title: Senior Partner

    Based In: Washington, D.C., U.S.

    Investor Type: Fund of Funds

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Logistics/Mobility, AG/Foodtech, HR/Jobtech, Edtech, Health, Climatetech.

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Caribbean, Africa/MENA, India and SE Asia

    Sample Funds: Angel Ventures Mexico, NXTPLabs, Cometa, Salkantay, FEN Ventures, Valor, SP Ventures

    Board Position(s): She serves on over 10 boards of directors of venture capital funds and foundations including terms on the boards for LAVCA, Elevar Equity, Village Capital, ARCAP, among others.

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  • Guenia Gawendo

    Guenia Gawendo

    Guenia Gawendo is Telefónica’s Ventures Managing Director. In this role, she is responsible for direct investments in startups, relationships with and investments in VC funds in Latin America, Europe, USA and Israel. She has been leading Telefónica Ventures for the last four years, and in the past, she has led Telefónica’s Silicon Valley presence in Menlo Park, California.

    Firm: Telefonica

    Title: Ventures Managing Director

    Based In: Madrid, Spain

    Investor Type: Corporate

    Preferred Sector(s): Networks, IoT, Cloud, Security, Data, Consumer verticals, Web3, Metaverse

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, US, Europe, Israel

    Sample Companies:

    Exits: Altiostar Quantenna, Mind Meld Blue Liv

    Portofolio: Nozomi, Durcal, Monogoto, Constella

    Sample Funds: Leadwind (Europe and Latam), Alter (US), Vintage (Israel) Kibo and Active (Spain), Redpoint, Indicator and Investtech (Brazil), Axon (Colombia/Mexico), Scale (Chile)

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  • Paula Giraldo

    Paula Giraldo

    Paula Giraldo is a Partner of Deetken Impact Alternative Finance. Paula is an investment professional with extensive impact investment experience, particularly in structuring quasi-equity (i.e. revenue-based financing), equity and debt instruments in Latin America. She joined Deetken Impact in 2021 when Adobe Capital and Deetken Impact chartered a joint partnership. Paula is currently focused on investment origination, structuring, and closing within Deetken Impact Alternative Finance (DIAF), in which we provide tailored financing solutions for Latin American businesses that are addressing pressing social and environmental problems. Paula has a vast knowledge of impact investing and economic development. She serves as a Board Member at WeInvest LatAm, a community of women with decision-making power in Venture Capital and Private Equity. She also serves as Board Member at AMEXCAP in addition to Puntored (Colombia) and Rephone (Chile). Paula has a BsC in Business Management from a dual program from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Tulane University in the United States, and a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Born in Colombia, Paula is fluent in English and Spanish.

    Firm: Deetken Impact Alternative Finance

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Social and Environmental Impact, Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    SalaUno, Econduce, IPETH, Kuepa, Puntored

    Board Position(s): WeInvest

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  • Eva Goldstein

    Eva Goldstein

    Eva Goldstein is the Managing Director of Meta Access Capital and the former Director of Finance and Investments at Endeavor Catalyst. Endeavor Catalyst is an innovative co-investment vehicle designed to support Endeavor Entrepreneurs with their equity financing rounds and contribute to the long-term sustainability of Endeavor. Passionate about Endeavor’s mission of supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets, who transform their communities and the world at large, Eva transitioned from the corporate consulting world to Endeavor’s venture capital group in 2017.

    Firm: Meta Access Capital

    Title: Managing Director

    Based In: New York, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology

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  • Laura Gómez

    Laura Gómez

    Laura is General Partner in Latin Leap – MOS VC Studio and former Innovation Director at Grupo Sura, a multi-Latin financial services conglomerate with operations in 11 countries. As Innovation Director, she created and implemented Grupo Sura’s innovation strategy and innovation system, as well as the corporate venture capital program (SURA Ventures), consolidating it as a reference CVC in LATAM for its financial and strategic profitability. Laura is a mentor in TechStars (Austin) and Masschallenge (Mexico and Colombia) acceleration programs, as well as a member of several boards of directors. As an entrepreneur and experienced innovation and digital transformation strategist, her background working in different industries, ventures, corporates, and VC, allows her to have a broad vision focused on purpose, growth, and sustainability.

    Firm: Latin Leap VC

    Title: General Partner - MOS VC Studio

    Based In: Bogota, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): WellTech, HealthTech, EdTech, FinTech

    Preferred Stage(s): Series B+

    Preferred Geo(s): Agnostic

    Board Position(s): Holberton Colombia, Bitpoint, Brixie, Mowies Inc

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  • Melissa Gómez Hindle

    Melissa Gómez Hindle

    Melissa Gómez Hindle is Partner at G2 Momentum Capital and oversees everything related to fundraising and investor relations. She also helps startups with their fundraising strategies and is constantly looking for new innovative opportunities in which to invest.

    Firm: G2 Momentum Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Insurtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Spanish-speaking Latin America

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  • Irene Gómez Luque

    Irene Gómez Luque

    Irene leads the Open Innovation team at Telefónica. Her mission is to connect the business to external innovation for short and long-term value generation, with a focus on capturing and enhancing business opportunities between startups and Telefónica that arise with the arrival of 5G, the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), Metaverse, advanced data analysis, robotics and cloud computing, among other technologies.

    Firm: Telefónica

    Title: Global Director, Open Innovation

    Based In: Madrid, Spain

    Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Tech-based

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Brasil, Spain, UK, Germany

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  • Gabriela Gonçalves

    Gabriela Gonçalves

    Gabriela Gonçalves is the founder and Managing Partner of Nilla Capital, a firm specializing in Venture Debt in Brazil. Prior to that, she was a Managing Partner of Brasil Venture Debt, the first fund of its kind in the country, as well as a Co-founder and Managing Director at Lazada, a Southeast Asian unicorn. Gabriela also served as Search and Selection Manager at Endeavor Brasil and National Portfolio Supervisor at Criatec I. Gabriela has an MBA from London Business School.

    Firm: Nilla Capital

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: Venture Debt

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Scale-up to Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

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  • Beatriz Gonzalez

    Beatriz Gonzalez

    Beatriz Gonzalez led the investments in Cabify, Spotahome, Bewe, Hundredrooms, Glovo and Clicars. She is the Chairman of the Venture Committee, a Board member of Endeavor Spain and the former Chairman of ASCRI. Prior to Seaya, Beatriz worked at Morgan Stanley, Excel Partners, and Darby Investments and was a board member of ILPA. Beatriz graduated from CUNEF and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

    Firm: Seaya Ventures

    Title: Founding Partner

    Based In: Madrid, Spain

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Tech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Spain, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Cabify, Glovo, Spotahome, Bewe, Hundredrooms

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  • Laura González-Estéfani

    Laura González-Estéfani

    Laura is the founder of TheVentureCity, an early-stage venture fund, investing in startups across the US, Europe and Latin America. The team of operators-turned-investors refuses to follow the conventional crowd, because they strongly believe in a product-led growth approach, prioritizing user retention over revenue. An early employee of Facebook, Laura spearheaded international growth in Silicon Valley, and throughout EMEA and LatAm. Prior to that, Laura held management roles at eBay and Siemens and co-founded a tourism startup in 2000. She’s recently been named a Henry Crown fellow by the Aspen Institute.

