Female investors in early-stage tech are underrepresented in Latin America as they are globally. And among entrepreneurs, only 17% of venture-backed startups globally have a female co-founder, and globally, they capture only about 3% of the VC funding.
In an effort to raise the visibility of female investors in early-stage tech in Latin America, LAVCA has published an updated list of the Top Women Investing in Latin American Tech, as well as our second annual list of ⭐ Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech.
The 89 investors represented on the Top Women list and the 89 investors represented on the Emerging Women list in 2019 represents a 7% and 89% increase, respectively, over 2018*.
In November 2016, LAVCA created the inaugural, peer-nominated list, with 37 investors represented. The second edition, published in November 2017, added eight new investors. In 2018, LAVCA’s research team reviewed and verified the investment teams of every known Latin American venture capital fund, producing a list of 82 senior-level investment professionals and 47 emerging investment professionals shaping the tech ecosystem in the region; in 2019, those numbers jumped to 88 and 89, respectively.
*The Top and Emerging Women lists are not exhaustive. Y-O-Y increases reflect a growth of the number of women in qualifying roles, as well as LAVCA’s increasing knowledge of and access to these investors, and improved outreach over time.
Criteria:
The Top Women list includes 88 senior-level female investment professionals who are deploying capital in early-stage tech deals, as well as notable female angels investing over US$50k across multiple deals in the region. All investors were vetted for inclusion by LAVCA research, and have been active investors in the past four years.
LAVCA has also published a second annual list of Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech, with 89 junior and mid-level investment professionals on VC investment teams in the region.
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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 20 years. Outside interests include education and entrepreneurship.
Firm: Pacific Investimentos/Innova Capital
Title: Founding Partner
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Innovation
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): USA, Latin America
Board Position(s): Movile, ClearSale, Endeavor Global, HBS Latin American Advisory Board, HBS Alumni Board, XTC
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Luciana Antonini Ribeiro
Luciana is a founding partner of EB Capital, an investment firm that invests in Brazilian middle market companies. Luciana also serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Investment Committee of e.Bricks Ventures, EB Capital venture capital arm, focused on companies with disruptive business models that increase efficiency and solve Brazilian gaps. With over 10 years’ experience in the field, she has led relevant transactions in the media, education, and technology industries.
Firm: e.Bricks Ventures
Title: Board Member / Investment Committee Member
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, Agriculture, Healthcare, Education and SMB Services
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
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Paula Arango
Paula Arango is a Partner & Principal at Ewa Capital. Paula previously worked as an investment professional with Elevar Equity, working with Latin America 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: Ewa Capital
Title: Principal & Partner
Based In: Bogotá
Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, Education, and Healthcare
Preferred Stage(s): Early to Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Colombia, Mexico, Latin America
Sample Companies:
Platzi, 1DOC3, Merqueo, BEDU, Bankingly
Board Position(s): Union Andina, Cuperz, Foundation Tiempo de Juego
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Tatiana Barbato
Tatiana has worked in the investment banking and private equity industries for more than ten years in the US and in 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 to AB Inbev. She currently works at a family office called Esferas Portafolio in Bogotá, Colombia and is responsible for the investments in Colombia and abroad.
Firm: Esferas Portafolio
Title: Director
Based In: Bogotá
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Real Estate, Venture Capital, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, Beauty Sector, Food and Restaurants
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Colombia, Brazil, Israel, USA
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Lynne Bairstow
Lynne Bairstow is the Founder and a Managing Partner of MITA Ventures, a tech and innovation investor in Mexico. An internet entrepreneur, investor and advisor, Lynne’s interest and passion for tech startups comes from both hands-on technical knowledge and high-growth marketing/customer acquisition experience.
Firm: MITA Ventures
Title: Managing Partner
Based In: Punta Mita, San Francisco
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT/Connected Devices, Data and Virtual Reality, FinTech, Enterprise/SaaS, MedTech, EdTech, E-commerce
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, USA, Latin America, Canada
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Vivianne Bernardes-Cibils
Vivianne is an investor and serial entrepreneur. Co-founder, past CEO and Director of CIBERSONS a multinational tech corporation and Ringold Ventures a Silicon Valley firm. Vivianne enjoys supporting entrepreneurs by helping them to get to the next level. Inventor, creative,and software developer with top academic and business awards. Proud mother of three.
Firm: Cibersons Group
Title: Co-Founder and Director
Based In: Asuncion
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Social, Impact, Open to others
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Paraguay, Silicon Valley, Open to others
Board Position(s): Innovation Director
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Jana Boltvinik
Jana Boltivinik is a Founding Partner at Capital Invent. Jana has been leading digital and internet-related projects for the past 10 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: Partner
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): FinTech
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
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Monica Brand
Monica Brand Engel is an investor and entrepreneur, having launched a number of investment vehicles and products aimed at broadening financial inclusion. A Peruvian American, Monica spent her formative years in Silicon Valley and is a disciple of agile development and user-centered design. The financial inclusion businesses she helped launch include Quona Capital, Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund and its predecessor fund, Frontier Investments Group, Anthuri Catalysts (Cape Town venture capital accelerator), a Calvert index fund (Bethesda based socially responsible mutual fund), lending intermediaries sponsored by The Development Fund (San Francisco based) and new business lines with Compartamos (now Gentera, the largest microfinance institution in Mexico). She serves on the boards of Zoona, Azimo and Paralife, and she was previously on the boards of Shubham, GloboKasNet, and Compartamos. Monica lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband and twin children.
