Top 5 Digital Media Startup Investors in Argentina in October 2023

CORFO is an executing agency of government policy in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central tendencies of a social market economy, creating the conditions to achieve building a society of opportunities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
Chile, Argentina, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Mywacc — We are a fintech that offers valuation services to provide start-ups and small businesses with accurate, reliable, and affordable financial valuations (leveraged in AI), as well as access to capital and additional services that could help them make better financial decisions and improve their chances of success. Funded by Corfo Chile. Partnershipfrom UDD Ventures. Part of Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
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Remote Waters — Remote Waters provide water purification systems with low O&M and fast installation for remote communities with limited access to potable water.

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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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Mexico, United States, Chile

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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Elevar Equity fuels the economic resilience and vibrancy of underserved customers and low income communities by investing early growth capital in entrepreneurs building at the intersection of inclusivity, affordability and massive scale. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team passionate about addressing issues of access and inequity, Elevar invests in businesses that demonstrate a direct correlation between high impact and returns. So far in its 15-year journey, the Elevar Method of investing has democratized essential products and services for over 45 million households and catalyzed billions of dollars of capital into 40+ companies across India and Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series C
India, Mexico, Brazil

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.
Niro — Niro is embedding personal credit products into leading consumer internet platforms. The fintech startup aims to disrupt the consumer lending ecosystem in the country by democratizing access to convenient and hassle-free embedded credit products for 624 million internet users in India.
Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.

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The Rise Fund is committed to achieving social and environmental impact alongside financial returns. We seek to partner with creative entrepreneurs and build successful businesses that drive meaningful, measurable positive change.The Rise Fund will focus on investments in seven sectors in which independent research has shown that impact is bothachievable and measurable in quantitative terms: education, energy, food and agriculture, financial services, healthcare, information, and communication technology, and industrials and infrastructure.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, Software
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

Form Energy — We are developing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully-renewable electric grid year-round.
UBQ Materials — UBQ Materials envisions a world where finite resources are infinitely reused. It aims to help rescue the planet. The UBQ proprietary process converts Residual Municipal Solid Waste, destined to landfills, into novel bio-based UBQ Material, that can be used to make everyday durable products - with a reduced carbon footprint.The company was foundedin 2012 and is headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Banyan Treatment Center — At Banyan, our drug addiction treatment centers offer unique programs and therapeutic methods to help patients' through recovery. Learn to lead a sober life!

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