    Firm: TheVentureCity

    Title: Founder & CEO, General Partner

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Consumer, Healthtech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, VR/AR, Blockchain

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): US, Latin America, Europe

    Board Position(s): Caixabank, Payments and Consumer, European Comission Innovation Council

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  • Fernanda Gottardi

    Fernanda Gottardi

    Fernanda Gottardi is a Founding Partner of GR8 Ventures, an investment company focused on high-growth and value-generating tech startups in Brazil. She is a seasoned marketing and strategy executive, with extensive experience in South American markets. Fernanda is also an agribusiness entrepreneur and acts as a mentor at some agricultural hubs such as the AgTech Garage, in Piracicaba, state of São Paulo.

    Firm: GR8 Ventures

    Title: Founding Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Board Position(s): Alstra, Auvo, Dattos, DioxD, Doroth

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  • Gina Gotthilf

    Gina Gotthilf

    Gina is a co-founder and COO at a16z-backed Latitud, a platform helping build the next generation of iconic tech startups in Latin America through digital products, a dedicated fellowship and fund. Previously, Gina led growth and marketing at Duolingo from 3 to 200 million users and was part of the executive team. She also worked on the Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign, helping oversee the creation of digital ad campaigns at a historical daily spend, and led growth in Latin America at Tumblr.

    Firm: Latitud

    Title: Co-Founder

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Laura Guaraná Carvalho

    Laura Guaraná Carvalho

    Laura Guaraná is a Partner at Crescera Capital and is co-responsible for the Education platform. She joined the team in 2008. Prior to joining Crescera, she worked at Banco BBM in the credit division, covering companies of the agribusiness sector and the equity research division focused on the mining and steel sectors. Laura Guaraná also worked at the CTV Group in Lyon and holds an MSc. in Finance and Economics from FGV.

    Firm: Crescera Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Health

    Preferred Stage(s): Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Isabela Guimarães Rugani

    Isabela Guimarães Rugani

    Isabela Guimarães Rugani is an executive officer working with innovation and entrepreneurship in Brazil for the last twelve years, in startups and large organizations, and is on sabbatical as of December 2020. Isabela is Strategy and Branding Lead at Grafeno, a Brazil-based financial consultancy. Isabela is the former Investment Officer at Inseed Investimentos, a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage innovative companies. Prior to joining Inseed, Isabela worked as a Strategy and Innovation consultant at EY and Strategos.

    Firm: Grafeno

    Title: Strategy & Branding Lead

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Jazmín Gustale Gill

    Jazmín Gustale Gill

    Jazmín Gustale Gill is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of iThink VC, investing in exceptional entrepreneurs from emerging ecosystems in LATAM as Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru and Ecuador. The fund invests in entrepreneurs that are addressing the region’s structural challenges. Jazmin has a breadth of experience working in the innovation, policy, and social impact space. Before founding iThink VC, Jazmín led the creation of the first National Innovation Strategy in Paraguay.

    Title: Co-Founder & General Partner

    Based In: Asunción, Paraguay

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Health, Education, E-commerce, Food & Agriculture, Finance, Mobility & Logistics, New ways of working and Saas B2B

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru and Ecuador

    Sample Companies:

    Kilimo,ViewMind, Bankingly, Moova, Ultra, Koban, StoryBook, GoJom, Frescoo and DeltaX

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  • Vivane Hengstmann Radiuk

    Vivane Hengstmann Radiuk

    Viviane holds a degree in business administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. In Invest Tech, since 2019, Viviane is responsible for monitoring the portfolio companies and evaluating new investment opportunities within the venture capital team, having coordinated twelve investment rounds and two exits so far, and is part of the board of directors or advisory board of all the investees of FIP Invest Tech VC. In the past, she co-founded a marketplace for events, where she sought to deepen her knowledge of entrepreneurship and innovation. Before joining Invest Tech, she was a partner at Finenge, a financial consulting firm specializing in fundraising, where she worked for seven years and advised on more than 20 projects, having raised over USD240m in this period.

    Firm: Invest Tech

    Title: VC Managing Director

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): B2B technology startups, fintech, healthtech, edtech and cleantech (including agritech).

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed and Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    ClipEscola, Dattos, Logcomex, Configr, GoBots, IntuitiveCare, Rúmina, Skore (sold to UolEdtech in 2021), Uello (sold to Renner in 2022)

    Board Position(s): ClipEscola, GoBots, IntuitiveCare; Board observer: Logcomex, Rúmina

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  • Ximena Henriquez

    Ximena Henriquez

    Ximena Henriquez is the General Manager at Chilean consultancy TRES60. She is the former Country Manager at Alaya Capital Partners. She is an investment professional with over six years of experience in Latin America building funds, accelerators, investing in startups, and advising portfolio companies. She also is a Board Director at ACVC (The Chilean Association of Venture Capital).

    Firm: TRES60

    Title: General Manager

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: Consulting

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Edtech, Agtech, Healthtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Rocketpin, MyHotel, Chattigo, 123Seguro, Quiena, Aquabyte, QMatch, BurntoGive

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  • Rebeca Hwang

    Rebeca Hwang

    Born in South Korea and raised in Argentina, Rebeca Hwang has experience as an innovator and inventor, founder and entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, educator and ecosystem builder, and holds engineering degrees and doctoral work from MIT and Stanford. Rebeca co-founded Kalei Ventures (a VC focused on Latin American Early-Stage startups); Rivet Ventures (a US VC with a gender perspective) and YouNoodle (a startup competition platform). She teaches Tech Entrepreneurship at Stanford; Entrepreneurship and Startup Investing at Thunderbird School of Global Management (where she has been distinguished with the Outstanding Faculty Award).

    Firm: Kalei Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Jackie Hyland

    Jackie Hyland

    Jackie Hyland is Business Lead at ideas42 Ventures, a U.S.-based venture studio. She is the former Head of Mexico at a55, a debt financing platform for technology companies in Latin America. Jackie is also an active angel investor. Prior to a55, Jackie Hyland was Director of Latin America at Silicon Valley Bank, where she managed relationships with over 400 technology and venture capital funds in Latin America and supported a variety of venture debt deals. She previously led seed-stage fintech investments in Latin America with Accion Venture Lab, the leading impact investing fund focused on financial inclusion.

    Firm: Mercury

    Title: Head of VC & Startup Partnerships

    Based In: Los Angeles, U.S. and Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology (Software, Hardware, Lifesciences, Energy Innovation)

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

    Board Position(s): Previously at Accion, observer seats: Clip, Salud Facil, Tienda Pago, Quippi

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  • Juliana Inneco

    Juliana Inneco

    Juliana has been working in the technology market for five years and helped build Torq Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital practice of Sinqia, the largest technology company for the financial market in Brazil. In addition to being responsible for investments, Juliana also leads initiatives to foster the culture of internal innovation, construction and maintenance of the Torq ecosystem, the company’s Open Innovation Unit. Juliana is personally involved in the startup ecosystem as an angel investor and startup advisor. She dedicated herself to initiatives focused on gender equity, the greater representation of women in leadership and the training of women leaders – she is a mentor in the Mulheres no Comando network.

    Firm: Sinqia

    Title: Head of Corporate Venture Capital Investment

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: Corporate

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Celcoin, CashWay, Data Rudder

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  • Yelena Ioffe

    Yelena Ioffe

    Yelena Ioffe is a Partner at Cantera Capital, an Early-Stage VC fund based in Mexico and Israel focused on deep tech innovation (AI/ML, VR/AR). Yelena is also an angel investor and former Fund Manager for Soldiers Field Angels. Specialties include investment management, business development, new product launch, marketing strategy, B2B and B2C marketing. She holds an MBA focusing on finance, marketing and strategy. Originally from Kazakhstan, Ioffe has lived in the US, France, Brazil, and Mexico.