Firm: Quona Capital
Title: Partner
Based In: Washington D.C.
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): FinTech
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Board Position(s): Zoona, Azimo, Paralife
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Clara Bullrich
Clara Bullrich is Co-Founder & General Partner at TheVentureCity and a Partner at Guggenheim Partners Latin America/LJ Partnerships, a leading independent, privately-held multi-family office with assets under management of $5 billion dollars. TheVentureCity’s $100 million venture capital fund invests in early stage-Series A tech start-ups worldwide. Clara is also an angel investor and holds board seats in 10 different companies in the US, Latin America, and Europe across different industries.
Firm: TheVentureCity / Guggenheim LJ Partnerships
Title: Co-founder & General Partner / Partner
Based In: Miami, FL
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): FinTech, Consumer P/S, Health-Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, VR/AR and Blockchain
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA, Europe, Africa, Singapore
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Wenyi Cai
Wenyi is 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 & Managing Partner
Based In: Bogotá
Investor Type: Company Builder
Preferred Sector(s): Financial services, Transportation, Education, Health, Commerce, other industries that disproportionately affect middle class
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Colombia, Mexico, USA, , Middle East, North Africa, China
Board Position(s): Táximo
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Gabriela Chagas
Gabriela is currently Head of Early Stage Investments 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’s happy to be back.
Firm: Vox Capital
Title: Head of Early Stage Investments
Based In: São Paulo
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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Christine Chang
Christine is Finnovista’s Managing Director for Startupbootcamp Scale, working with growth-stage fintech startups looking to expand into Mexico. Driven by a continual desire to learn, evolve and build things, she moved to Mexico in 2015 convinced that Latin America and emerging markets are the breeding grounds for authentic, impactful innovation that comes out of organic need and great ambitions. Christine has worked on a variety of projects related to transformation, growth and strategy execution over 15 years and across three continents within various oneworld airlines, a Swiss bank, Big 4 consulting firm, and early-stage HR Tech and Consumer Tech companies.
Firm: Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech
Title: Managing Director
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Fintech
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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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 intrepreneurs. Sylvia is a former tech executive turned Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Sylvia 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
Investor Type: Company Builder
Preferred Sector(s): Technology
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Caribbean
Board Position(s): Thaleslab, Okaratech, OMEU
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Maya Chorengel
Maya Chorengel is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Elevar Equity, a venture capital firm focused on early stage companies building transformative businesses that provide essential services to low income communities. She is also a Senior Partner at The Rise Fund, a social and environmental impact fund. Formerly at the Dignity Fund, Warburg Pincus, and Wolfensohn, Maya has over two decades of private equity and venture capital experience globally.
Firm: Elevar Equity/ The Rise Fund
Title: Founding Partner & Managing Director/ Senior Partner
Based In: San Francisco
Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, FinTech, ICT, Education, Housing, Healthcare
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Board Position(s): Globokasnet, Kiva, Salish|Growth, Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Advisory Board, US National Advisory Board on Impact Investing
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Lauren Connolley
Lauren is a partner at QED investors, an early stage fintech firm based in Virginia. Prior to joining QED Lauren spent 15 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 a MBA from Stanford GSB.
Firm: QED Investors
Title: Partner
Based In: Washington, DC
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Fintech
Preferred Stage(s): Seed to Series B
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America
Sample Companies:
QuintoAndar, Nubank, Guiabolso, Creditas
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Bruna Constantino
Brazilian investor, 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 America¹s 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
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Healthtech, Fintech, Foodtech, Sustainable Systems, Education, Mobility, Women¹s Empowerment
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Latin America
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Patricia Cordeiro
Patricia Cordeiro Nader is Head of Venture Capital for Vox Capital, the first impact investing firm in Brazil. We invest in early stage companies who bring solutions to the bottom of the pyramid, within education, health and financial services sector. 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: Vox Capital
Title: Head of Investments
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education, Health, Financial Services, Technology
Preferred Stage(s): Early
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Sample Companies:
Celcoin, Editora Sanar, Avante
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Marta Cruz
Marta is Founding Partner at NXTP Labs. She is president of ARCAP – Argentina’s Private Equity, Entrepreneurship and Seed Association, and a strong promoter of entrepreneurial and investment women. Marta worked for more than 8 years at MRM Worldwide, the McCann Worldgroup digital agency, as Latam Regional Director, managing accounts likes of HP, Intel, Coca-Cola, GM, Hilton Hotel, Nortel and MasterCard. Marta has a BA degree from Buenos Aires University and a postgraduate specialization in management from IAE, Austral University. She is also a professor at San Andres University (BA) and ADEN Business School.
Firm: NXTP Labs
Title: Founding Partner
Based In: Buenos Aires
Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): AgTech, FinTech, Media, Retail, Tourism, Healthcare, EdTech, E-Commerce, Marketplace, IOT, Gaming
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
Satellogic, Cargo X, Vu Security, Mural, Grand Data, Zolvers
Board Position(s): Nextperience, Zolvers, VU Security
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Gabriela D’Avila Gonçalves
Gabriela is leading the first Brazilian venture debt fund, launched in 2019 with R$140 million under management. Brasil Venture Debt I, managed by SP Ventures, is spearheading the development of the sector in Brazil, providing non-dilutive capital to Brazilian founders.
