LAVCA’s VC+Tech Members represent the leading early stage and tech investors active in Latin America and around the globe. Members play a pivotal role in the growth of the venture ecosystem and industry throughout the region.
This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem in Latin America.
LAVCA Members are qualified investors and professionals in the Latin America private capital industry and are approved by the LAVCA Board on the basis of industry relevance, peer references, and investment activity. Latin American Tech Growth Coalition members are leading global and Latin American tech companies and investors with a common goal of advancing high growth startups in Latin America.
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- AC Ventures
- Agrega Partners
- Alexia Ventures
- ALLVP
- Amadeus Capital Partners
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Astella Investimentos
- Aurus Capital
- Canary
- Capria Ventures
- Carao Ventures
- ChileGlobal Ventures
- Cometa
- Dalus Capital
- Deetken Impact Alternative Finance
- DILA Capital
- DOMO Invest
- Draper Cygnus
- Elevar Equity
- Equitas Capital
- Flourish Ventures
- General Atlantic
- GIC
- Globant Ventures
- IDB Lab
- Igah Ventures (formerly e.Bricks Ventures)
- IGNIA Partners
- Innogen Capital Ventures
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Invermaster Ventures
- Iporanga Ventures
- Kamay Ventures
- KASZEK
- Liil Ventures
- LIV Capital
- Mercado Libre Fund
- Microsoft
- monashees
- Movile
- NAZCA
- NXTP
- Oria Capital
- Polymath Ventures
- Proeza Ventures
- Qualcomm Ventures
- Quona Capital
- Riverwood Capital
- Salkantay Partners
- Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
- SoftBank
- SP Ventures
- The Yield Lab
- TheVentureCity
- Valor Capital Group
- Visa Ventures
- Volpe Capital
- Wollef (formerly Jaguar Ventures)
AC Venturesis the corporate venture fund of the ARCA Continental company.
Contacts: Hector Shibata (Chief Investment Officer)
Founded: 2018
Preferred Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Retail Tech, Fintech, Supply Chain/Logistics, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Preferred Geos: Latin America, US
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Agrega Partnersis an advisory and asset management firm with offices in Santo Domingo and Panama. The firm manages sector and geography-focused investment funds while at the same time co-manages productive assets (companies).
Contacts: Jose Cuervo (Partner), Luis Marti (Principal)
Founded: 2006
Preferred Stages: For FinTech: Early Stage and Expansion Stage;
For Financial Services: Mixed (Mature Companies looking for liquidity and Growth Equity)
Preferred Sectors: Financial Services, Fintech
Preferred Geos: Latin America (ex. Mexico and Brazil)
Portfolio Includes: GCS Systems, Impesa, Increase, Tienda Pago, VU Security, Movilred, BPR Bank, Primma Valores, Grupo Popular View more here
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Alexia Venturesis an early-stage and growth investor for software and AI-enabled technology companies emerging from Latin America. Founded amidst the pandemic, Alexia Ventures gathers a network of founders, thought leaders and partners who have worked together over the past 20 years.
Founded: 2019
Preferred Geos: Brazil, Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Table, FounderNest, Parfin, NeuralMed, Skore, Hashdex
Contacts: Patrick Arippol (Founding Partner); Karina Fugita (Operations)
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ALLVP's investment thesis participates deeply and actively in the Healthcare, Fintech, Consumer Internet and Mobility sectors, which are all experiencing a drastic shift at a regional level in Latin America.
Contacts: Fernando Lelo de Larrea (Partner), Federico Antoni (Partner), Antonia Rojas (Partner)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Healthcare, Fintech, Consumer Internet, Mobility
Preferred Geos: Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Cornershop, Alkanza View more here
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Amadeus Capital Partnersinvests in seed and early stage businesses in the UK and in late stage venture/growth stage businesses in emerging markets such as LatAm (Brazil), India, South East Asia, and South Africa. Amadeus is a technology investor and focused on AI & machine learning, online consumer services, cyber security, digital health and medical technology, digital media, enterprise SaaS, fintech, regtech and insurtech.