    Firm: Cantera Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Houston, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Fintech, Media and Entertainment, Consumer Goods and Services, Agroindustry, Logistics

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Apli, FitPass, Iguana Fix, Ivoy, Cerveceria de Colima, To Growers, Bill Pocket, Undostres

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  • Debbie Jaffe

    Debbie Jaffe

    Debbie Jaffe is the Managing Director at Endeavor Peru, a not-for-profit focused on scaling high-impact entrepreneurs. Previously she was the director of product partnerships for Latin America at Google, where she managed data licensing and content partnerships for the region.

    Firm: Endeavor

    Title: Managing Director

    Based In: Lima, Peru

    Investor Type: Angel, Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Social Impact

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Peru

    Sample Companies:

    Chazki

    Sample Funds: Angel Ventures Peru Fund I

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  • Christine Kenna

    Christine Kenna

    Christine Kenna is an active investor and advisor for Early-Stage businesses providing services to the emerging middle class in Mexico.

    Firm: IGNIA

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Healthcare, Education, Basic Services (water, energy and communications)

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico

    Board Position(s): Mexvi, Lentesplus, GoTrendier, Kinedu, Rocket, Virket, Tiendanube/Nuvemshop

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  • Allison Kern

    Allison Kern

    Allison Kern is Co-Founder and Partner at Morro Ventures, a US$20m Early-Stage tech fund based in Puerto Rico, investing across Latin America. Previous to Morro Ventures, Allison was a NY-based venture investor at StarVest Partners, which managed US$250m in its latest fund and focused on B2B SaaS. Prior to joining StarVest, Allison was an investment analyst at the Carlyle Group and began her career at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. Allison graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

    Firm: Morro Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder & Partner

    Based In: Puerto Rico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Software, with a focus on B2B Enterprise SaaS

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Early Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Caribbean

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  • Lara Lemann

    Lara Lemann

    Lara Lemann is Brazilian and Swiss. After transitioning through the public and private sectors, she began investing in an angel in Brazil. Since 2018, she has been a Managing Partner at MAYA Capital, a venture fund based out of Brazil that invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America. They lead the first check of the best Early-Stage teams in the region and support founders with a hands-on approach as they scale.

    Firm: MAYA Capital

    Title: Co-Founder, Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Marília Lima

    Marília Lima

    Marília Lima is M&A Manager at Triaxis Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund co-managing the Criatec II Fund with BRL186m in AUM. Marilia is the former Head of Investiments at KPTL and the former Head of Investments at Inseed Investimentos, a VC firm focused on “early stage” innovation with fifteen years of experience and almost 60 investments in tech-based startups in Brazil. Previously, Marília was CEO of Siliconreef, the first semiconductor startup founded in Brazil.

    Firm: Triaxis Capital

    Title: M&A Manager

    Based In: Recife, Brazil

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

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  • Lina Lisbona

    Lina Lisbona

    Lina Lisbona is responsible for sustainable investments at Barn Investimentos. She has over fifteen years of experience in capital markets and impact investing.

    Firm: Barn Investments

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agriculture, Clean Technologies, Health

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Origem, Agritask, Trocafone

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  • Macarena Liu

    Macarena Liu

    Macarena has been working with entrepreneurs for about ten years in roles as mentor, investor and board member. She led ChileGlobal Ventures’ Accelerator (named the top accelerator in Chile in 2020), in which she managed two seed funds (USD2.5m) and supported more than 45 Early-Stage startups and four exits. Prior experience in MELI’s fintech Mercado Pago. Macarena is currently a partner in Driven VC.

    Firm: Driven VC

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Retailtech, Fintech, Marketplaces

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Kuwala, Intrinsical

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  • Martha Laura López Orué

    Martha Laura López Orué

    Martha Laura is a passionate angel investor focused on Early-Stage startups in healthtech, foodtech, agtech, biotech and the intersection of those within fintech. Preferably the startups should be operating or willing to operate in Latin America.

    She has invested in startups related to health, software industries, foodtech, insurtech medical devices and helped food and big data companies with fundraising strategies.

    She was Regional Director at the Mexican Association of PE & VC Funds (AMEXCAP), operating in Guadalajara City from 2017-2019. And she was in charge of innovation incentives at EY MEXICO, as an advisor for big and medium companies as well as working with entrepreneurs and startups, defining innovation and fundraising strategies.
    She has invested in startups related with health, software industries, foodtech, insurtech a medical devices, and helped food and bigdata companies with fundraising strategies.

    She was Regional Director at Mexican Association of PE & VC Funds (AMEXCAP), operating in Guadalajara City from 2017-2019. And she was in charge of innovation incentives at EY MEXICO, as an advisor for big and medium companies as well as working with entrepreneurs and startups, defining innovation and fundraising strategy.

    Firm: SIPI Fund

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: Guadalajara, Mexico

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Biotech, Health, Agrotech, Robotics, Food Industry

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico

    Sample Companies:

    Ranktab, Ikal Robots, Sotana, Neuroauxilium, Liberet, Meddi, Ezbra

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  • Gabriela Macagni

    Gabriela Macagni

    Gabriela Macanig is the Managing Partner of Matterscale Ventures. She is the former Managing Director of Endeavor Argentina. Gabriela has 20 years of experience at Citibank, mostly in investment banking and strategic planning reporting to the CEO. She is a former board member at Grupo Supervielle (NYSE) and Ternium ( NYSE ) and a current board member at Cresud (NASDAQ) and HSBC. Gabriela has a degree in chemical engineering from ITBA, where she also serves as a board member. She has recently launched ITBA Web3Lab, a program for entrepreneurs in such space.

    Firm: MatterScale Ventures

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Services for the majority: Edtech, Healthtech, Fintech, Future of Jobs, among others

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Americas

    Board Position(s): Cresud (NASDAQ) , HSBC, ITBA (Instituto Tecnológico Buenos Aires)

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  • Kim Machlup

    Kim Machlup

    Kim Machlup is a Director and angel investor at GVAngels, and a former partner at MOV Investimentos, where she was working with social and environmental entrepreneurship since 2012. Previously, she worked as corporate finance manager for International Meal Company and as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley in Brazil. Kim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP-FGV) and a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was also involved in several projects in the social impact sector.

    Firm: GVAngels

    Title: Angel Investor / Former Partner

    Based In: São Paulo

    Investor Type: Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Urban Development, Housing and Property Rights, Renewable Energy, Recycling, Native Forests

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

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  • Bianca Martinelli

    Bianca Martinelli

    Bianca Martinelli is a Partner at Alexia Ventures, an Early-Stage investor supporting the best entrepreneurs from Latin America who are running disruptive business models driven by software platforms, data intelligence and Blockchain. Bianca has more than 15 years of experience, having worked across 40 markets around the world scaling up operations, with a particular focus on Latin America and Europe.

    Firm: Alexia Ventures

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Saas B2B, Artificial Intelligence

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Spanish-Speaking Latin America

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  • Ana Clara Martins

    Ana Clara Martins

    Ana is a Partner at Atlantico, leading venture capital investments in Latin America. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in finance, with experiences on the investment banking team at BTG Pactual and on the growth equity team at Invus Opportunities in New York. Ana’s earliest exposure to venture capital was at Pear VC in Silicon Valley, where she was a Venture Fellow and started Pear’s first LatAm Entrepreneurs Circle. Ana has been actively involved in advancing women’s causes and bringing innovation to Brazil — she was a Senior Vice President and is an active alumnus of Stanford Women in Business and co-founded the nonprofit Brazil at Silicon Valley. Ana graduated from Stanford University in Political Science with a minor in Management, Science and Engineering.