Firm: Brasil Venture Debt
Title: CEO
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: Venture Debt
Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic
Preferred Stage(s): Scale-up to Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
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Carolina Dams
Carolina Dams co-founded A2C Advisors. She is the Dean of the School of Business Undergraduate Program at Universidad Austral, Professor of Entrepreneurship and visiting professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at IAE Business School, and is finishing her PhD studying topics related to venture capital in Latin America. She has backed seven companies as an angel investor since 2011.
Firm: Universidad Austral & IAE Business School (Angel Investor)
Title: Professor
Based In: Buenos Aires
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Innovation
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Argentina
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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 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: Canasta Rosa
Title: Founder & CEO
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Angel, VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Agriculture, Health, Finance, Energy, Transportation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
Board Position(s): Now New Media SAPI de CV, Kiwilimon SAPI de CV
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Alexandra de Haan
Alexandra de Haan is a Senior Vice President at Mubadala Capital, a Private Equity firm that invests in Infrastructure in Brazil. Born in the Netherlands, she moved to Brazil in 2000 as an entrepreneur and co-founded Mundivox, a fiber-optic broadband provider for SMEs in Brazil, successfully sold in 2014. In 2007, she transitioned back to corporate as CFO and Fund Manager of Ideiasnet, a publicly traded VC firm that invests in tech in Brazil. In 2015, she founded Copacabana House Ventures, a micro-VC in technology. She also served as Board Member for several companies (Officer Distribuidora, Padtec and Nexxto). She has a BS from Georgetown and an MBA from Columbia. She is a strong proponent for gender diversity, supporting this through her activities as a member of WCD, a mentor at Wexchange, and as founder of Venture Women Brasil.
Firm: Mubadala Capital
Title: Senior Vice President
Based In: Rio de Janeiro
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Infrastructure
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Board Position(s): Officer Distribuidora, Padtec & Nexxto
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Tahira Dosani
Accion Venture Lab invests capital in and provides support to innovative fintech startups that improve access, quality, and affordability of financial services for the underserved at scale.
Firm: Accion Venture Lab
Title: Managing Director
Based In: Washington D.C.
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Financial Inclusion
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, US
Board Position(s): Board seats at Destacame, Salud Facil
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Eliza Erikson
Eliza Erikson brings a diverse background in global development finance to Omidyar Network, where she manages investments across the Education and Financial Inclusion initiatives. Focusing on the Americas, she invests in organizations that create economic opportunity for millions of people living at the base of the pyramid.
Firm: Omidyar Network
Title: Venture Partner
Based In: Washington D.C.
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education
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 is responsible for the Fondo de Inversión Multirenta Inmobiliaria (FIMI), AC Capitales SAFI first real estate fund (AUM: + US $ 100 million). She led the structuring and placement of the AC Capital Real Estate Fund II for US $ 143 million of capital committed (June 2012) and the first indebtedness operation of an investment fund in Peru (December 2010). Jenny has been a member of 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: Investment Director
Based In: Lima
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
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Camila Farani Lima Porreca
As an angel investor, Camila headed Gávea Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in Brazil. Founded in 2005, Gávea Angels increased membership nearly 150%, and opened chapters in Minas Gerais and São Paulo. She has also invested in over thirty startups, helping to provide critical business connections, hands-on practical mentoring, management team building, and additional VC fundraising. Camila has been making pre seed and seed investments in startups that focus on SaaS, niche e-commerce, education, consumer goods, and food markets.
Firm: G2 Capital
Based In: Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Food Tech, Edutech, 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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María Fernanda Vargas
María is a firm believer that private equity contributes significantly to economic growth, and has ten years of experience in venture capital. She is currently a Senior Associate at ON Ventures.
Firm: ON Ventures
Title: Senior Associate
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): ITC y Multi – Industry with a common criteria: “High Growth – High Value Trends
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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Camila Folkmann Costa
Camila 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 has been investing in and supporting 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: Acelera Partners/Mindset Ventures
Title: Chief Legal Officer/Co-Founder & Partner
Based In: São Paulo
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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Laura Frey
Laura is an impact investment professional with over ten years of experience in Latin America and Emerging Markets, building funds, investing, and advising in portfolio companies, and creating bridges to new capital.
Firm: SV LATAM Fund
Title: Venture Partner
Based In: San Francisco
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education, Energy, Financial Services, Health
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA
Sample Companies:
PayClip Inc., Ares Materials, Nebia, Biosolutions
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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
Title: President
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Technology
Preferred Stage(s): Early/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 is a partner at Canary, an early stage VC firm focused on Brazil with more than 50 invested startups. She has operational experience in startups, banks and enterprises across Brazil and North America.
Firm: Canary
Title: Partner
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
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Johanna Harker García
Johanna is the Country Manager at Wayra Colombia. Wayra Colombia connects Telefónica with disrupters in the tech industry, and has currently more than fifty Colombia-based startups in its portfolio.
