Top 50 Startup Investors in Uruguay in October 2023
Top 50 Startup Investors in Uruguay in October 2023
| Investor | Uruguay investments |
|---|---|
| ANII | 5 |
| NXTP Ventures | 4 |
| IC Ventures | 4 |
| Caravela Capital | 3 |
| Olist | 3 |
| Endeavor Catalyst | 3 |
| Latitud | 3 |
| Canary | 3 |
| Magma Partners | 3 |
| NXTP Ventures | 3 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Sergio Oberlander | 2 |
| Mariano Garcia-Valino | 2 |
| Mouro Capital | 2 |
| Angel Ventures | 2 |
| Broadhaven Capital Partners | 2 |
| Quona Capital | 2 |
| Paulo Piccini | 2 |
| Adam Hirsch | 1 |
| Greyhound Capital | 1 |
| Atlas Benjelloun | 1 |
| Cometa | 1 |
| Pedro Arnt | 1 |
| Pitanga Fund | 1 |
| Tencent | 1 |
| Kube VC | 1 |
| Globant | 1 |
| Arik Kleinstein | 1 |
| Emblue Latam | 1 |
| Maarten Van Horenbeeck | 1 |
| VentureFriends | 1 |
| Valor Capital Group | 1 |
| Sergio Fogel | 1 |
| Addition | 1 |
| Orok Ventures | 1 |
| LATINIA | 1 |
| Cometa | 1 |
| Kobi Samboursky | 1 |
| FJ Labs | 1 |
| Mario Sanchez | 1 |
| Guido Grinbaum | 1 |
| Cisneros Group | 1 |
| Diego Ponzio | 1 |
| Nazca Ventures | 1 |
| General Atlantic | 1 |
| Draco Capital | 1 |
| Andres Bilbao | 1 |
| Gerhard Eschelbeck | 1 |
| Globant Ventures | 1 |
| Dalus Capital | 1 |
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The National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) is a government agency that promotes research and application of new knowledge to productive and social reality of the country. ANII available to the public funding for research projects, scholarships national and international graduate programs and incentive programs for innovativeentrepreneurship and culture, both in the private and public sectors.ANII developed the National Research System, a program of national economic researchers categorized based on a strict evaluation system incentives. He also created the Portal Timbo, which allows free access to all kinds of scientific publications worldwide for all Uruguayans.
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- E-Commerce, Retail, Software
- Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Uruguay, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- Boki — We are a team that has excelled in software, pedagogy, video games, the publishing world, and very motivated to positively impact the lives of millions of children. We have created Boki, a tool that is improving the learning experience in schools in Uruguay, Chile, and México, returning the natural enthusiasm to learn of thousands of schoolchildren. Boki can be understood as a “Netflix” with educational content, which includes challenging and really fun activities and exercises that help children learn while enjoying, in a playful and interactive way. Boki helps teachers to prepare the class, it is compatible with multiple platforms and easily adapts to national curricula.
- TuCuota.online — We give to financial companies and organizations that work with the unbanked and underbanked the technology and the business support to connect and reach them in a cheaper and easier way. As a result, the offer of credit improves, companies reduce the cost of customer acquisition and improve the user experience of their products. On the other hand,we share with the unbanked and underbanked people a free tool that helps them to apply for a loan and get it immediately. People looking for a loan can get it through our merchants or through our website.
NXTP Ventures backs early-stage technology companies led by extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout Latin America. As one of the oldest VC firms in Latin America active since 2011, NXTP puts its extensive network of mentors, investors and industry specialists to work for its portfolio companies. We are particularly passionate about SaaS, logistics,and other services primed to create efficiencies in business workflows by introducing new technology. NXTP Ventures was an early investor in business such as AuthO, CargoX, Trocafone, Satellogic, Cobli, Liftit, VU Security and many more.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Argentina, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
- ALPHS — THE ALPHS is an Indian-Italian lifestyle brand which operates as a specialty online retailer. It was founded in 2021 in Bengaluru, India. It serves customers worldwide, offers limited premium apparels, and lifestyle products which includes fragrances made in Italy. To ensure authenticity, their genuine products are sold exclusively through theirofficial website as mentioned in their terms of service. It gets online on big events and are available to purchase for a limited duration of 7 days only, thus selling out very quickly. Initially, they burned a great deal of their investor's cash by hiring top-notch verified celebrities on Instagram to promote their products and also did a lot of free giveaways to attract people. As seen on a news website, they were targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35 years from a few top Tier 1 countries which included United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy through paid advertising.As mentioned in an online publication, Ashini started it on Instagram as a fun side project inspired by 'The Originals', a fantasy supernatural American series. Later, it was turned to a professional brand backed by a few mysterious wealthy members, Ashini was one of them. So far, the brand has raised a total of US$345K in funding over 2 seed rounds from 6 investment organizations with Y Combinator as the lead investor, and made a revenue of US $1.35M in their very first year of online presence.
- Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.
IC Ventures selects startups with potential for disruption, scaling, and value generation in technology applied to financial services (Fintech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).ICV members have acquired extensive experience in providing effective and relevant support to entrepreneurs that reduces or neutralizes some of the most frequent risksthat lead to the failure of entrepreneurs and allows them to make the most of the opportunities that are they present them both for business and for securing financing.
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- Software, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Uruguay, United States
Portfolio highlights
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- Data4Sales — We help eCommerce stores to understand their most valuable customers. Our A.I. recommends actionable insights that help you treat customers differently on every channel, improving retention, acquisition and developing customer value.Create a passionate, committed customer base that will spread the word of your eCommerce store attributes topotential new customers. As a result, we help you make far more money from your most valuable customers, who will buy from you more often and spend more when purchasing from you.