    Firm: Atlantico

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Consumer, Healthcare – Models: Software, Marketplaces

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Series A through Series C

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Karvi, Sallve, Fudo, Genial Care

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  • Laura Mello de Andrea Constantini

    Laura Mello de Andrea Constantini

    Laura Mello de Andrea Constantini is the Co-Founder and Partner of Astella Investimentos, a tech venture capital firm based in São Paulo. Since 2008 Astella has been helping entrepreneurs build and grow their companies and review strategy. Laura is currently a board member at Endeavor Brazil.

    Firm: Astella Investimentos

    Title: Partner & Co-Founder

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Tech, SaaS, E-commerce, Marketplaces

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Omie, Resultados Digitais, Cayena, Traive, Sallve, Livance, Clicksign

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  • Ana Carolina Mexia Ponce

    Ana Carolina Mexia Ponce

    Ana Carolina is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Nido Ventures. She is a former Head of Product of Siclo, a Latin America health and wellness startup, and a Software Engineer at LinkedIn. Ana Carolina is currently completing her MBA at Stanford University.

    Firm: Nido Ventures

    Title: Founding Partner

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): SaaS & Marketplaces

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Spanish-speaking Latin America and US Latines

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  • Kelly Michel

    Kelly Michel

    Kelly Michel catalyzes startups in emerging markets. She co-founded an impact business accelerator (Artemisia) and a venture capital firm (Vox Capital) in Brazil and oversees an international impact fund portfolio. With partners, she is building a portfolio of direct investments in education companies that tangibly improve learning outcomes for low-to-middle-income students in Latin America.

    Firm: Potencia Ventures

    Title: Founder & Director

    Based In: United Kingdom

    Investor Type: Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Employability

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina

    Sample Companies:

    Kuepa, Letrus, Arbusta Funds: Vox Capital, NXTP Labs, Elevar Equity, Quona Capital

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  • María José Montero

    María José Montero

    María José Montero has led Ameris’ impact investment area (FIS Ameris) since 2010. A pioneer in impact investment in Chile, FIS Ameris has managed two impact funds with a total of more than USD14m in AUM. Altogether, they have invested in more than 19 institutions that solve social and/or environmental challenges in Chile.

    Firm: Ameris Capital

    Title: Partner, Director of Impact Investment and Sustainability

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Social Development Goals (SDG)

    Board Position(s): Ameris AGF, Olivo, ACAFI, Sofofa-Hub

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  • Montse Mora

    Montse Mora

    Montse Mora is passionate about social entrepreneurs and believes that impact investing will fulfill its promise to shorten the social inequality gap. She manages a fund that invests in Early-Stage social companies in Mexico and spends most of her time mentoring social entrepreneurs and supporting ecosystem initiatives in Mexico. Montse is also the CEO of Frogtek, delivering technology products to deli shops in developed markets with the goal of helping families better manage their businesses and earn a higher income.

    Firm: Spectron/Frogtek

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Tech (Social), Health

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico

    Sample Companies:

    Frogtek, Ilumexico, Cursame, Catapulta

    Board Position(s): Frogtek, Lumni Mexico

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  • Silvia Motta Azevedo

    Silvia Motta Azevedo

    Silvia Motta Azevedo is an investment professional focused on growth investing in technology companies with the potential to shape and disrupt markets. Silvia’s previous experience includes being a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company, a Strategy Director for Coca-Cola, in Eleva Educação, and also an entrepreneur in the corporate learning space. Silvia has an MBA from Harvard Business School and is passionate about education and its potential to change Latin America.

    Firm: Movile

    Title: Managing Director

    Based In: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Preferred Sector(s): Consumer, Marketplaces, Gaming, Logistics, Education

    Preferred Stage(s): Series A, Series B

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Sandbox, Sympla, Playkids, Afterverse

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  • Priscila O’Reilly Castro

    Priscila O’Reilly Castro

    Priscila O’Reilly Castro is the Co-Founder, Partner, and VP of Operations of Brain Ventures, a Business & Venture company focused on innovation environments, joining entrepreneurs and venture capital to generate valuable and perennial business. Brain Ventures also acts as an operational consultant for the Primatec Fund.

    Firm: Brain Ventures

    Title: Co-Founder & Partner

    Based In: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): IT, Creative Industries, Life Sciences, Energy and Environmental Sciences

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Thrust, Maré, Binky, Myleus, Rockhead, 2IM, Databot, Tecsus 

    Board Position(s): Thrust, RockHead, DataBot

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  • Leila Orenstein

    Leila Orenstein

    Leila has been a partner at Gera Capital since 2012, focusing on the education and healthcare sectors. She is currently Chairman of the Board at Edify Education, a member of the Board at Eleva Educação and a member of Positive Ventures investment committee. She began her career at Gavea Investimentos as a Macro Research analyst. She also acted as a consulting visitor at Brilliant, a Silicon Valley education company invested by Social Capital. She has an Economics bachelor’s degree from PUC-Rio and is a Harvard Business School alumni through PLD 2017.

    Firm: Gera Ventures

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Education, Healthcare, Consumer, Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, USA

    Sample Companies:

    Eleva Educação, Edify, Cultura Inglesa, Vitus, Bloomboard, Civitas, Geekie, Kaltura, Manga High, Responde Aí

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  • Patricia Osorio

    Patricia Osorio

    Patricia Osorio is the Co-Founder of Birdie, an AI-based startup that helps brands understand consumer behavior. She’s also the co-founder of GVAngels, an angel investment group that invested more than USD2m in several startups. Previous to these two endeavors, she became a partner of a marketing technology provider in Brazil that she helped to grow to US$30m ARR while expanding to other countries in Latin America.

    Firm: GVAngels

    Title: Co-Founder

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Martech, AI, Enterprise, HRtech, E-commerce

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Board Position(s): GVAngels, AlmoçoGrátis

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  • Agustina Palmai

    Agustina Palmai

    Agustina Palmai leads New Issuings at dLocal in Mexico. Agustina was formerly part of the Corporate Development team of Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI). Before MELI, Agustina spent four years at Endeavor Argentina (a not-for-profit focused on high-impact entrepreneurs), selecting and supporting entrepreneurs. Previously, Agustina lived in Brazil for fourteen years. Agustina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad Tocuato Di Tella and also completed a Master´s degree in Finance from the same university.

    Firm: dLocal

    Title: New Issuings

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Corporate Venture Capital

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Mandaê, Ingresse, Sirena

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  • Jimena Pardo

    Jimena Pardo

    Jimena is a founder turned investor on the mission to back the most formidable founders that solve the hardest problems in Latin America. Jimena’s operational experience is an advantage, while empathy is her superpower.

    Firm: ALLVP

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Future of Commerce, Smart Cities, Human Capital

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): Mendel, Slang, Apli, Prestadero

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  • Andrea Paz Araneda Gutierrez

    Andrea Paz Araneda Gutierrez

    Andrea Araneda is an Industrial and Bioengineer with an MSc in Bioengineering, as well as a Master’s degree in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Management from Imperial College London. She has dedicated her entire career to innovation and entrepreneurship. Her journey in Venture Capital started at Fen Ventures as a Senior Associate, and then grew inside the firm to be appointed General Partner after three years. Originally from Patagonia, Chile, she’s been based in Mexico City for almost two years, in line with Fen’s expansion plans across the region.

    Firm: FEN Ventures

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Tech-enabled companies, industry agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Priscila Pereira Rodrigues

    Priscila Pereira Rodrigues

    Mrs. Rodrigues is a Partner of Crescera and is co-responsible for the Consumer, Retail, Healthcare & Services platforms. She joined the team ten years ago. She previously worked at Plural Capital in their private equity practice, at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York advising financial sponsors, and at Pacific Advisors investing in PE transactions. Mrs. Rodrigues holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and is a member of the Public Policy Council at LAVCA and the Latin American Counsel at EMPEA.

