# Top 45 Artificial intelligence Startup Investors in Mexico in October 2023

## The Ark Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

The Ark Fund provides networked capital to talented entrepreneurs at an early stage: when most needed. Investment at this stage helps finance working capital, helps validate the business during or after an acceleration or incubation program, allows entrepreneurs to reach initial customers, validate their market and to measure value, with the goalto prepare them for their next investment round.Latin America boasts two of the biggest emerging economies in the world, a 500M spanish-speaking population and a $5 trillion economy. The region offers a tremendous opportunity for emerging entrepreneurs to create the next big thing that will change our world. Angels play an important role in helping to create these successes.By providing structured access to dealflow, investment training and community, The Ark provides high-net worth individuals and professional investors with a gateway to this transformative opportunity. The Ark enables opportunity to lead innovation and transformation of industries and economies. TheArk has built a collaborative funding ecosystem, providing investment training through active funding in extraordinary startups. We challenge ourselves to be better and challenge humanity to be better.

## Monashees
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Monashees is a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs committed to creating innovative solutions for a new world. They invest in the beginning stages and follow alongside the companies that are revolutionizing markets, creating value, and improving people’s lives through technology, such as ContaAzul, Jusbrasil, Loggi,MadeiraMadeira, Enjoei, Petlove, Rappi, and Hi Technologies.

## G2 Momentum Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps

G2 Momentum Capital is a private investment fund that focuses on early-stage and growing startups. It aims to find passionate and talented partners with innovative and disruptive business offerings. It synergizes and joins efforts with the best entrepreneurs in Mexico with the purpose of scaling and consolidating their companies.

## Angel Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Founded in 2008, AV is one of the most active and influential Mexican VC firms in Latin America. The Firm invests in early-stage to early-growth companies by becoming a leading Series Seed and Series A investor in startups that drive innovative business models tailored for the Latin American market.

## Base10 Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Base10 is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the automation of the real economy. They bring automation to traditional sectors of the economy. Today, the company has backed nearly 30 companies. Base10 creates industry teams that consider what is going to happen in the next five years, and then call the companies they see playing arole. It either turns into an investment, or Base10 will follow the company for 18 months.It is based in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2017.

## Avalancha Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, PaaS

Early stage venture capital fund that invests in unique teams building extraordinary companies which, with the use of technology, innovate to deliver efficient and cost-effective products and services for the wider population.

## Soldiers Field Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, E-Commerce

Early stage mexican venture capital firm with HBA alumni mentoring partners.

## Valhalla Valley Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Recruiting, Human Resources

Venture Capital for Innovation

## Justin Mateen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on thetop 100 list of US Seed Investors. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.

## JAM Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Logistics

JAM Fund operates as a venture capital firm investing in visionary founders disrupting large spaces. It is Tinder Founder Justin Mateen's venture capital firm.

## Elevate Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Elevate Ventures nurtures and develops emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing, Indiana-based companies.They accomplish this by providing rigorous business analysis and robust advisory serivces that connect companies with the resources they need to succeed long-term. As a not-for-profit organization, they are ableto offer unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendations. Emerging, high-potential businessesElevate Ventures seeks out business endeavors that identify a need in the marketplace and are well-positioned to successfully transition from research to product development to market. High-performing, Indiana-based CompaniesThese companies grow local economies and employment throughout Indiana, in addition to attracting and retaining top-level talent for the Hoosier state. Rigorous business analysisComprehensive due diligence is critical to determining the long-term financial viability of these companies. Robust advisory servicesElevate Ventures provides more than just capital, they partner with entrepreneurs, investors and other local and state organizations to ensure the best return on investment. Resources to succeed long-termIn addition to financial resources, Elevate addressees other market barriers, which may include management, business development, talent identification and retention, and specific technology development challenges. They don't just write a check and walk away - they help sustain business success and growth over time. Unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendationsWith a seasoned staff and a host of proven outside partners, they provide objectivity and insights that are among the best in their profession.

## Broadhaven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Broadhaven is an independent merchant bank advising and investing in financial services.

## Mexamerica Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

An early-stage fund investing in revenue-positive, scalable ventures in Mexico, Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market with high growth potential and positive social impact. Focus on fintech and financial services.

## AVP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lima, Lima, Peru
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Human Resources, FinTech

Partnering with relentless founders as they build solutions to real problems in Latin America

## ArkAngeles
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Machine Learning

ArkAngeles.co is a co-investment platform that invests in top startups and investment opportunities in Latam. It allows any investor to co-invest amounts from $ 50,000 pesos in the best startups in the region that have been previously analyzed and approved by angel network investment committees, sophisticated investors, and funds from institutionalventure capital.