Contacts: Anne Glover (Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder), Pat Burtis (Partner)
Founded: 1997
Preferred Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Expansion Stage, Growth Financing
Preferred Sectors: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Autonomous System and Human Computer Interfaces, Enterprise SaaS and Cyber Security, Digital Health and Medical Technology, Fintech, Digital Services (Marketplaces, Education, Entertainment, Travel, B2B and B2C Consumer Services)
Preferred Geos: UK, Europe, Latin America, South Africa, India, South East Asia
Portfolio Includes: Creditas View more here
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. Customers across all industries have access to data center locations in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and Australia.
Founded: 2006
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Astella Investimentosis a venture investor providing capital and capabilities for entrepreneurs to build their companies.
Contacts: Laura Constantini (Partner), Edson Rigonatti (Partner)
Founded: 2008
Preferred Stages: Early Stage, Expansion Stage, Growth Financing
Preferred Sectors: Educational Services, IT, New Media and Internet, Consumer and Retail
Preferred Geos: Brazil
Portfolio Includes: BomPraCrédito, ResultadosDigitais, Omexperience, Clicksign, Smartbill View more here
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Aurus Capitalinvests in privately held ventures in the information technology, life science, and mining sectors. Aurus aims at participating in innovations that will change the dynamics of an industry or market, while contributing to improve society and expand the frontier of knowledge. Aurus seeks to invest in high performance entrepreneurial teams that exhibit both ambition and a global vision, and whose value proposition is associated to either science or technology and is immersed in attractive markets.
Contacts: Victor Aguilera (Managing Director), Raimundo Cerda (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2008
Preferred Stages: Seed Stage, Incubator, Early Stage, Expansion Stage, Growth Financing
Preferred Sectors: Bioenergy (bioethanol, biodiesel), Biotechnology, Energy, Health and Life Sciences, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Mining, New Media and Internet, Real Estate, Telecommunications
Preferred Geos: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
Portfolio Includes: Algenis, Andes Biotechnologies, Echopixel, Levita, Plx, Trigemina, Alset, Buscalibre.com, Capitalizarme.com, Finvox, Junar, Modyo, Taggify, Scarab, Ecosea, Minesense View more here
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Canaryis a venture capital firm that maintains an early stage focus in its investments.
Contacts: Marcos Toledo (Managing Partner), Patrick de Picciotto (Partner)
Founded: 2017
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Agnostic
Preferred Geos: Brazil
Portfolio Includes: Docket View more here
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Capria Venturesis a global investment firm leading, partnering with, and funding a network of emerging market fund managers collaborating to deliver superior returns and scaled impact.
Contacts: Will Poole (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Susana Garcia-Robles (Venture Partner)
Founded: 2015
Preferred Stages: Taking LP positions (plus some GP stakes and some co-investments) with local VC and early-growth PE fund managers investing in tech-driven resilient businesses.
Preferred Geos: Latin America, India, Singapore, Africa, and Middle East
Portfolio Includes: Adobe Capital, Fen Ventures, SP Ventures View more here
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Carao Venturesis a startup acceleration firm focused on providing support and investment alternatives to early-stage innovation startups in Latin America.
Contacts: Allan Boruchowicz (Co-Founder, Managing Partner), Adrian Garcia (Co-Founder, Managing Partner)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Mezzanine
Preferred Sectors: Technology-based startups
Preferred Geos: Central America, Colombia, Peru, and US-based startups with Latin American founders
Portfolio Includes: Speratum, Slidebean, Singularities, Junar, BildTEK, GoPass, Bellelli Educación View more here
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ChileGlobal Venturesfocuses on early stage innovative companies, with high growth potential, B2B, that are resolving challenges in Chile with plans to scale globally.