    Firm: Crescera Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Consumer, Retail, Healthcare Services

    Preferred Stage(s): Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    HospitalCare, Oba Hortifruti, Semantix, Vita

    Board Position(s): Hospital Vera Cruz, Hospital Baia Sul, Sao Lucas Hospital, Vita Hemoterapia, Semantix Brasil, Rede Oba de Hortifruti, Hospital Care, Domicile Home Care

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  • Alejandra Pérez-Fabres

    Alejandra Pérez-Fabres

    Alejandra Perez-Fabres is a Chilean angel investor since 2016. Her field of expertise is marketing, innovation and strategic planning. She is a board member at medium size family-owned businesses, tech startups and nonprofit organizations. In 2015 she co-founded REDMAD, a network of senior-level professional women that connects, empowers and showcases female talent with a focus on senior management.

    Firm: Chile Global Angels

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Biotech, Edtech, Retail Tech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Early Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Snuuper, Ganeshalab, Comercial Davis, Fundacion Luz

    Board Position(s): Snuuper, Ganeshalab, Comercial Davis, Fundacion Luz

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  • Camila Petignat

    Camila Petignat

    Camila Petignat is a bio-entrepreneur and business developer specializing in Ag/biotech ventures. She holds an MSc degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Universidad de Buenos Aires. Currently, she is a Partner at The Yield Lab Latam, an agrifood tech VC fund with the purpose to enable entrepreneurs to sustainably revolutionize agrifood systems, globally.

    Firm: The Yield Lab LATAM

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agrifood tech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America and the Caribbean

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  • Luísa Pinto Coelho

    Luísa Pinto Coelho

    Luísa Pinto Coelho is a Managing Partner of Confrapar, a Brazilian-based VC and PE investment firm specializing in investments in tech companies and the energy sector. She leads the compliance, ESG and risk management team dedicated to the firm’s investment funds. Luísa is also the head of the firm’s in-house legal counsel and has worked in the negotiations and legal structuring of more than 30 M&A, venture capital and private equity investments.

    Firm: Confrapar Administração e Gestão

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology (Health, Education, Financial Services, Logistics, Media, Entertainment, Advanced Manufacturing)

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Johanna Posada

    Johanna Posada

    Johanna Posada is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevar Equity, a human-centered venture capital firm that invests in transformative and scalable businesses focused on customers in low-income communities, primarily in India and Latin America.

    Firm: Elevar Equity

    Title: Managing Director & Co-Founder

    Based In: Seattle, U.S. and Bogotá, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, Education, Housing, Healthcare

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina

    Sample Companies:

    Afluenta, Credijusto, Finae, Financiera TFC, Globokas, Unión Andina, Caja Rural Los Andes (previous)

    Board Position(s): Afluenta (Argentina, Peru and Mexico), Finae (Mexico), Financiera TFC (Peru), Union Andina (Latin America), NESst, Investor’s Circle Global Health Initiative

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  • Sofia Ramírez Calvo

    Sofia Ramírez Calvo

    Sofia Ramirez Calvo is a business professional with broad experience in agrifood technology and a Venture Partner for AgFunder, one of the most active agrifood tech investors in the world. Prior to AgFunder, she spearheaded the market introduction, sales, and growth of Liventus, growing its global market share from 0 to 30% in three years. Liventus is the leading agtech solution to preserve the quality of fresh produce during its post-harvest. She has worked in multiple locations, including Singapore, Chile, Mexico, and San Francisco.

    Firm: AgFunder

    Title: Venture Partner

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Preferred Sector(s): Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Restaurants, B2B, Tech, Foodtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A, Series B

    Preferred Geo(s): Global

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  • Anna Raptis

    Anna Raptis

    Anna Raptis leads the first female-focused VC fund in Mexico. They make investments to generate excellent returns and a positive impact on the lives of women to increase their opportunities and participation in the economy. They invest in the Early-Stages where technology is an enabler to drive sustainable growth in Mexico and Latin America. Anna is also a founding member and former President of Mujeres Invirtiendo, an organization that aims to support and increase the participation of women in private capital in Mexico.

    Firm: Amplifica Capital

    Title: Managing Partner and Founder

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Cleantech, Technology, Fintech, Agribusiness

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Encantos, Kolors, Microterra, Verqor

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  • Paula Rechtman

    Paula Rechtman

    Paula Rechtman is the Head of Startups & Venture Capital Business Development Team at Amazon Web Services. Prior to joining Amazon, Paula was Head of Investments at KPTL from 2016 to 2019.

    Firm: AWS

    Title: Head of Startups & Venture Capital

    Based In: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: Corporate

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Maria Rita Spina Bueno

    Maria Rita Spina Bueno

    Maria Rita Spina Bueno is the Executive Director of Anjos do Brasil and founder of MIA (Mulheres Investidoras Anjo).

    Firm: Anjos do Brasil

    Title: Board Member

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Board Position(s): Artemisia, Dinamo, RME

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  • Antonia Rojas Eing

    Antonia Rojas Eing

    Antonia Rojas Eing is a Partner at ALLVP and a former partner of Manutara Ventures.

    Firm: ALLVP

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Tech (SaaS, Smart Cities, Edtech, Health)

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Slang, Nuvocargo, Nubity, Social Diabetes

    Board Position(s): Slang, Nubity, Social Diabetes, Cotalker. Observer seats; Nuvocargo

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  • Gabriela Ruggeri

    Gabriela Ruggeri

    Gabriela Ruggeri is the Managing Partner of Overboost LLC, Founding Partner for Eastpoint Ventures and Managing Partner for Seagrass Capital Partners, focusing on early-stage investing and company building in Latin America. Currently, Gabriela is an Investor and Advisor to companies such as Extendeal, Blended, Edutest, Viaedu, Workana, Red Innova, Unicorn Games, Gomovil.co, Warner Innovation Hub, N5, amongst others. She recently launched Kamay Ventures, a Corporate Venture Capital fund focused on acceleration and company-building programs, working with Coca-Cola Argentina and Arcor, and acting as a Managing Partner of the initiative.

    Firm: Overboost / Kamay Ventures

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires

    Investor Type: Company Builder

    Preferred Sector(s): Mobile, Edtech, Information Services, Media and Entertainment

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Blended, Viaedu, Socialmetrix, Workana, Wormhole IT, N5, Veduca, Edutest, Pick1, iKen, Extendeal, Trendio, Overboost: N5, Blended, trendio, extendeal, iKen, edutest

    Board Position(s): Socialmetrix, Workana, Junior Achievement Argentina, Viaedu, Wormhole IT

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  • Patricia Saenz

    Patricia Saenz

    Patricia Saenz is Founder and Managing Partner of EWA Capital, a regional VC fund with a gender-smart approach, committed to narrowing gender inequality in the region, by supporting women-led businesses, investing in Early-Stage companies based on innovation, disruption, technology and inclusion, focusing in key industries, which prove to have the largest scalability, opportunity for disruption with high impact potential in the region. Patricia has more than four years of experience as a Business Angel investor and VC Fund Manager (Mountain Nazca Colombia), evaluating 300+ investment opportunities in the past three years, carrying out ten investments as Platzi, Merqueo, 1Doc3, Human Inc, Escala Educación, Go Cargo, Celucambio, Factura1, Medcann, Reve Group, generating unrealized gains of 2.5X in different industries. Patricia is a Board member of Colcapital (Colombian PE and VC Association) representing VC in the industry.