Firm: Wayra Colombia
Title: Country Manager
Based In: Bogotá
Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Iot, Cyber Security. Big Data, IA, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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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 Perú 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
Title: CEO
Based In: Lima
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, Chariman for American Chamber of Commerce Perú, Board member of Peru2021. Mesa247
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Susana Garcia-Robles
Susana Garcia Robles is Chief, Loans & Equity Operations and Gender Coordinator at IDB LAB. Since 1999, Susana Garcia-Robles has been the principal architect of IDB Lab’s (formerly MIF/FOMIN) seed/VC investment program as well as its high impact entrepreneurship and angel investment/women economic empowerment strategies. A recognized expert on development finance innovation, she assumed the leadership of all MIF financial operations as of September 1st, 2017. She serves on multiple boards of directors of VC funds and foundations, and is frequently invited to speak at industry events on angel, seed/VC, impact investment, entrepreneurship and women’s issues. She is a co-founder of the Argentinean VC Association/ARCAP and the Colombian VC/PE Association ColCapital, an Advisory Board member of the Colombian VC/PE Association ColCapital, a member of the LAVCA VC Group, a member of the EMPEA DFI Council, and Advisory Board member of the Brazilian VC Association, ABVCAP. In 2012 she co-founded WeXchange, the first pitch competition and platform of encounter between LAC women entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors. In 2016 she co-founded the Impact Investment Task Force for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Ms. Garcia-Robles has a Master’s Degree in International Economic Policy from Columbia University and a Master’s in Philosophy and Education from the Catholic University of Argentina.
Firm: IDB Lab
Title: Chief Investment Officer
Based In: Washington D.C.
Investor Type: DFI
Preferred Sector(s): FinTech, Edtech, Health, Water, Agribusiness, Tech, Media, Creative Industries, Ethical Fashion, Artificial Intelligence
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Caribbean
Sample Funds: Angel Ventures Mexico, NXTPLabs, VOX Brasil, Venture Innovation Fund, C-Ventures Brasil
Board Position(s): She serves on over 20 boards of directors of venture capital funds and foundations including terms on the boards for LAVCA, ColCapital, ABVCAP and others.
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Guenia Gawendo
Guenia Gawendo is Telefonica’s Innovation Ventures Managing Director. In this role, she is responsible for direct investments in Startups, the relationship and investments in VC funds, and scouting activities in Silicon Valley and Israel. In the last two years she has led Telefónica’s Silicon Valley presence in Menlo Park, California.
Firm: Telefonica
Title: Innovation Ventures Managing Director
Based In: Madrid
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Networks, IoT, Cloud, Security, Data, Home, Fintech, Video
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, US, Europe, Israel
Sample Companies:
Clear, Altiostar
Tef Ventures: Quantenna, Boku, Mind Meld (exit), Blue Liv, 4IQ, Assia Funds: Kibo and Active (Spain), Investtech (Brasil), Axon (Colombia/Mexico), Scale (Chile), Redpoint (Brasil), Alter (US), Vintage (Israel)
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Paula Giraldo
Paula is an investment professional with direct experience in structuring sustainable equity and debt financing in several Latin American markets. She is currently the Investment Officer at Adobe Capital, an impact investing fund based out of Mexico, where she leads the entire investment process from deal sourcing and investment structuring of different financial instruments to closing. Before joining Adobe Capital, she was part of the investments team at Symbiotics, a leading investment boutique specialized in structuring inclusive financing instruments, where she managed one of the top three microfinance investment portfolios. Paula has vast knowledge in impact investing, economic development, microfinance investment vehicles and the creation and growth of social SMEs. She 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 she also holds a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
Firm: Adobe Capital
Title: Investment Director
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Social and Environmental Impact (Education, Health, Housing, Renewable Energy, Urban Mobility, Sustainable Products, & Others)
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
SalaUno, Econduce, IPETH, Provive, Velifin, HEG, Biorganimex, FINAE, Habvita, Natgas (fully exited)
Board Position(s): Biorganimex
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Beatriz Gonzalez
Beatriz led the investments in Cabify, Spotahome, Bewe, Hundredrooms, Glovo, and Clicars. She is Vice Chairman of ASCRI, Chairman of the Venture Committee and Member of the Board of Endeavor Spain. 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: Fund Manager
Based In: Madrid
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Tech
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Spain, Latin America
Sample Companies:
Cabify, Glovo, Spotahome, Bewe, Hundredrooms
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Laura González-Estéfani
Laura spent nearly nine years with Facebook in various roles supporting overall growth strategies. Laura led the Growth, Mobile & Partnerships team for Latin America, spearheading the Internet.org and connectivity initiatives from Silicon Valley and later Miami. Before Facebook, Laura held management roles at eBay, Siemens and Ogilvy Group and co-founded Esplaya.com, the first international beach tourism digital platform.
Firm: TheVentureCity
Title: Founder, CEO, & General Partner
Based In: Miami
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): FinTech, Consumer P/S, Health-Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, VR/AR and Blockchain
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): US, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Singapore
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Fernanda Gottardi
Fernanda Gottardi is a member of the investment committee for the angel network Verus Group. She is a seasoned marketing and strategy executive, with extensive experience in South American markets
Firm: Verus Group
Title: Member of the Investment Committee
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Logistics, Financial Services, Education, AgTech
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Board Position(s): Cuponeria
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Ximena Heniquez
Ximena is a Country Manager with 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 in portfolio companies. She also is a Board director at ACVC (The Chilean Association of Venture Capital).
Firm: Alaya Capital Partners
Title: Country Manager
Based In: Santiago de Chile
Investor Type: VC Firm
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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Jackie Hyland
Jackie Hyland is currently Head of Mexico at a55, a debt financing platform for technology companies in Latin America, and 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: a55
Title: Head of Mexico
Based In: Los Angeles, Mexico City
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Technology (Software, Hardware, Lifesciences, Energy Innovation)
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia
Sample Companies:
Grin
Board Position(s): Previously at Accion, observer seats: Clip, Salud Facil, Tienda Pago, Quippi
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Yelena Ioffe
Yelena Ioffe is 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. Kellogg MBA focusing on finance, marketing and strategy. Originally from Kazakhstan, Ioffe has lived in the US, France, Brazil, and Mexico.