Contacts: Jamie Riggs (Managing Director), Manuel Rodriguez (Principal)
Founded: 2006
Preferred Stages: Early Stage, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Sustainability, Water, Mining, Energy, Agtech, Foodtech, Smart Cities, Retail
Preferred Geos: Chile
Portfolio Includes: Instacrops, SimpliRoute, Zippedi, Snuuper, U-Planner, Izit, Purple Dental, Citysense View more here
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Cometais a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies doing business in Spanish-speaking markets.
Contacts: Rafael del Haro (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Begoña Ortiz (Associate)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, Ecommerce, Marketplaces, SaaS
Preferred Geos: Latin America (ex. Brazil)
Portfolio Includes: Bitso, Bnext, Cabify, Conekta, Gaia, Kueski, MPower, Skydrop, Tandem, URWelcome, Wallapop, YoTePresto
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Dalus Capitalis an international venture capital firm that backs purposeful entrepreneurs with an emphasis on scalable solutions for significant problems in Latin America, in four investment themes: Inclusion, Climate Innovation, Business Productivity, and Digital Consumers.
Contacts: Diego Serebrisky (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2015
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Climate Innovation, Business Productivity, Digital Consumers
Preferred Geos: Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Clip, convert, converus, DecisionNext, kubo financiero View more here
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Deetken Impact Alternative Financeis an impact investment fund focused on triple bottom line businesses that drive social and environmental impact with innovative, profitable and scalable models. It provides financing and strategic support for the development of success cases.
Contacts: Alejandra Revueltas (Portfolio Manager), Paula Giraldo (CIO)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Growth Financing
Preferred Sectors: Alternative Energy, Affordable Housing, Education/Education Services, Health, Financial Inclusion, Recycling, Waste Management
Preferred Geos: Mexico
Portfolio Includes: SalaUno, Provive, NatGas, IPETH, HEG View more here
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DILA Capitalis a venture capital fund whose mission is to support Mexican entrepreneurs. DILA offers access to capital and debt advice, focusing its efforts on creating value for entrepreneurs in which it invests.
Contacts: Alejandro Diez Barroso (Managing Partner), Eduardo Clave (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2005
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
Preferred Sectors: Edtech, Ecommerce, Retail, Mobility, Fintech
Preferred Geos: Mexico
Portfolio Includes: Ben & Frank, Bewe, Camino Financial, Crehana, Creze, Dvdendo, Grupo Carolo, Kinedu, SABEResPODER, Sistema.bio, Urbvan Transit View more here
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DOMO Investis a Brazilian VC firm that invests in best in class entrepreneurs. DOMO Invest started from the collective desire of its founding partners to contribute to the success of the next generation of Brazilian entrepreneurs.
Contacts: Gabriel Sidi (Partner), Rodrigo Borges (Partner), Marcio Zarzur (Partner)
Founded: 2016
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Consumer, Enterprise Software
Preferred Geos: Brazil
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Draper Cygnusis a VC firm focused on startups and early stage technology companies in Latin America.
Contacts: Diego Gonzalez Bravo (Partner)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, Food & Agtech, Bio & Nanotech, Cleantech
Preferred Geos: Argentina
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Elevar Equitymakes early stage investments into transformative and scalable businesses targeting essential products and services focused on low income and underserved communities.
Contacts: Johanna Posada (Managing Director & Co-Founder), Amie Patel (Director)
Founded: 2008
Preferred Stages: Early Stage to Growth
Preferred Sectors: Financial Services, Agriculture, Educational Services, Healthcare, Housing
Preferred Geos: Latin America, India
Portfolio Includes: Grupo VI-DA, TiendaNube/Nuvemshop, Credijusto View more here
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Equitas Capitalis an investment firm for alternative emerging markets in South America. The firm is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, from where it manages multiple funds targeting environmental services, natural resources and consumer-related industries.
Contacts: Cristián Shea (Chairman & Partner)
Founded: 2008
Preferred Stages: Early Stage, Expansion Stage, Growth
Preferred Sectors: Agribusiness, Cleantech, Renewable Energy, Educational Services, Energy, Mining, Other Natural Resources, Other Services, Timber, Waste Management
Preferred Geos: Chile, Colombia, Peru
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Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. Globally, there are more than 2.7B people using Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger.