    Firm: Ewa Capital

    Title: Founder & Managing Partner

    Based In: Bogotá, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru

    Board Position(s): Escala Educación, Nutrinfantil, Óptica Alemana, RSit Barranquilla, Hotel Bioxury Bogotá, Hotel GHL Bogotá

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  • Monica Saggioro

    Monica Saggioro

    Monica Saggioro is a Co-Founder of MAYA Capital, and an investor with an operational background across Latin America and the U.S., having worked in companies such as Goldman Sachs and RBI. She graduated from Harvard Business School and is a partner at MAYA Capital, an Early-Stage fund focused on Brazil and Latin America.

    Firm: MAYA Capital

    Title: Co-Founder

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Sandra Sainz

    Sandra Sainz

    Sandra Sainz Sandra is the Founding and Managing Partner of Cantera Capital, an impact investment fund with a focus on deep tech startups that are solving important challenges faced by humanity. Sandra is also the Director of Investments at Promotora Social México, an impact investment, where she is responsible for leading the firm’s investment strategy.

    She formerly held the position of Managing Partner at SV LATAM Fund, a VC fund focused on innovation companies with a scientific or technological base. Previously, she worked for 14 years at the IFC as Senior Investment Officer for the Mexico and Central American regions. Prior to her experience at the IFC, Sandra had credit analysis experience at JP Morgan, and at S&P Global. Sandra holds an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin and ITESM, graduate studies in Finance and Entrepreneurship from ITAM, and a bachelor’s degree in Public Accountant also from ITAM.
    She formerly held the position of Managing Partner at SV LATAM Fund, a VC fund focused on innovation companies with a scientific or technological base. Previously, she worked 14 years at the IFC as Senior Investment Officer for the Mexico and Central American regions. Prior to her experience at the IFC, Sandra had credit analysis experience at JP Morgan, and at S&P Global. Sandra holds an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin and ITESM, graduate studies in Finance and Entrepreneurship from ITAM, and a Bachelors degree of Public Accountant also from ITAM.

    Firm: Cantera Capital

    Title: Founder & Managing Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Health and Life Sciences, New Materials, Software and Hardware, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Energy Efficiency

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, USA, Colombia, Chile, Peru

    Sample Companies:

    Ares Materials, Payclip, Okio

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  • Daphne Salinas

    Daphne Salinas

    Daphne Salinas has more than a decade of venture capital investment and startup development experience. She currently serves as Investment Director, Latin America for SAGANA (formerly Challenger88), an investment firm working with family offices globally to invest in companies and funds with future-positive solutions. Previously, at 500 Startups, she handled deal flow analysis, investment management & portfolio advising for Latin American transactions. Daphne was an Investment Manager in India at Menterra Venture Advisors -Villgro, an early-stage fund, and incubator. She also worked for Adobe Capital, a growth-stage VC fund in Mexico, where she was responsible for the deal flow management and analysis of equity or mezzanine investment deals. Formerly she headed acceleration programs for growing startups at the New Ventures Group Accelerator.

    Firm: SAGANA

    Title: Investment Director

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Education, Health, Energy, Blockchain, SaaS, Big Data, Insurtech, Adtech, Housing, Tourism/Hospitality, Recycling, Transportation, Ecommerce, Proptech, Developer Tools, HR/Productivity, Legaltech, Smart Cities, Biotech, Future of Food, Bioeconomy

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, India

    Board Position(s): Women in Investment Teams Committee- Mexican Association of PE & VC Funds

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  • Codie Sanchez

    Codie Sanchez

    Codie Sanchez is the Head of Latin America for First Trust Portfolios, a US asset manager, as well as a Venture Partner and Investor at Magma Partners, a LatAm-focused Early-Stage VC. She specializes in fundraising, having raised billions with institutional investors, and simultaneously acts as an advisor for portfolio companies on distribution, operations, team building and recruiting and branding. Previously, she worked at Goldman Sachs, State Street Global Advisors, and Vanguard, all within the investment arms. As a former journalist and investing pundit, she has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, People en Espanol, Business Wire, Entrepreneur, among others. She has an MBA from Georgetown University, Masters from ESADE and FGV, as well as a BA from Arizona State University.

    Firm: Magma Partners

    Title: Head of Latin America & Venture Partner

    Based In: Austin, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Tech, Fintech, CPG, Foodtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator, Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA

    Board Position(s): Phat Fudge

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  • Camila Sangali

    Camila Sangali

    Camila Sangali is a General Partner at Igah, Ventures, a Brazilian venture capital firm. Since 2018 she has been a member of the investment team and is responsible for deal sourcing, investment analysis and portfolio company monitoring. While at Igah, Camila has invested in the fintech and consumer sectors, with a special interest in the education space (investment cases include MeSalva!, Sanar and Trybe). Prior to joining the VC industry, Camila held a senior executive position at the largest K-12 education company in Brazil and worked in the investment banking and private equity industries for ten years. Camila holds an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.B.A. from FGV-EAESP.

    Firm: Igah Ventures

    Title: General Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Generalist investor, with special interest in education

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    bxblue, DrJones, klubi, Sanar, unico

    Board Position(s): Current: Curseria and Sanar, Former: MeSalva!

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  • Bianca Sassoon

    Bianca Sassoon

    Bianca started her career in M&A at LXG Capital based out of Lima, Peru, and then transitioned to VC, spearheading investments in Spanish-speaking Latin America at KASZEK. 17Sigma inaugural USD30m fund was closed in October 2021 and founded by Pierpaolo Barbieri, CEO and Founder of Ualá, an Argentine neobank with a USD2.5b valuation. Together, Barbieri, Sassoon, and the team’s complementary experience is a unique value add for entrepreneurs looking for Early-Stage support looking to boost the next-gen of leaders and tech companies. This year, Bianca has been a guest on Bloomberg TV to speak about the current landscape by anchor Shery Ahn, named one of the Sub-35 Argentine women promises by one of the most important local newspapers (El Cronista), was invited to speak at the LAVCA annual NYC conference, and was named one of “The 500 Most Influential People in Latin America” by Bloomberg Linea, amongst others.

    Firm: 17Sigma

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Raquel Silberberg

    Raquel Silberberg

    Raquel Silbergerg has worked in private equity for more than ten years, joined Innova Capital in 2012, and has been actively involved in all investments performed since then. She is passionate about technology and entrepreneurship and eager to help further develop this ecosystem in Brazil.

    Firm: Innova Capital

    Title: Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Accera (divested), TradeForce (divested), Snap Inc.(Divested), Sigga, Movile – Ifood, PlayKids, Sympla, Zoop, Wavy – Bom Pra Crédito

    Board Position(s): Current: Bom Pra Credito, Past: Movile, ACCERA, Sigga

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  • Jéssica Silva Rios

    Jéssica Silva Rios

    Jéssica is co-founder of BlackWin, the first network of black women angel investors in Brazil, who believe it is time to create alternative sources of capital for black-led businesses and more effective ways to generate prosperity for all. She is a former Partner and Director of Impact at VOX Capital, the Brazilian pioneer Impact Investment manager, being the person responsible for developing the strategy and operation of the manager’s IMM practice. Currently, she is also a member of the Fleury Group’s ESG Committee, a member of the board of the Pacto da Promoção da Equidade Racial (Pact for Racial Equity), the investor in residence at Google For Startups’ Black Founders Fund, investment expert for the BNDES (the Brazilian Development Bank) startup acceleration program, as well as a voluntary mentor for startups, especially founders from underrepresented groups such as women and people of color.