Title: Angel Investor
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Technology, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, Consumer goods & services, Agroindustry, Logistics
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/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 is the Managing Director at Endeavor Peru, a non-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
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 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
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): FinTech, Healthcare, Education, Basic Services (water, energy, and communications)
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
Board Position(s): Mexvi, Procesa Chiapas, Agua Natural en Red
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Allison Kern
Allison Kern is Co-Founder & Partner at Morro Ventures, an $20 million 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 that managed $250 million 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: Partner
Based In: Puerto Rico
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Software, with a focus on B2B/Enterprise SaaS
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Seed
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Caribbean
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Lara Lemann
Lara is Brazilian and Swiss. After transitioning through the public and private sectors, she began investing in impactful businesses as an angel. Now, she’s a partner at MAYA Capital, a fund that invests in early stage ventures generating accessibility, transformation, and efficiency in Brazil and Latin America.
Firm: MAYA Capital
Title: Partner
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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Marília Lima
Marília Lima is Head of Investiment at Inseed Investimentos, a VC firm focused on “early stage” innovation with 15 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: Inseed Investimentos
Title: Head of Investment
Based In: Recife
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): IT, Biotech and Nanotech
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
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Martha Laura López Orué
Serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor and consultant for technology innovation; she launched the innovation incentives at EY MEXICO and now she is Director of AMEXCAP, Mexican VC and PE Venture Capital Association in West region. Represented Mexico at WIPO-WTO, and was the first woman selected for Mexico-Japan Intellectual Property exchange program for developing countries to impulse technology transfer and entrepreneurship. Her company is certified by the Mexican National Science and Technology Council and Economy Secretary, her fund focus on entrepreneurs in early stage helping them to scale up, with focus on Latin American Market. www.sipi.mx
Firm: SIPI Fund,
Title: Fund Manager
Based In: Guadalajara, Jalisco
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Biotech, Health, Agrotech, Robotics, Food Industry
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
Sample Companies:
Ranktab, Ikal Robots, Sotana, Neuroauxilium
Board Position(s): Director
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Kim Machlup
Kim is an angel investor as a member of 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 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/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
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Josefa Marzo
Josefa founded a bank in Mexico as part of an MBO of the RBS Mexican subsidiary. It was there where she developed her passion and vision for technological innovation in the financial sector. Previously, she had been the COO for Latin America of The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Director of Legal for ABN Amro in Spain, and RBS in Latin America.
Firm: Finnovista
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Accelerator
Preferred Sector(s): Fintech
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
Konsigue, Tesseract, dApp, Mensajea, Finerio, Bdeo, Flink, uBank, PayIt, Dile, Pagamobil, Quotanda, Facturedo, Expediente, Azul, Hurra, Tasa Top, Devblocks, Tu, Identidad, seif, La Plataforma, Qualia, Luz Verde, Fintech Latam
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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 to build and grow their companies and review strategy. Astella has constituted three vehicles to date and invested in 18 companies (2016).
Firm: Astella Investimentos
Title: Founding Partner
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Tech, SaaS, eCommerce, Marketplaces
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Sample Companies:
Omie, Lojas KD, Resultados Digitais, Clicksign, Smartbill, Itaro
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Kelly Michel
Kelly catalyzes start-ups 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
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education, Employability
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/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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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 CEO at Frogtek, delivering technology products to deli shops in developed markets with the goal of helping families to manage better their business and earn a higher income.
Firm: Spectron/ Frogtek
Title: Partner/ CEO
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education, Tech (Social), Health
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
Sample Companies:
Frogtek, Lumni, Cursame, Catapulta
Board Position(s): Frogtek, Lumni Mexico
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Priscila O’Reilly Castro
Priscila O’Reilly Castro is the Co-Founder, Partner, and CFO of Brain Ventures, a Business & Venture Company focused on innovation environments, joining entrepreneurs and venture capital to generate valuable and perennial business. We desire to be recognized as the best market player creating good opportunities and deals with Brazilian startups. Brain Ventures also acts as an operational consultant for the Primatec Fund.
Firm: Brain Ventures
Title: Co-Founder, Partner, & VP of Operations
Based In: Rio de Janeiro
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): IT, creative industries, life sciences, energy & environmental sciences
Preferred Stage(s): Early/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 is a private equity and venture capital investor focused in education.
Firm: Gera Ventures
Title: Partner
Based In: Rio de Janeiro
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Education
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, USA
Sample Companies:
Bloomboard, Civitas, Geekie, Kaltura, Manga High, Responde Aí, Cultura Inglesa, Eleva Educação
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Agustina Palmai
Agustina Palmai is part of the Corporate Development team of Mercado Libre (NASDAQ:MELI). The team covers the analysis and execution of M&A opportunities, management of the Corporate Venture Capital Fund (MELI Fund) and development of new businesses in Latin America. Before MELI, Agustina spent four years at Endeavor Argentina (a non-for-profit focused on high-impact entrepreneurs), selecting and supporting entrepreneurs. Previously, Agustina lived fourteen years in Brazil. 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: Mercado Libre / MELI Fund
Based In: Buenos Aires
Investor Type: Corporate Venture Capital
Preferred Sector(s): Logistics, Fintech, Insurance, E-commerce Solutions
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Board Position(s): Mandaê, Ingresse, Sirena
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Luísa Pinto Coelho
Luísa Coelho is a VP of Confrapar, Brazilian-based VC and PE investment firm specialized in IT investments. She leads the fiduciary administration 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 20 M&A, Venture Capital and Private Equity investments, mostly involving IT companies.
