# Top 50 Finance Startup Investors in LATAM in October 2023 ## Canary - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam. ## Magma Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Magma specializes in finding, investing, and support the best technology startups in Latin America that want to launch and scale in the US and Latin America. ## Quona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing inclusion in emerging markets. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world. ## Bossanova Investimentos - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Redpoint eventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Redpoint eventures's approach is to help entrepreneurs by offering the benefits of both local and international VCs including insight, company building, financing, and exit. ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America. ## Kaszek - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America. ## Chromo Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Chromo Invest is an Investment Studio focused on Global Alternative Investments and “Out-of-the-box” investment ideas. The firm manages liquid and illiquid investments for a UHNW Brazilian family and selected clients. They seek global investment theses in order to achieve an appreciation of the capital invested in the long term, with participatoryand contributory activities in business. It analyzes the intrinsic characteristics of potential businesses, far beyond financial indicators.Chromo Invest's mission as an alternative investment manager is to be a powerful guiding focus for businesses and investors, such as marine lighthouses, which project the light to indicate the right direction and warn of obstacles ahead of any adversity. ## Urca Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Urca Angels is a Brazilian network of investors mainly composed by former Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME) Alumni who are interested in new, cutting edge early stage startups on individual basis.Urca Angels was formed in 2019 and is composed by a diverse team of C-Levels, mentors, former startup founders, professional investors and managerswho are actively involved in the Brazilian startup ecosystem.Our approach is to identify and invest in high potential and long-term growth opportunities, with a focus in technology. Urca Angels leverages prior investment experience, industry experience and functional expertise, creating value for each company in which we invest. ​Reflecting the diverse expertise of our team, Urca Angels’s mission is to invest in many different field of activities, including fintechs, e-commerce, energy, agtech, and many others. We are looking to leverage and invest in startups with scalable products, disruptive ideas, high growth and a team with strong execution capabilities.​We are a forming a new generation of angel investors – we offer no bureaucracy, decisions as quickly as possible and constant contact and support to companies in which we invest. Our trademarks are a hands-on approach, with support in M&A, introduction to potential partners, customers and other investors. ## Daniel Undurraga - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Mr. Daniel Undurraga is Founder & CTO at Cornershop. ## DOMO Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services DOMO Invest is a leading venture capital firm in Brazil that invests in best in class entrepreneurs. We back early-stage technology startups, helping them grow faster and establish themselves in competitive markets.We started from the collective desire of our founding partners to contribute to the success of the next generation of Brazilianentrepreneurs. DOMO’s multi-disciplinary team is supported by its Advisory Board who’s members have solid and proven track-record in creating, investing, advising and financing tech startups of all sizes.Our GPs have thrived as entrepreneurs, having founded companies such as Buscapé in Brazil. The team was also an early investor in well renowned start-ups such as Loggi, Gympass, Hotmart, among others. ## K50 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Financial Services, Software K50 Ventures is the most trusted first-check investor for mission-driven founders building a better future for the 99% in the US and LATAM. ## Monashees - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nubank, a Brazilian financial technology company. Before founding Nubank in 2013, David was a Partner at Sequoia Capital in charge of the firm’s Latin American investments. Before Sequoia, David worked in investment banking and growth equity at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and General Atlantic. David has a BSin Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. ## Broom Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services Broom Ventures invests early and sweeps the floors. ## Andreessen Horowitz - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech Sebastian Mejia is the Co-Founder and President of Rappi. He previously worked as a Managing Director Business Development at Simpleshow. He attended Stanford University. ## International Finance Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most. ## Pioneer Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce 300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups ## Igah Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software Igah Ventures is a Brazilian venture capital firm that was born from the union of forces of two successful investment platforms (e.bricks ventures and Joa Investimentos). We have a unique and complementary team of partners and an extremely qualified and experienced team. ## G2 Momentum Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Nazca Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services 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. ## Valor Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities. ## FoundersX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence FoundersX Ventures is a cross-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, with strong investment focus on game-changing technologies in high growth industries, including Biotech, digital healthcare, enterprise AI, fintech and foodtech. ## Mercy Corps Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Portland, Oregon, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech Our impact investing arm, Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets. ## Aurus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lo Barnechea, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Software Aurus is a Chilean investment firm that manages funds in the venture capital, real estate, and capital markets.We are pioneers in Latin America’s Venture Capital industry, dedicated to developing the