Founded: 2004
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Flourish Ventureswas the financial inclusion spin off of the Omidyar Network in 2019. The new firm launched with US$200m in capital for investments (equity and grant) and operations, in addition to maintain its existing US$200m portfolio.
Contacts: Arjuna Costa (Managing Partner), Jenny Johnston (Associate)
Founded: 2019
Preferred Stages: Late Seed, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Fintech
Preferred Geos: Brazil, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio Includes: Alba, GuiaBolso, Neon, Suyo View more here
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General Atlanticapplies deep sector expertise, robust global network, and pattern recognition, to identify and partner with promising entrepreneurs that are poised to become future market leaders.
Founded: 1980
Preferred Stages: Growth
Preferred Sectors: Consumer/Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology
Preferred Geos: United States, China, EMEA, India and Asia Pacific, Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Grupo Axo, Gympass, Clip, PagueMenos, Ourofino, Arco, Sanfer, Despegar.com View more here
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GICwas established by the Government of Singapore. GIC is a global long-term investor.
Contacts: Wolfgang Schwerdtle (Head, Brazil Office)
Founded: 1981
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Globant Venturesis Globant’s CVC that invests in high-impact technology startups, with sustainable value propositions, solid equipment and proven minimum traction in the market.
Contacts: Gustavo Martello (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2018
Preferred Stages: Early Stage, Seed
Preferred Sectors: Any sector as long as startups have a profound technology base that can leverage Globant Studios' value proposition.
Preferred Geos: Latin America, Europe
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Googleis an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Founded: 1998
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IDB Labis the innovation lab for the Inter-American Development Bank Group. It conducts high-risk experiments to test new models for engaging and inspiring the private sector to solve economic development problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB Lab addresses poverty and vulnerability by focusing on emerging businesses and smallholder farmers with the capacity to grow and create economic opportunities.
Founded: 1993
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Igah Ventures (formerly e.Bricks Ventures)is an independent offshore VC firm based out of São Paulo with a focus on early stage internet and mobile technology companies, primarily in Brazil.
Contacts: Arthur Mesnik (CFO)
Founded: 2013
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, Agtech, Edtech, Healthcare, SMEs Solutions
Preferred Geos: Brazil
Portfolio Includes: Contabilizei, GuiaBolso, Me Salva!, Rockcontent, Infracommerce, CanaldaPeça, Ingresse View more here
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IGNIA Partnersis a venture capital firm that invests in high growth enterprises targeting the emerging middle class of Mexico that compromise 70% of the population. IGNIA is focused on goods and services with high impact on people’s lives, such as healthcare, housing, financial services and basic services (water, energy, and communications).
Contacts: Christine Chang (Industry & Investor Relations)
Founded: 2007
Preferred Stages: Early Stage, Expansion Stage
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, SaaS, Marketplaces, Ecommerce, Gig Economy
Preferred Geos: Mexico, Latin America
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Innogen Capital Venturesis a San Salvador-based seed stage VC fund focused on Central America, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.
Contacts: Rodrigo Dumont (Managing Partner), Christian Quiñonez, (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2017
Preferred Stages: Seed, Early Stage
Preferred Geos: Central America
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International Finance Corporation (IFC)is the largest investor in Emerging Market PE funds, began backing funds in the 1980s before establishing a group dedicated to fund investing in 2000. IFC’s Funds program complements IFC’s direct investment program by focusing primarily on mid-caps, venture capital and small businesses. IFC backs both new fund managers and existing teams that have demonstrated their value-added capabilities. This structured approach has resulted in strong financial returns and development impact.
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Invermaster Venturesis a regional investment banking, private equity, and venture capital firm focused in Central America.
Contacts: Roberto Eduardo Ponce Romay (Managing Director), Federico Zamora (Managing Director)
Founded: 2007
Preferred Stages: Seed, Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, Crypto
Preferred Geos: Central America
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Iporanga Venturesis a seed stage Brazilian VC.