Firm: Confrapar Administração e Gestão
Title: Vice President
Based In: Belo Horizonte
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Technology (in health, education, financial services, logistics, media, entertainment, advanced manufacturing, etc.)
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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Johanna Posada
Johanna 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: Co-Founding Partner & Managing Director
Based In: Seattle, Bogotá
Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Financial Services, Education, Housing, Healthcare
Preferred Stage(s): Early/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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Julia Profeta Johansson
Julia started her career as an entrepreneur working with innovation. She then worked in Wholesale Investment Banking (Itau BBA), Private Equity and Internet (Rocket Internet), Social Business (Yunus Social Business), culminating then on the perfect balance of the previous experiences as an impact investor at Vox Capital. Now based in Berlin, Julia is the founder of JPJ Lab, an strategic consultancy focused on impact, working with startups & accelerators, Co-Founder of She For Social Impact, a Global Female Impact Angel Network focused on high impact technologies and Co-Founder of Alma Impact, an impact training and business development consultancy focused on financial institutions and corporates.
Firm: JPJ Lab, She for Social Impact, Alma Impact
Title: Founder, Co-Founder
Based In: Berlin
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education, Healthcare and Financial Services
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Board Position(s): Past: Tamboro, Aondê
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Renata Quintini
Renata Quintini believes in leveraging technology to improve the quality of life for all people. She invests in ambitious startups that aim to help us to not only live longer but live well. She is looking to partner with founding teams that are transforming the future of humanity through health, food, happiness, cognition, creative computing, and longevity. Prior to joining Lux Capital in early 2017, Renata was a partner at Felicis Ventures, where she worked with startups that define new realities, markets and/or business models. Among them: Planet (satellites), Cruise Automation (acquired by GM), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever), Bonobos, MetroMile, Swift Navigation (autonomous vehicles), Survios (VR) and Rigetti (quantum computing). Before becoming a venture capitalist, Renata was an investment manager at Stanford University’s endowment. Renata earned a law degree from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; and earned LLM and MBA degrees from Stanford University.
Firm: Lux Capital
Title: Partner
Based In: San Francisco
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Health, Food, Happiness, Cognition, Creative Computing, and Longevity
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
Past: Dollar Shave Club, Bonobos, Happiest Baby, Planet, Rigetti Computing, Survios
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Sofia Ramírez Calvo
Sofia is a business professional with broad experience in AgriFood technology and an Adjunct 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: Adjunct Partner
Based In: Miami
Preferred Sector(s): Agriculture, Food & 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 is an angel investor passionate about changing the dialogue in Mexico by investing in high impact companies that have the potential to improve people’s lives by providing access to technology, driving value creation, efficiency, and enhancing economic freedom.
Firm: Amplifica Capital
Title: Founder
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Energy, Technology, FinTech, Agribusiness
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
Sample Companies:
Kueski, Rocket, Visor, Digitzs
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Paula Rechtman
Paula is a business administrator with an MBA in Strategy & Transformation, and a solid background in technology, innovation and team leadership. She is currently helping creative entrepreneurs & founders to develop their skills and scale their companies. Ecosystem development – Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneurship Advocate.
Firm: Inseed Investimentos
Title: Head of Investments
Based In: Rio de Janeiro
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Technology based companies (TIC SaaS, Retail Tech, Health Tech, Energy)
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
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Maria Rita Spina Bueno
Maria Rita Spina Bueno is Executive Director of Anjos do Brasil and founder of MIA (Mulheres Investidoras Anjo).
Firm: Anjos do Brasil
Title: Executive Director
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Board Position(s): Artemisia, Dinamo
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Antonia Rojas Eing
Antonia is a partner at ALLVP and a former partner of Manutara Ventures.
Firm: ALLVP
Title: Partner
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Tech (SaaS, ConstructionTech, FinTech)
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
Rhinobird, Ipsum, BePretty, Macrobots, Comunidad Feliz
Board Position(s): Macrobots. Observer seats; BePretty and Property Partners
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Isabela Guimarães Rugani
Isabela is an executive officer that has been working with innovation and entrepreneurship in Brazil for the last twelve years, in startups and large organizations. In 2017, Isabela joined Inseed, a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage innovative companies. Prior to joining Inseed, Isabela worked as an Strategy and Innovation consultant at EY and Strategos.
Firm: Inseed Investimentos
Title: Investment Officer
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Agri Tech, Retail Tech, Health Tech, Enterprise Software.
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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Gabriela Ruggeri
Gabriela Ruggeri is the Founding Partner of Eastpoint Ventures and Managing Partner of Seagrass Capital Partners, and focuses on early stage investing and company building in Latin America. She is also Managing Partner of Overboost, an innovation hub that builds, advises, invests and grows projects into profitable and successful companies in Latin America.