ecosystem and investing in the region’s most impressive talent, and scalable technologies. We believe that Chile is the best platform in which toinvest in our region because of its investment friendly policies, commitment to innovation, and industry leadership.As local investors, we realize where the biggest transformations are occurring. We add value to our portfolio companies through experience, insights, best practices, and network. Our investment decisions are aided by the advice of outstanding advisory committees for each of the funds. All of them are also LPs in the fund and a valuable resource to Aurus and our investees, both in evaluating a prospective investment and later adding value to them through our mentoring program. ## VilCap Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech VilCap Investments is an early-stage impact investing fund, backing companies addressing the most pressing social and environmental challenges. ## Chile Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS Admiramos a los fundadores ## ALLVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech Founded in 2012 by Federico Antoni, ALLVP is the first institutional fund seed and early venture capital of its kind in Mexico, formed to invest in entrepreneurs with strong components and scalable models of innovation. Across three funds, the firm has invested in more than 30 highly innovative and successful startups throughout Latin America :Cornershop scaled its unique on-demand marketplace from Chile to Canada; Flink provides access to free trading to nearly 2 million small investors; Nuvocargo enables thousands of cross-border shipments in the world's most active trade corridor; Robinfood is building the largest network of ghost restaurants in the region and Yana is the world's fastest-growing mental health app with over 6 million downloads.ALLVP is targeting companies led by founders who share our vision to democratize access to services and fix large inefficient industries such as Healthcare, Financial technology, Consumer Internet and Smart cities & Mobility.The firm is a member of the Latin-American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA), the Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP) and Endeavor Investor Network. ## Seaya - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Internet, Financial Services, FinTech Seaya Ventures is a Spanish venture fund investing in early and growth-stage Internet and technology-enabled companies in Spain and Latin America. The firm seeks to transform early and growth-stage companies into category leaders, with a focus on innovative businesses that require growth or expansion capital and can build lasting value.Itsinvestments are focused on products and services that facilitate the migration to a digital world such as digital marketplaces, consumer and internet media, consumer and mobile media, enterprise, and consumer software and services, and Payment: Internet and Mobile. ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery. ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services Guilherme is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor that deeply believes entrepreneurship is fundamental to make the world in a better place to live in. Co-founded iFood, one of the first Latin American unicorns, and now is developing Mercê do Bairro with the big dream to transform traditional groceries retailers in a strong virtual retail chain. ## Genesis Capital Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series C - Focus: Mobile, Finance, Apps Founded in 2015, Genesis Capital Ventures is a seed- and early-stage fund based in Guadalajara, Mexico. ## Kalei Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Velez Sarsfield, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Logistics, SaaS Kalei Ventures is a Latin American venture capital firm on a mission to find outstanding entrepreneurs building global category leaders within the region. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Payments, SaaS Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Soma Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Soma Capital is venture capital fund that focuses on investing in software to automate the world across all sectors and geographies. ## Norte Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Norte is a founder's fund created and invested by entrepreneurs ## DILA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services DILA Capital is a Mexico City-based VC Firm that fosters the growth of Mexican entrepreneurs and Start-Up Companies. By offering equity investments, debt financing and guidance, DILA strives to add value to our invested companies and entrepreneurs. In addition to our vast entrepreneur network, knowledge of the Mexican market and experience of ourpartners. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, E-Commerce Ariel Lambrecht ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School. ## Manutara Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Manutara Ventures was created to become the most relevant actor in the Venture Capital industry in Chile and Latin America, based on a convergence model with a global seal and a strong emphasis on the construction of successful outlets. ## 99 Startups - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care Startups, Inversion, Latam, Fintech, Venture capital, Fundadores ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## Dux Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services Dux capital Invests in the new generation of Latinx heroes ## 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. ## Creation Investments Capital Management, LLC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series C, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech Private equity investments in Microfinance Institutions, Small-and-Medium Enterprise lenders, Emerging Market Banks, Insurance Providers, FinTech, Payments businesses and other BOP Financial Service Institutions focused on the unbanked and underbanked in the developing world. ## Parallax Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Bitcoin Founded in 2018, Parallax Ventures is a Fintech-focused top quartile Venture Capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments, baking best-in-class entrepreneurs in the Financial Services industry. The firm invests in Fintechs across all subsectors of Financial Industry, including Open Finance, FMI, Exchanges, BaaS, IaaS, B2B SaaS,Blockchain/Web3, Credit, Wealth Management tech, and Productivity, among others. Parallax has invested in Fintechs in Brazil, USA, and Europe. ## Picus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow. ## Matias Woloski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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