Contacts: Leonardo Teixeira (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2014
Preferred Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Preferred Sectors: Agnostic
Preferred Geos: Brazil
Portfolio Includes: Loggi View more here
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Kamay Venturesis an independently managed Argentine VC backed by corporates CocaCola Argentina, Arcor SAIC, and Overboost.
Contacts: Gabriela Ruggeri (Managing Partner), Antonio Peña (Managing Partner), Laura Prado (Senior Investment Officer)
Founded: 2019
Preferred Stages: Seed
Preferred Sectors: Digital Commerce, Agtech, Fintech, Applied Biotech, Digital S&OP, Nutritional Healthcare, IoT, Money Management, Consumer Intelligence, Recycling
Preferred Geos: Latin America
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KASZEKis a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build lasting, high-impact technology-based companies whose main initial focus is Latin America. The firm is industry and stage agnostic, mainly investing in Seed, Series A, and Series B.
Contacts: Bianca Sassoon (Investment Analyst)
Founded: 2011
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Agnostic
Preferred Geos: Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Nubank, NotCo, Restorando, Digital House, LivUp, DogHero, Contabilizei, Tienda Pago, Konfio, Loggi, QuintoAndar, Dr.Consulta, Gympass, Zup View more here
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Liil Venturesworks with early-stage companies, focused on capturing compelling growth opportunities in smart cities and new mobility. It provides capital, strategic support and transportation intelligence to help entrepreneurs build their ventures faster, broader and more successful.
Contacts: Verne Lizano (Managing Director), Nadim Matuk (Investment Principal)
Founded: 2017
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Mobility
Preferred Geos: Global
Portfolio Includes: Cabify, Grin, What3Words View more here
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LIV Capitalis a leading Mexico City-based private equity fund manager. It focuses on middle-market businesses with robust operating leverage in high growth sectors, backing highly experienced and management teams with strong equity alignment, with control or influential minority investments with LIV as sole or lead investor, and growth opportunities where it can leverage network and proven expertise.
Contacts: Alex Rossi (Managing Partner), Humberto Zesati (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2000
Preferred Stages: Growth, Expansion Stage
Preferred Sectors: Healthcare, Retail, Information Technology
Preferred Geos: Mexico, Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Proa, Cencor, Centro
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Mercado Libre Fundis Mercado Libre´s (NASDAQ: MELI) investment arm. MELI’s Corporate Fund invests in tech companies across Latin America that boost the digital ecosystem and democratize commerce and access to capital by leveraging technology. The fund invests in seed stage companies that have a clear impact on the e-commerce and tech ecosystems and in early and growth stage companies that develop innovative tech solutions. Since 2013 the fund has invested in more than 20 companies across Latin America.
Contacts: José Ortiz Masllorens (Manager Corporate Development), Agustina Palmai (Corporate Development Team)
Founded: 2013
Preferred Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Expansion Stage
Preferred Sectors: Ecommerce
Preferred Geos: Latin America
Portfolio Includes: View more here
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Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.
Founded: 1975
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monasheesis a Brazilian venture capital firm focused on Internet and Education. Its business model, tailored to the Brazilian environment, is based on long-term vision, autonomy, agility and engagement in the companies in which it invests.
Contacts: Eric Acher (Founding Partner), Fabio Igel (Founding Partner)
Founded: 2005
Preferred Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Expansion Stage
Preferred Sectors: Edtech, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
Preferred Geos: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico
Portfolio Includes: Rebel, Rappi, Loggi, Liftit, WEEL View more here
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Movileis a leader in mobile marketplaces with the dream of making life better for one billion people. Based in Latin America, the company has over 1600 employees and offices in: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, United States and France. Now working as the Movile Group, the company is present in different segments such as: Food, Tickets, Logistics, Education, Content and Messaging, and Payments – along with the following companies: iFood, SpoonRocket, Mercadoni, Sympla, Maplink, PlayKids, Wavy, Superplayer, Rapiddo Entregas, Zoop and Rapiddo (superapp the unites several of our services).