## Foundation Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Building companies is in our bones.

## LAT VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

L'ATTITUDE Ventures is a purpose-driven venture-capital firm on a mission to catalyze the most entrepreneurial yet undercapitalized cohort in the U.S. by investing in businesses led by Latinos. Ventures is a purpose-driven venture-capital firm on a missio

## SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce

SoftBank created the $5B SoftBank Latin America Fund to partner with the companies and entrepreneurs defining the future of the region.

## Mark Gormley
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity, Secondary Market
- Focus: Service Industry, Insurance, AgTech

Mark K. Gormley is a Partner at Lee Equity Partners. Prior to joining Lee Equity in 2006, Mr. Gormley was a Partner at Capital Z Financial Services Partners (“CZFS”), a leading financial services private equity firm, where he played a leading role in the operations and investment activities of the $1.85 billion fund. Mr. Gormley co-founded CZFS in1998 and shared responsibility for the oversight of all of the firm's investment and monitoring activities. Prior to founding CZFS, Mr. Gormley served as a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), specializing in the insurance and asset management industries. While at DLJ, Mr. Gormley worked on corporate finance and merger and acquisition assignments, as well as on principal related activities on behalf of DLJ Merchant Banking. Prior to joining DLJ in 1989, he was a founding member of the Insurance Group at Merrill Lynch in 1985. Mr. Gormley serves or has served as a director of numerous public and private companies, including The Edelman Financial Group, Skopos Financial Group, Captive Resources, Carlile Bancshares, PDR Network, MidCap Financial, Universal American, Permanent General, NewStar Financial, British Marine Holdings, Catlin Group, Bank Handlowy, Ceska Sporitelna, NACOLAH among others. Mr. Gormley received a B.S.B.A. cum laude in Finance and Economics from the University of Denver and an M.B.A. from New York University.

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Cristina Campero Peredo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Cristina Campero Peredo is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PROSPERiA. She previously worked at McKinsey and Company as an Associate. Cristina Campero Peredo attended the University of Cambridge.

## Mouro Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm that targets early to growth fintech investment opportunities across Europe, North America and Latin America.

## R/GA Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Pet, Mobile

In 2013, we launched the first R/GA Accelerator out of our New York office—going beyond financial capital to provide founders with access to R/GA’s award-winning talent and robust client network.Today, we’re building on our history of startup acceleration with a new global model that takes a unique and multidimensional approach tocorporate innovation.We’re building an innovation platform to help industry leaders disrupt business as usual—connecting them with the groundbreaking technologies and emerging players that can unlock new opportunities.At R/GA Ventures, we go beyond financial capital to connect early- and growth-stage startups with our world-class creative talent, industry-leading clients and innovative program partners. Our flexible financing terms support companies at all stages of funding and growth. We invest in each of our program companies at current valuations.We match each of our startups with the right experts across our global network, providing consulting, strategy, design, copywriting, business development, brand transformation and more.We make introductions that create value not only for our startups, but for our partners and clients—fostering an innovation exchange that makes way for pilots, partnerships and integrations.

## Cardo Health
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Cardo Health is a digital health company with a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of millions of people in emerging markets. We invest in and scale the best early-stage digital health start-up in each of our markets.

## Steffen Vollert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Analytics, E-Commerce

Steffen Vollert

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

## Jeff Horing
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at Insight Venture Partners since 1995. Under his leadership Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and internet businesses, currently investing from a $2.56 billion fund. Jeff's areas of focus include mobile,online gaming, data, infrastructure and internet software. Jeff is a former member of the board of directors of Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird Co.), CTSpace (acquired by Sword Group), Beechwood Data Systems (acquired by Cap Gemini), Greenfield Online (IPO, later acquired by Microsoft), Hitwise (acquired by Experian Group Ltd), IAG Research (acquired by The Nielsen Company), ProMira Software (acquired by Manugistics), Shutterstock (IPO), SLP Infoware (acquired by Gemplus), Solarwinds Inc. (IPO NYSE: SWI), and Xchange (IPO acquired by Amdocs).Jeff is an investor or currently serves on the board of directors of AirWatch (mobile device management), Anaqua (IP asset management), GFI Software (cloud-based services), Jagex Ltd (online gaming), Nexon (online gaming), Datacore Software (storage virtualization), New Relic (application performance management), Teamviewer (remote desktop collaboration), WIX (free DIY flash-based websites), Whitney University System (distance learning technology), and Zumba (global fitness and lifestyle brand).Prior to founding Insight, Jeff was a key member of the technology investing team at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Capital Markets group.Jeff holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa. Jeff is a regular speaker at Wharton as part of the Distinguished Guest speaker series.