Firm: Eastpoint Ventures/ Overboost
Title: Founding Partner/ 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/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
Blended, Viaedu, Socialmetrix, Workana, Wormhole IT, Veduca, Edutest, Pick1
Board Position(s): Socialmetrix, Workana, Junior Achievement Argentina, Viaedu, Wormhole IT
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Patricia Saenz
Patricia Saenz is Founder and Managing Partner of EWA Capital, a regional VC fund with a gender smart approach, committed to narrow the gender inequality in the region, by supporting woman led business, 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 4 years of experience as Business Angel investor and VC Fund Manager (Mountain Nazca Colombia), evaluating +300 investment opportunities in the past 3 years, carried out 10 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 Board member of Colcapital (Colombian PE and VC Association) representing VC in the industry.
Firm: Ewa Capital
Title: Founder & Managing Partner
Based In: Bogotá
Investor Type: VC Firm, Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Technology
Preferred Stage(s): Early/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 is an investor with 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 in Brazil and Latin America.
Firm: Maya Capital
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Agnostic
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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Sandra Sainz
Sandra Sainz started at SV Latam in 2015 as a Managing Partner after 14 years with the IFC where she headed the investment activities in the Health & Education sectors for Mexico and Central America. At SV Latam Fund, Sandra has been actively engaged in the fund raising activities and in building up the portfolio, with three investments to date, and in process of closing the fourth.
Firm: SV Latam Fund
Title: Managing Partner
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Health and Life Sciences, New Materials, Software & Hardware, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Energy Efficiency
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico, USA, Colombia, Chile, Peru
Sample Companies:
Ares Materials, Payclip, Okio
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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 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: Challenger 88
Title: Investment Director
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Fintech, Education, Health, Energy, Blockchain, SaaS, Big Data, Insuretech, Adtech, Housing, Tourism/ Hospitality, Recycling, Transportation, e-Commerce, Propertytech, Developer Tools, RH/ Productivity, Legaltech, Smart Cities
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
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 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
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Tech, Fintech, CPG, Food Tech
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA
Board Position(s): Phat Fudge
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Radhika Shroff
As Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Accion Global Investments, Radhika Shroff is responsible for leading and supporting Accion’s equity investments in companies focused on financial inclusion. Radhika invests in established financial institutions and innovative financial service providers that leverage technology to support underserved micro-entrepreneurs, families, and individuals in emerging markets.
Firm: Accion
Title: Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Based In: New York
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Financial Inclusion
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Asia, Africa
Board Position(s): DAWN Microfinance in Myanmar
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Raquel Silberberg
Raquel has worked in private equity for 10+ years and 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
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Technology
Preferred Stage(s): Growth Equity
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): Former board member at Accera, Former board member at SIGGA, Board Member at Bom Pra Crédito, Observer at Movile
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Jéssica Silva Rios
Jéssica is Partner and Head of Social Impact Management at Vox Capital, the first impact investing firm in Brazil. She invests in businesses that are developing scalable solutions for real problems in the low income brackets of Brazil, seeking both social impact and financial return. She joined Vox Capital in November of 2016 after serving as a project manager in operations consulting at PwC Brazil for eight years where she gained experience in helping large companies improve organizational efficiency. In the last two years, Jéssica has been responsible for understanding and analyzing the social impact of Vox portfolio companies and the ecosystems in which they operate. In her role as a Vox partner, Jéssica also works on the organization’s macro impact strategy, as well as the development of new products.
Firm: Vox Capital
Title: Partner & Head of Social Impact
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: Impact
Preferred Sector(s): Education, Health, and Financial Services
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil
Sample Companies:
Avante, Magnamed, ProRadis, Tamboro and Tolife, Sanar, and Aondê
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Mónica Simo Black
Monica Black is the Founder & Managing Director 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 10+ 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 & Managing Director
Based In: Miami
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Enterprise Software, Fintech, Logistics, Proptech
Preferred Stage(s): Early / Growth
Preferred Geo(s): USA, Latin America
Board Position(s): Babysparks
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Ekaterina Skorobogatova
Ekaterina Skorobogatova is an Operating Partner at The Venture City, leading product and data teams focused on finding and quantifying product growth opportunities, and enabling data driven decision making for the portfolio companies in LATAM, Europe and US. Skorobogatova is a Facebook Growth team veteran who worked on a variety of the exciting projects, including international expansion for Instagram and product analytics and insights for WhatsApp.
Firm: The Venture City Fund
Title: Chief Growth Officer & Operational Partner
Based In: San Francisco
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Sector agnostic, with investments in Fintech, Marketing Technology, Mobility, Travel, Jobs, Healtech & Enterprise Software
Preferred Stage(s): Seed, Series A
Preferred Geo(s): US, Europe, and Latin America
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Lorena Suarez
Lorena Suarez is Venture Capital Manager at Grupo Supervielle, and has served as Country Manager at Wayra Argentina since 2014. She has extensive communication, marketing and strategy positioning experience in the internet market. Lorena has an MBA (Torcuato Di Tella University), Master of Business Administration (UCA, Catholic University) and a Degree in Economics (UBA, Bs As University).