Contacts: Carolina Martins (Public Relations)
Founded: 1998
Preferred Geos: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, United States, France
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NAZCAis a venture capital firm focused on backing the bold entrepreneurs that are building tomorrow’s transformative technology-enabled businesses. NAZCA has operations in San Francisco, Mexico City, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and Santiago to combine a global perspective with invaluable local insights.
Founded: 2013
Preferred Geos: US, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile
Portfolio Includes: Urbvan, Albo, Bewe, petsy.mx, Creze View more here
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NXTPis an early stage venture firm that invests in technology startups that generate positive impact at scale throughout Latin America. With local offices throughout the region and a presence in Silicon Valley, NXTP’s first fund has invested in more than 190 startups over the past 9 years.
Contacts: Ariel Arrieta (Managing Partner), Gonzalo Costa (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2011
Preferred Stages: Series A
Preferred Sectors: Agnostic
Preferred Geos: Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Sirena, Satellogic, Auth0, Jampp, Properati, TiendaNube/Nuvemshop, Sontra, Trocafone, Bluesmart, Workana, iBillionaire, Mural View more here
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Oria Capitalis a leader in growth capital investments in business-to-business (“B2B”) software and software-enabled companies in Brazil. Oria currently manages a portfolio of 12 companies across two funds
Contacts: Piero Rosatelli (Managing Partner)
Founded: 2009
Preferred Stages: Growth
Preferred Sectors: B2B Software
Preferred Geos: Latin America and the Caribbean
Portfolio Includes: Argo, Blockbit, Britech, Cipher, Interplayers, Navita, OpenTech, ToLife, Zenvia, Geofusion, Mandic, Pixeon, Technisys, Webradar, Navita
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Polymath Venturesbuilds businesses from the ground up to scale massively across Latin America. It designs the venture concepts in-house, finds exceptional founding talent to lead them, works full-time alongside the founders from pre-launch through early operations, and brings together the necessary capital to support growth.
Contacts: Wenyi Cai (Founding & Managing Partner), Carlos Fernandez de la Pradilla (Founding Partner)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Seed
Preferred Sectors: Educational Services, Financial Services, Transportation, Human Resources, Food, Real Estate
Preferred Geos: Colombia, Mexico
Portfolio Includes: Taximo, Aflore, Autolab, Kidu, VincuVentas, SuperRuta View more here
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Proeza Venturesis a LatAm-based VC firm investing exclusively in the mobility space, and backed by Grupo Proeza. Proeza Ventures is looking to partner with ambitious and visionary founders transforming the way in which we think about mobility pushing for more efficient, seamless, safety-focused and environmentally friendly solutions.
Contacts: Rodolfo Dieck (Managing Director), Enrique Zambrano (Principal)
Founded: 2019
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Industrial tech, Smart Components, New Vehicles, MaaS, Digital Data Services
Preferred Geos: Mexico
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Qualcomm Venturesis the venture capital investment arm of Qualcomm and the world leader in next-generation mobile technologies has been making investments in early stage technology companies since 2000. Qualcomm Ventures seeks to make strategic investments in high-technology companies that have the potential to dramatically transform our world.
Contacts: Alexandre Villela (Managing Director, Latin America), Carlos Kokron (Vice President & Managing Director, Americas & Operations)
Founded: 2000
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Quona Capitalis a global emerging markets venture firm focused on financial technology.
Founded: 2015
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Fintech
Preferred Geos: Latin America, Africa, Asia
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Riverwood Capitalis a private equity firm that invests in high growth technology companies in need of financial and intellectual capital on a global scale. With offices in Menlo Park, New York and São Paulo, Riverwood focuses on companies that possess compelling technology, a proven concept, and a disruptive product satisfying a large market need but require additional skill sets to successfully scale and operate a growing business on a regional or global basis.
Contacts: Joaquim Lima (Managing Director)
Founded: 2008
Preferred Stages: Growth
Preferred Sectors: Technology
Preferred Geos: Global
Portfolio Includes: GoPro, Nutanix, Globant View more here
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Salkantay Partnersis a Peru-based investment firm that creates value for its clients by investing in and nurturing innovative and sustainable companies that improve people’s lives.