    Firm: BlackWin - Black Women Investment Network

    Title: Co-Founder

    Based In: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: Angel Investor

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Pre-Seed, focused on Black founders

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Board Position(s): Pacto da Equidade Racial, Fleury Group

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  • Ekaterina Skorobogatova

    Ekaterina Skorobogatova

    Ekaterina Skorobogatova is a former Operating Partner at TheVentureCity, leading product and data teams focused on finding and quantifying product growth opportunities and enabling data-driven decision-making for the portfolio companies in Latin America, Europe and the U.S. Skorobogatova is a Facebook Growth team veteran who worked on a variety of exciting projects, including international expansion for Instagram and product analytics and insights for WhatsApp.

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

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  • Lícia Souza

    Lícia Souza

    Lícia founded WE Impact, a Venture Builder that promotes gender equality in the startup and technology ecosystem by investing in female entrepreneurs and helping them to succeed. Licia has over 20 years of experience in business development, M&A operations and Corporate Venture Capital. Lícia holds a Master’s in Law and is part of the U.N. Women allies program, and also a mom to creative and curious Julia.

    Firm: WE Impact

    Title: CEO

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Logtech, Retailtech, B2B solutions, Female founded, Female-led startups

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

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  • Carolina Strobel

    Carolina Strobel

    Carolina Strobel has 20+ years of experience in tech investing, business building, and digital transformation projects. Currently, she is a Founding Partner for Antler in Brazil and Operating Partner for Redpoint eventures. Apart from that, Carolina was Intel Capital’s LATAM director for over a decade and also the Innovation Director of publicly traded companies. This professional background consolidated her as a pioneer and reference for venture capital in Latin America. She strongly believes that companies with greater diversity and inclusion are able to attract more talented professionals, and increase focus and customer orientation, in addition to making better decisions, which leads to virtuous cycles of returns.

    Firm: Antler

    Title: Founding Partner

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Healthtech, Cleantech, Mobiletech

    Preferred Stage(s): Series A, Series B

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Lorena Suarez

    Lorena Suarez

    Lorena Suárez is Managing Partner of Alaya Capital and President of ARCAP. She has been working in the internet ecosystem since 2005 and in the Latin American venture capital industry since 2011, when she launched Wayra Argentina, Telefónica’s corporate entrepreneurship arm. In 2018, he developed Supervielle’s Corporate Venture Fund investing in the Fintech and Insurtech arena. So far, she has invested in more than 60 startups, helping them in their internationalization process, strategy and fundraising. Lorena has an MBA (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), an MBA (UCA, Universidad Católica) and a BA in Economics (UBA, Universidad de Bs As).

    Firm: Alaya Capital

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fntech, insurtech, industry 4.0, e-commerce & logistic, edtech, foodtech, proptech, data & analysis, SaaS

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Adriana Suárez Pardo

    Adriana Suárez Pardo

    Adriana Suarez is co-founder and Managing Partner at MatterScale Ventures. For the last ten years, Adriana has been supporting, investing, and coaching entrepreneurs in the region. As former Managing Director of Endeavor in Colombia, she led the regional expansion, supporting +90 entrepreneurs and +12 accelerating programs around the country. Adriana started as an angel investor in 2015, building a portfolio of 10 companies. Prior to this, she was the Managing Director of Invest in Bogota, led the Colombian soft-landing strategy at Procolombia, and worked as a trade negotiator in the Mission of Colombia to the WTO. Adriana has a Master of International Affairs from SIPA – Columbia University and a business degree from CESA in Bogotá. She is married with two children.

    Firm: MatterScale Ventures

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Bogota, Colombia

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Services for the majority: Edtech, Healthtech, Fintech, Future of Jobs, among others

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed and Pre-Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America and US (LatinX component)

    Board Position(s): 1Doc3, Keep&Go, CESA (Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración)

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  • María Tellez

    María Tellez

    Maria Tellez started her career in banking taking several positions at Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and UBS. She then transitioned into VC becoming Principal at Nazca, a Mexican VC fund. In 2021, Maria joined Diego and Ernesto Vargas as a partner in Variv, a strategic investment company focused on co-building and investing in Early-Stage tech companies.

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Logistics, SaaS

    Board Position(s): U-Storage

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  • Valentina Terranova

    Valentina Terranova

    Valentina Terranova is deeply involved in the venture capital world and founded Embarca Accelerator in Argentina in 2017. She actively participates in the Argentine Venture Capital Association and in Endeavor Argentina as a board member of Endeavor Cuyo. She joined Draper Cygnus as a Partner to work in deal flow generation, portfolio development and investor relations.

    Firm: Draper Cygnus

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Deep Tech

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed to Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, U.S., Israel

    Sample Companies:

    Auth0, Satellogic, Stamm, Agrofy, Skyloom

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  • Marie Timoner

    Marie Timoner

    Marie Timoner is the Head of RX Ventures, the CVC arm of Lojas Renne, the largest Brazilian fashion retailer.

    Firm: RX Ventures

    Title: Head of Business Development & RX Ventures

    Based In: São Paul, Brazil

    Preferred Sector(s): Fashiontech, Retailtech, Ecommerce Marketplaces, Fintech, Logtech, Martech

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, eventually US

    Sample Companies:

    Logsore and Klavi

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  • Silva Torres Carbonell

    Silva Torres Carbonell

    Silvia Torres Cabronell is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Center and Professor at IAE Business School. She is also the Director of Proyecto Investigación GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) Argentina, as well as a board member of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association GERA. Silvia is President and Co-Founder of the Business Angels Club at IAE Business School.

    Firm: IAE Business School, Austral University

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: Angel Investor

    Preferred Sector(s): IT, Life Science, Agtech, Fintech

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Sample Companies:

    Satellogic, Junar, Quasar Builders, KingBerry Argentina

    Board Position(s): Advisory Board for several startups

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  • Adriana Tortajada

    Adriana Tortajada

    Adriana Tortajada is the CEO and Managing Partner of the Twelve Hundred VC (“1200 VC”) Fund, an Early-Stage investment platform that invests in fund managers and founders shaping the future of humanity. Its focus is on seeking transformative technologies and regional value creation, which will accelerate a positive impact on the planet and society. Over the past two decades, she has been a leader in portfolio management and public/multilateral fundraising in Mexico-US and LatAm. She collaborates on the design, strategy and creation of the venture capital industry in the country that helped to raise the number of Seed/VC firms from 15 to over 50. She is a member of the Kauffman Fellows Program class of 2016 at the Center for Venture Education in Palo Alto, California.

    Firm: Twelve Hundred VC (1200 VC)

    Title: CEO & Managing Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Innovation and Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Americas (with crossboder opportunities)

    Board Position(s): Funds: Peru Fund of Funds, LATAM Impact Fund of Funds, AMEXCAP, Unreasonable Institute, among others.

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  • Elsa Treviño

    Elsa Treviño

    Elsa Treviño is an angel and venture investor with previous experience in ecommerce, retail, and the sharing economy.

    Firm: Toro Ventures

    Based In: Nuevo León, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA, Europe

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  • Angie Udry

    Angie Udry

    Angie Udry has been supporting Latin American entrepreneurs for the past 14 years and is now a Partner at KASZEK, the largest Early-Stage fund in Latin America. Prior to joining KASZEK, Angie was leading the HR function at companies like MercadoLibre, OLX, Groupon and Selina.

    Firm: KASZEK

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Paris, France

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Olivia Valdés

    Olivia Valdés

    Olivia Valdes is a Venture Partner at FEN Venture and a biologist with a specialization in bioprocesses and technology transfer training. Olivia has wide experience coordinating R&D and business-oriented ventures among food, biotech, plant biology and circadian research.

