Top 10 Automotive Startup Investors in Mexico (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Manolo Atala
Angel
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2 | Mexico, Colombia, Chile | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software | $300k–$10M |
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TA Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, India | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $350k–$14M |
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Tresalia Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Peru | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Online Portals | |
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Maniv Mobility
VC Fund
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1 | Israel, United States, Mexico | Series A, Seed, Series B | Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software | $2M–$126M |
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Dr. Cornelius Boersch
Angel
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1 | Germany, Switzerland, Mexico | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $107k–$9M |
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Avalancha Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, FinTech, PaaS | $100k–$7.9M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $725k–$30M |
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Capital Invent
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $300k–$7.5M |
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J.D. Power and Associates
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico | Seed | Automotive, E-Commerce, Online Portals | |
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Nazca Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico, United States, Chile | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services | $300k–$65M |
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Manolo has built several high-impact companies in the eCommerce ecosystem, as well as SaaS. Prior to FairPlay, Manolo was Partner & COO for Mountain Nazca, a Venture Capital Firm based in Mexico with focus on high-impact investments through Latin America & abroad. He was Co-founder of Pulpomatic, the first Fleet Management Technologycompany in Latin America and Europe. He served as Managing Director in Groupon México, which later took the operation of its subsidiary in Puerto Rico, remaining as Regional SVP – North Latam. He is an active angel investor in companies like Cornershop, Liftit, Justo, Kavak, Instafit, among others.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Mexico, Colombia, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $300k–$10M; Series A $1.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meru — B2B e-commerce platform in Latin America
- Clara — End-to-end spend management for companies in Latin America.
- Clara — Clara is an end-to-end corporate spend management solution for growing businesses in Latin America. Clara's credit cards and spend management solution are already being used by thousands of top companies in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.The company is backed by leading regional and global investors, such as Coatue, DST Global, monashees,Kaszek, Canary, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, A*, Box Group, SOMA Capital, SV Angel, and dozens of angel investors including some of the most successful founders in LatAm and the world. Clara reached a unicorn valuation in record time and has been recognized as a Great Place to Work and a LinkedIn Top Startup.Clara is creating the future of how company finances are run and helping our customers be more successful. Clara aspires to empower companies to operate with agility and financial clarity, ultimately increasing the economic competitiveness of Latin America.
TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M. We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfoliocompanies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $350k–$5M; Series A $2.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Giza — Giza changes this by using zero-knowledge cryptography to bring model inferencing on-chain, unlocking a new depth for smart contract design.
- Utorg — Utorg is a fintech company that offers а modern on/off-ramp and web3 consumer infrastructure to deliver а top-notch user experience. The company is EU-based and holds a license for providing a virtual currency service, in particular exchanging a virtual currency against fiat currency, virtual currency wallet service, and exchanging virtualcurrency against a virtual currency.Utorg was founded in 2020 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
- Cube3.ai — CUBE3.AI is a web3 security platform that provides real-time transaction protection for smart contracts, safeguarding against cyber exploits, fraud, and compliance risks.
Tresalia Capital is a Mexico-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Peru
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nexu — Nexu is a financing platform used by car dealerships to offer to finance to more car buyers in a 100% digital and real-time experience. Nexu's platform uses AI, statistical algorithms, and technology automation.
- Marco — Marco provides access to fast, flexible financing so you can manage cash flows and invest in growth. Factoring made easy.
- SeguroSimple.com — SeguroSimple.com offers vehicle insurance for all insurers in the market.
Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups.
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- Industry: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Series A $4M–$14M; Series B $18M–$126M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Mundimoto — Mundimoto is a motor cycle trading platform.
- NeoLogic (VLSI) — NeoLogic was founded to address the increasing workloads of video, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, and more in the cloud and at the edge. we developer a unique technology that cuts down the transistor count of circuits by a factor of up to 3x at any technology node.
- Harbinger — Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans.
Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $107k–$3.3M; Series A $1.5M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
- Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
- Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
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.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, PaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $100k–$800k; Angel $256k–$300k; Series A $900k–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Talently — Talently offers an intensive program that helps software developers get a better job in the technology industry, anywhere in the world. It is the accelerator of the careers of Latin American tech talent.
- Carryt — Carryt performs efficient last mile deliveries by empowering gig economy drivers with our route optimization technology and impact strategy.
- Syncfy — LATAM's leading financial API.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 751
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $725k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
- Momento — Momento is an insurtech company with the objective of revolutionizing the insurance industry in Latin America, starting with car insurance. We want to make insurance easy and accessible for the underserved population in LATAM.
- Equilibrium Energy — Equilibrium Energy operates at the intersection of grid variability, market volatility, economic optimization, commercial structuring, trading, and risk management, across the end-to-end power value chain. Their ambition is to become a next-generation clean power company that reshapes the energy industry. They address inquiries through onlineapplications.
Mexican-based early stage VC investing in consumer internet startups
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Mexico, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Series A $749k–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Odetta — Odetta is a digital platform that enables individuals to buy and sell used cars safely and at a fair price, from the comfort of their homes.
- Parkimovil — We're a platform that smartly manages and processes interactions and payments with different mobility nodes.
- HAMOC — HAMOC uses cutting-edge tech to provide unparalleled Lease Underwriting & Management Services to make our customers feel both supported and relaxed, the HAMOC way .
J.D. Power is a global marketing information services company providing customer satisfaction research, market research, social media research, and performance improvement programs.In 1968, J.D. "Dave" Power III established J.D. Power from his kitchen table, with a primary focus in the automotive industry. Since that time, the companyhas successfully influenced the everyday lives of consumers and industries worldwide, and has expanded to include offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.J.D. Power is a business unit of McGraw Hill Financial. J.D. Power conducts work for a wide spectrum of industries including automotive, financial services, insurance, energy, telecommunications, travel and leisure, and healthcare to name a few.J.D. Power includes more than 750 professional analysts, statisticians, economists, consultants, experts in demographics and consumer behavior, and administrative support personnel. Headquartered in Westlake Village, California, a suburb north of Los Angeles, J.D. Power has seven U.S. locations and international offices serving Canada, Europe, South America and the Asia Pacific region. Finbarr O'Neill is the president and J.D. Power III is the founder.
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- Industry: Automotive, E-Commerce, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kavak — KAVAK is an innovative company in the automotive industry that helps people acquire their own car, offering a wide range of guaranteed and certified cars.
Mountain Nazca is a Venture Capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs who seek to build tomorrow's breakout and transforming technology-enabled businesses. Mountain Nazca applies a true bottom-up approach in its quest to help founders reach their ultimate goals. The firm provides entre preneurs with multi-stage venture capital, a highlyimpactful local and global network, robust market intelligence, insights on strategy formulation and deployment, legal and regulatory advice, high quality talent sourcing, and acces to premium business partnerships. Mountain Nazca focuses in Latin American and US companies with global understanding and ambitions. We back proven breakout propositions in Latin America's vas and untapped markets as well as transforming innovations created in early adopting markets like the US. The firm holds operations in San Francisco, Mexico City, Bogota, Buenos Aires and Santiago. Additional hubs, thorugh Mountain Partners, include Berlin, Zurich, Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Abu Dhabi, among others. Mountain Nazca was founded as Nazca Ventures in early 2014 by some of Latin America's most prominent technology entrepreneurs. It subsequently merged with global venture firm Mountain Partners to achieve robust global capabilities.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Mexico, United States, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $300k–$10M; Series A $4.2M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Fairplay — Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.
- Poko — Enable local payments and successful onramping for wallets, NFT marketplaces, web3 games, and dApps globally.
- Wonder brands — Wonder Brands is a Latin American startup specialized in partnering with successful digital brands to boost their growth. The implementation of its strategy is achieved by injecting into associated companies a significant investment to exponentially increase working capital, marketing and equipment, as well as providing added value in the areas oftechnology, digital marketing, supply chain and administration.
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