Contacts: Luis Arbulu (Partner)
Founded: 2012
Preferred Stages: Seed
Preferred Sectors: Agnostic
Preferred Geos: Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico
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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)helps innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB Financial Group’s businesses, including Silicon Valley Bank, offer commercial, and private and investment banking, asset management, private wealth management, brokerage and investment services and funds management to companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., SVB Financial Group operates in centers of innovation around the world.
Founded: 1983
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SoftBank's Latin America Fund launched in March 2019, is focused exclusively on the fast-growing Latin American technology market and is the largest technology-focused fund in Latin American history. SBGI is also forming the SoftBank Tech Hub based in Miami which will be responsible for introducing and scaling SoftBank’s global portfolio into Latin America.
Founded: 2019
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The Yield Labenables entrepreneurs to sustainably revolutionize agrifood systems, globally.
Contacts: Tomas Peña (Managing Partner), Camila Petignat (Principal)
Founded: 2017
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Agtech, Foodtech
Preferred Geos: Latin America
Portfolio Includes: Eiwa, Kilimo, Agree Market View more here
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TheVentureCityinvests in B2B and B2C early stage software startups with the engineering and human capabilities to support international expansion.
Contacts: Laura Gonzalez-Estefani (Founder & CEO)
Founded: 2017
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A
Preferred Sectors: Software
Preferred Geos: US, Latin America, Europe
Portfolio Includes: Pixlee, Boatsetter, Optimus Ride, Returnly, Levee, Playground Magazine, Jobartis, Fluvip, RecargaPay, Spotahome, Glamping Hub, Cabify, Finconecta, Rocket, The FastMind, Hogaru, 1Doc3, NomNom (EnjoyHQ) View more here
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Valor Capital Groupis the pioneer cross-border venture fund bridging the US, Brazilian, and global technology markets. The firm invests in consumer internet and enterprise software businesses targeting the sectors that benefit from the growing “internet savvy” middle class and sectors with large fragmentation and inefficiencies. Its funds invest into early stage companies in Brazil and into US international-expansion-stage companies looking to enter Brazil and Latin America.
Contacts: Scott Sobel (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Antoine Colaco (Managing Partner), Michael Nicklas (Managing Partner), Phillip Trauer (Principal)
Founded: 2011
Preferred Stages: Seed, Series A to B
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, Edtech, Health & Wellness, Logistics, SaaS
Preferred Geos: Brazil, US
Portfolio Includes: Stone, Gympass, CargoX, Descomplica, Olist, Pipefy, Coinbase, Udacity View more here
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Visa Venturesis the strategic investment arm of Visa Inc. The group makes investments that are both financially attractive and that provide strategic benefits to Visa and the payments ecosystem.
Contacts: Arnoldo Reyes (Vice President, Partnerships, FinTech & Ventures, Latin America), Neal Kapur (Sr. Director, Venture Investments, Global)
Founded: 2017
Preferred Stages: Series B, Growth
Preferred Sectors: Payments, Fintech, Marketplaces, Ecommerce
Preferred Geos: Agnostic
Portfolio Includes: Square (exit), Stripe, Plaid (exit), Marqeta, Klarna, Finix, Conductor, YellowPepper, NovoPayment
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Wollef (formerly Jaguar Ventures)is a VC firm focused in early stage investments in Internet ventures in LatAm, ex-Brazil.
Contacts: Eric Pérez-Grovas (Co-Founder & General Partner), Cristobal Perdomo (Co-Founder & General Partner)
Founded: 2013
Preferred Stages: Early Stage
Preferred Sectors: Fintech, SaaS, Big Data, Marketplaces
Preferred Geos: Latin America (ex. Brazil)
Portfolio Includes: Gaudena, PontaMedia, Konfio, Conekta, Nubimetrics, Nexu, Brandtrack, Ben & Frank View more here
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