    Firm: FEN Ventures

    Title: Bio Partner

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Biotech, Agtech, Foodtech, Biomaterials

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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  • Consuelo Valverde

    Consuelo Valverde

    Consuelo is the Founder & Managing Partner of SV LATAM Capital (SVLC) and a trailblazer in the Latin American startup community. Consuelo is the first Mexican woman to establish an Early-Stage VC firm in Mexico and Silicon Valley. Her accomplishments as a venture investor have earned her a spot on the 100 Most Influential Latinas List in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Consuelo is a serial entrepreneur turned VC, and her immersive science background ignites her passion for bridging science, technology and business. Consuelo obtained her BS from the University of Miami, where she was distinguished with the ‘Special Commendation Award’ and ‘Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges.’ Consuelo went on to earn an MSc in Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey with honors and an MSc in Science Entrepreneurship with Merit from Cass Business School in London. A Ph.D. dropout, she completed a year of graduate studies in Genomics. Consuelo is also a Kauffman Fellow.

    Firm: SV LATAM Capital

    Title: Founder & Managing Partner

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, E-commerce, Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Foodtech

    Preferred Stage(s): Pre-Seed, Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): U.S., Latin America

    Board Position(s): Ares Materials, Oyster Financial, Encellin, SkyAlert

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  • Sandra Velasco Lopez

    Sandra Velasco Lopez

    Sandra leads Mercado Libre’s Corporate VC, MELI Fund, in Mexico and Colombia. She was selected in 2012 by Start-up Chile after founding the first social network for Spanish speakers in China and then launched a social enterprise recognized in 2016 as one of the eight most important social initiatives led by women in Chile. She then worked at Uber, one of the fastest-growing companies in the world, first launching operations in Caribbean markets and then managing Driver Operations for Latin America.

    Firm: Mercado Libre / MELI Fund

    Title: Business Development and Corporate VC, Country Lead (Mexico and Colombia)

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: Corporate

    Preferred Sector(s): E-commerce, Fintech, Logistics

    Preferred Stage(s): Series A and B

    Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil

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  • Evelyn Von Bischhoffshausen

    Evelyn Von Bischhoffshausen

    Evelyn Von Bischhoffshausen is a General Partner at Kayyak Ventures, an early-stage VC fund focused on Latin America. Before Kayyak, Evelyn worked at a family office called Stars Investments. She also holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

    Firm: Kayyak Ventures

    Title: General Partner

    Based In: Santiago, Chile

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

    Board Position(s): AgendaPro, AgroUrbana, Henry

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  • Francesca Whalen

    Francesca Whalen

    Francesca Whalen is both an entrepreneur and a seasoned investment management professional with nearly 20 years of global cross-border investment experience. Francesca first started working in Latin America in 2006. She is particularly passionate about current investment opportunities in fintech, healthtech, edtech and logistics. As the architect of the first quantifiable ESG score for Latin America Early-Stage investing, Integra iScore, she is working hard to bring sustainable investing to venture capital. Francesca and her team at Integra bring a macro meets micro approach to investing in sectors well positioned for secular growth and founders building wide moats and solving big challenges. Francesca is an alumnus of Bowdoin College and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

    Firm: Integra Groupe

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: Miami, U.S.

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Healthtech, Edtech, Logistics

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico

    Sample Companies:

    Kurios, Siglo, JumboTail, Jiffy.AI, Starship

    Board Position(s): Integra Groupe

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  • Ann Williams

    Ann Williams

    Ann Williams is currently the COO of Creditas. She recently worked with Redpoint eVentures’ portfolio companies as Venture Partner. She has been a consultant for Daimond Cluster, Deloitte and USAID, and led social impact projects for AmeriCorps. Ann graduated from Stanford University and has an MBA/MPAff from UT Austin. She has been an entrepreneur and mentor to Brazilian startups and was Co-Founder and CEO of Okto, where she worked for ten years, from its inception to its acquisition.

    Firm: Creditas (formerly a Venture Partner at Redpoint e.Ventures)

    Title: Angel Investor

    Based In: São Paulo, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Mobile, FinTech, Analytics

    Preferred Stage(s): Early Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Advisor to Imagination Unwired, Senseflux

    Board Position(s): Tiaxa, Minutrade

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  • Natalie Witte

    Natalie Witte

    Natalie Witte is a business attorney with deep experience in the Digital Market and IT sector, focused on corporate law, M&A, digital markets, and business negotiation, and elected as the best Legal Consulting Firm in the Startup Awards 2016. She is an active angel investor and member of the investment committee for Verus Group.

    Firm: GR8 Ventures

    Title: Partner & Board Member

    Based In: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, others

    Sample Companies:

    Alstra, Previsiown, Justify, Cyberlabs, Telllinks

    Board Position(s): Justify (legal tech), Verus Group, Fundo Minerva

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  • Bedy Yang

    Bedy Yang

    Bedy Yang is a Managing Partner at 500 Startups, a seed and incubator fund in Silicon Valley providing Early-Stage companies with funding and mentorship from over 200 experienced startup mentors. Bedy has invested in over 50 startups, not only in Brazil and Spanish-speaking countries but also in Kenya and Russia. In addition to 500 Startups, Bedy founded Brazil Innovators. She was selected as America Quarterly Innovator and featured as a women leader on Forbes. Before 500 Startups and Brazil Innovators, Bedy worked as a management consultant specializing in distribution and go-to-market strategies for Fortune 500 companies in Brazil. She has also worked as a social entrepreneur, creating opportunities for women and indigenous tribes in Brazil and China. Bedy holds a BA from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and MLA (East Asian Studies) from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Society of Kauffman Fellows and graduated with recognition for her leadership.

    Firm: 500 Global

    Title: Managing Partner

    Based In: San Francisco, U.S.

    Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm

    Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Incubator

    Preferred Geo(s): Brazil

    Sample Companies:

    Colingo, FameBit, Moveline, Descomplica, BTCjam, Ordoro, VivaReal, Wanderable, Partender, AdEspresso, Mural.ly, Solidarium, Babelverse

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  • Viviana Zocco

    Viviana Zocco

    Viviana Zocco is an Argentine businesswoman with over twenty years of entrepreneurial, strategic and operational experience with startups and global corporate entities. A steady trendspotter, she is the founder and CEO of Grupo Vida.

    Firm: Grupo Vida

    Title: Founder & CEO

    Based In: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Investor Type: Angel

    Preferred Sector(s): Media, Editorial, Technology

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage, Growth

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Argentina

    Board Position(s): CEO Grupo Vida

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  • Regina Zurutuza Guízar

    Regina Zurutuza Guízar

    Regina Zurutuza is a Partner at 500 Global Latam, where she helps oversee the investment process and portfolio management of the firm in Latin America. Regina joined the firm in 2019 as an Associate and became the fund’s Principal in 2021. Before 500, Regina was an early employee at Bright, a solar energy startup, and holds a B.Eng in Chemical Engineering from McGill University.

    Firm: 500 Global

    Title: Partner

    Based In: Mexico City, Mexico

    Investor Type: VC Firm

    Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic

    Preferred Stage(s): Early-Stage (Pre-seed, Seed)

    Preferred Geo(s): Latin America

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This information has been gathered by LAVCA by sources believed to be reliable and from secondary sources that were checked whenever possible, but its accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. LAVCA shall not be responsible for any inaccuracy unintentionally included in this publication. Readers should consult and rely solely on their own advisers regarding all pertinent information, legal, and accounting issues.

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