## Bob Goodman
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Robert Goodman is a general partner at Goodman served as a director at he joined Bessemer Venture Partners. He has also worked at Goodman holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from 

## Bossanova Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

BossaNova is the number one Brazilian Micro Venture Capital. We are the most active investor in the pre-seed stage in Latin America with more than 1200 investments in over 1000 Startups. We also invest in global companies, directly or through co-investment syndicates on AngelList.

## Pareto Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Building world-changing companies in sunny Miami

## AngelHub VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Pedro, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Beauty, FinTech

We are the angel investment club that invests in the most promising ventures in Mexico and Latin America

## Vander Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Real Estate

VCP is an investment management firm focused in two sectors: early stage and real assets. The main interest in early stage investments is in technology and innovation in real estate also known as CRETech or PropTech. Real assets investments are limited to real estate and mining. VCP has performed several early stage investments both in the USand Mexico through Vander Angel. It is also part of the GP of Mexico Ventures. Mexico Ventures has three separate investment strategies: a VC fund of funds, a VC arm and a mezzanine initiative.Vander has performed several investments in real estate through Vander Properties that include being an LP at Veritas Investments (the largest multifamily for rent owner operator in the Bay Area) a GP in Latin Americas first multifamily for rent fund as well as other single asset investments in Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. Vander Properties has also provided consulting services to the Government of Peru, some development banks and private clients and publicly traded companies in Mexico.The company invests in mining through Vander Mining. Its currently strategy is focused on acquiring distressed gold projects or mines in Mexico and list them under one company in Canada's TSX.

## Geoffrey KALISH
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Mr. Kalish is a Partner at Aquiline Capital Partners.
Previously, Mr. Kalish was also the Founder and Managing Director at Venturion Capital. He has served on the boards of numerous financial services companies in Europe and the US.
He holds a history degree from Columbia and a masters degree in public policy from Harvard.

## LEAP Global Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

LEAP Global Partners
Catalazing the next wave of global innovation by investing in underrepresented founders across the Americas. We are a diverse led VC that partners with underrepresented founders challenging the status quo in Fintech, Marketplaces and SaaS. We focus on LatinX markets given secular growth opportunities that are oftenoverlooked by tradicional VCs.

## Jorge Shwartzman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Big Data

Jorge Shwartzman

## Robert Stavis
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Rob Stavis is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

## Abraham Achar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Big Data

Abraham Achar

## Markos Achar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Big Data

Markos Achar

## Tekton Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services

TEKTON VENTURES is an international seed investment firm that partners at inception with forward looking company builders in leading technology hubs worldwide. The firm’s principals have over three decades of experience as early stage investors. Leveraging an extensive global network of entrepreneurs and investors, Tekton makes early stageinvestments in category defining companies in several strategic geographies around the world.Passionate entrepreneurs exist in many parts of the world. Tekton Ventures focuses its investments in two different places: Silicon Valley and selected technology centers ( London and Israel); and the fast growing mobile/digitally connected markets in Asia (China, Korea and India).Our approach to global investing rests on partnerships with local venture ecosystems: we have built long standing relationships with some of the best local seed and venture investors in our geographies of focus.We see our unique global perspective as important to build transformational companies and make that knowledge available across our entire community of entrepreneurs.

## Michelson 20MM Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pasadena, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Mobile Apps, Higher Education

The Michelson 20MM Foundation supports innovation in education and higher learning initiatives. The organization was founded by Dr. Gary Michelson and Alya Michelson in 2010.

## Mars
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mclean, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Nutrition, Biotechnology, E-Commerce

Mars is a manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products.In 1911, Frank C. Mars made the first Mars candies in his Tacoma, Washington kitchen and established Mars’ first roots as a confectionery company. In the 1920s, Forrest E. Mars, Sr. joined his father in business and together they launched the MILKY WAY® bar. In 1932,Forrest, Sr. moved to the United Kingdom with a dream of building a business based on the objective of a “mutuality of benefits” for all stakeholders – this vision serves as the foundation of the Mars, Incorporated we are today.Based in McLean, Virginia, Mars has net sales of more than $33 billion and six business segments including Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks and Symbioscience.

## Sean Behr
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Retail, Logistics

Sean Behr is CEO of Fountain - the leader in high-volume hourly hiring. Previously, Sean was Co-Founder and CEO of STRATIM and Zirx (acquired by KAR Global), the intelligent logistics platform for mobility companies. Sean also served in leadership roles at Adap.tv (acquired by AOL) and Shopping.com (acquired by Ebay).Sean holds a B.A. in historyand political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

## Wayra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings

## 0BS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS

We are ecosystem builders, founders, and mentors investing in early-stage teams with grand visions.

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