Firm: Grupo Supervielle, Wayra Argentina
Title: Venture Capital Manager / Country Manager
Based In: Buenos Aires
Investor Type: Accelerator, VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): E-heatlh, Security, Social Media, FinTech, AgTech, Edtech, Cloud Services
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
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Silva Torres Carbonell
Silvia 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 member of the board of 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 (Angel Investor)
Title: Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center
Based In: Buenos Aires
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): IT, Life Science, Agtech, Fintech
Preferred Stage(s): Early/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
Since July 2016, Adriana is head of the Venture Capital and Mezzanine team for Fondo de Fondos. Over the past decade, she has been a leader in portfolio management and public/multilateral fundraising in Mexico. She collaborates in 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: Mexico Ventures (Fondo de Fondos)
Title: Venture Capital & Mezzanine Director
Based In: Mexico City
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Innovation
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Mexico
Board Position(s): Funds: LIV Capital, Sierra X, ALLVP, PC Capital, AVM, I&C2, Rise, Northgate Capital, Vector, CAMIF II; Directs: Finae, ID90T, Reserbus, Wizeline, Mexis
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Elsa Treviño
Elsa Treviño is an angel and venture investor with previous experience in e-commerce, retail, and the sharing economy.
Firm: Toro Ventures
Title: CEO & Managing Partner
Based In: Nuevo León
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): All
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA, Europe
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Kelly Anne Tully
Kelly is Head of Platform and an investor at FJ Labs. Previously, Kelly worked at Bloomberg Philanthropies and is a proud alum of the Bloomberg Administration. Kelly is born and raised in New York City and holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Title: FJ Labs
Based In: New York
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Marketplaces, Consumer Tech
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, USA, Europe
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Mariángela Valladares
Mariángela is a professional with more than 14 years of experience in the telecommunications sector, she has dedicated the last four years to accompany in the development of new digital businesses in Venezuela as Head of Acceleration in Wayra Venezuela, Telefónica’s accelerator.
Firm: Wayra Venezuela
Title: Head of Acceleration
Based In: Caracas
Investor Type: Accelerator
Preferred Sector(s): Telecom
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Venezuela
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Consuelo Valverde
Consuelo is Founding and Managing Partner of SV LATAM Fund, a VC fund with a Latin American focus and has been responsible for the entire fundraising process. Consuelo is also Co-founder of Zfunction University LLC in Silicon Valley, California, training, mentoring and advising entrepreneurs in biotechnology, diagnostics and health services, financial services, e-commerce, robotics, energy, education, and software. She is the Co-founder of Expansion Bridge LLC in San Francisco, a company providing software development teams to startups seeking to accelerate time to market, and to fast growing enterprise and mobile companies. Consuelo holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami, a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Tech Institute of Monterrey, and a Master’s Degree in Science Entrepreneurship from Sir Cass Business School, where she graduated with Merits. She also took graduate courses towards the PhD program in Genomics Medicine UNAM, at the Consortium for the Institute of Genomic Medicine.
Firm: SV Latam Fund
Title: Founder & Managing Partner
Based In: San Francisco
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator, Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America
Sample Companies:
Ares Materials Inc, PayClip Inc, Muchi Corporation, Envisagenics Inc
Board Position(s): Ares Materials
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Mariquel Waingarten
Mariquel is the Co-Founder and CMO of HICKIES. Originally from Argentina, Mariquel started her own hotel at 24 years old, which earned a top hotel rating in Trip Advisor under her management. In 2011, she moved with her husband to New York to launch HICKIES, a company based on a clever invention that turns any pair of sneakers into a slip-on. HICKIES is now the leading company in its category and has a global reach. In 2017, Mariquel co-founded SUDACAS,an e-commerce platform that sells South American designs in the U.S.
Firm: HICKIES (Angel Investor)
Title: Co-founder / Board Member / CMO
Based In: New York
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Stage(s): Seed/Incubator
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, USA
Sample Companies:
Wetsleeve, GROW, Alejandro Sticotti, Bluesmart, Whyline, Pari Fácil, Pasea Perros
Board Position(s): HICKIES, Wetsleeve
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Ann Williams
Ann is currently 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: COO (formerly a Venture Partner at Redpoint e.Ventures)
Based In: São Paulo
Investor Type: VC Firm
Preferred Sector(s): Mobile, FinTech, Analytics
Preferred Stage(s): Early/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 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: Witte Consulting
Title: Lawyer
Based In: Rio de Janeiro
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Stage(s): Seed
Preferred Geo(s): Brazil, others
Sample Companies:
Alstra, Previsiown, Justify, Cyberlabs, Telllinks
Board Position(s): Justify (legal tech)
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Bedy Yang
Bedy is Managing Partner at 500Startups, 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, featured as women leader on Forbes. Before 500 Startups and Brazil Innovators, Bedy worked as management consultant specializing in distribution and go-to-market strategies for Fortune 500 companies in Brazil. She has also worked as social entrepreneur creating opportunities for women and indigenous tribes in Brazil and China. Bedy holds a BA at Fundação Getúlio Vargas and MLA (East Asian Studies) from University of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Society of Kauffman Fellows and graduated with recognition for her leadership.
Firm: 500 Startups
Title: Managing Partner
Based In: San Francisco
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 is an Argentine businesswoman with over 20 years of entrepreneurial, strategic and operational experience with startups and global corporate entities. A steady trendspotter, she is founder and CEO of Grupo Vida.
Firm: Grupo Vida
Title: Founder & CEO
Based In: Buenos Aires
Investor Type: Angel
Preferred Sector(s): Media, Editorial, Technology
Preferred Stage(s): Early/Growth
Preferred Geo(s): Latin America, Argentina
Board Position(s): CEO Grupo Vida
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