- Polyhedra Network — Polyhedra Network is constructing the infrastructure for Web3 interoperability through the use of advanced zero-knowledge proof protocols.
Brazilian Venture Capital firm investing in early-stage companies in Latam
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- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Uruguay, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Caju — At Caju we are creating a benefits platform for the teams of the future. Starting with benefits used every day by most employees, we want teams to use products and services they like and that are fair to merchants and partners. We'll launch soon!
- Vidia — Vidia is a digital marketplace that allows the purchase of surgeries by individuals without access to health plans.
- SuaQuadra — Quadra is a commercial real estate marketplace. Major technology and real estate investors' support, including Kaszek, Canary, ONEVC, and the Cyrela family.
Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital. Commerce has changed and platforms like shopify, amazon, meli, alibaba and their peers are more and more relevant to our economy throughout the globe. This movement triggered a new generation of enablers to support small businesses navigate in suchrich and fragmented ecosystem. Olist is leading the way as the #1 commerce enabler for SMBs in Brazil, now expanding globally.The company started with a single core connecting merchants to marketplaces and evolved to a complete ecosystem of integrated products in 3 dimensions. (1) Commerce: (a) Olist Store is the leading solution to sell on marketplaces; (b) Olist Shops is our ecommerce solution, mobile first, natively connected to social media, present in 180 countries. (2) Logistics: Olist Pax is a leading cloud based logistics and fulfillment network provider operating in Brazil. (3) Capital: Olist Credit and Olist Pay.
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- B2B, Retail, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Brazil, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- FLOKI Technologies — 1,536 Followers, 1,821 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from FLOKI Compras (@floki_compras)
Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. TodayThe Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Brazil, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Thunes — Payment infrastructure for a connected world.
- InvGate — InvGate is the solution to build a modern service desk and empower IT with total visibility of your IT estate.
Build good sh*t with Latitud
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Vaas — Manage debt capital - A cross-border platform for the emerging private debt market. We build with the future of private debt in mind.
- Assis — Assis goal is to empower business owners by helping them grow their companies through technology that gives customers an amazing experience each and every time they connect with them.
- Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam.
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- Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Mexico, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Apprenty — Na apprenty, estamos criando caminhos alternativos para que os jovens surpreendam ao entrar no mercado de trabalho.
- Kala — We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm.
- BrandLovrs — BrandLovrs provides a one-of-a-kind model for gamifying influencer marketing campaigns Brands may use the BrandLovrs platform to collaborate with a large number of producers for scalable and gamified influencer marketing.
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.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Mexico, United States, Chile
Portfolio highlights
- Vexi — Vexi issues, operates and processes credit cards for young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience
- Yumari — Wholesale Buying from Latin America Made Easy
- FZ Sports — Fz Sports is a tech company that creates connections between rights owners, sports brands, and sports fans. The way to enjoy and monetize sports content.
NXTP Ventures backs early-stage technology companies led by extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout Latin America. As one of the oldest VC firms in Latin America active since 2011, NXTP puts its extensive network of mentors, investors and industry specialists to work for its portfolio companies. We are particularly passionate about SaaS, logistics,and other services primed to create efficiencies in business workflows by introducing new technology. NXTP Ventures was an early investor in business such as AuthO, CargoX, Trocafone, Satellogic, Cobli, Liftit, VU Security and many more.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Argentina, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
- ALPHS — THE ALPHS is an Indian-Italian lifestyle brand which operates as a specialty online retailer. It was founded in 2021 in Bengaluru, India. It serves customers worldwide, offers limited premium apparels, and lifestyle products which includes fragrances made in Italy. To ensure authenticity, their genuine products are sold exclusively through theirofficial website as mentioned in their terms of service. It gets online on big events and are available to purchase for a limited duration of 7 days only, thus selling out very quickly. Initially, they burned a great deal of their investor's cash by hiring top-notch verified celebrities on Instagram to promote their products and also did a lot of free giveaways to attract people. As seen on a news website, they were targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35 years from a few top Tier 1 countries which included United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy through paid advertising.As mentioned in an online publication, Ashini started it on Instagram as a fun side project inspired by 'The Originals', a fantasy supernatural American series. Later, it was turned to a professional brand backed by a few mysterious wealthy members, Ashini was one of them. So far, the brand has raised a total of US$345K in funding over 2 seed rounds from 6 investment organizations with Y Combinator as the lead investor, and made a revenue of US $1.35M in their very first year of online presence.
- Exactly — Exactly is a decentralized, non-custodial, open-source protocol providing an autonomous fixed and variable interest rate market.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Castelion — We are a modern defense production company building the next generation of military hypersonic, vehicle, and strike systems to deter future wars.
- Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.
- Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.
Sergio Oberlander
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- B2B, Retail, Content
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- befit — Our goal is to inspire people to have a healthier life&style. We understood we could do it democratizing access to quality workout content. We structured befit’s streaming on-demand platform with exclusive content classified across different categories such as yoga, pilates, functional, dancing, barre, and abs, among others. Sessions have beenrun by well-regarded Latin American trainers with users being able to narrow and filter workout sessions by intensity level, time duration, coach preference, and equipment needed. By offering a diverse set of workouts, users’ are able to personalize their exercise routines as they move towards their respective fitness goals.
Mariano Garcia-Valino
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- Medical, Hospital, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Uruguay
Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm that targets early to growth fintech investment opportunities across Europe, North America and Latin America.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- Vesttoo — We connect the insurance industry and the capital markets by combining proprietary AI-powered technology with expertise in data science, insurance and finance so that insurers have the capacity they need and investors have opportunities to diversify with confidence.
- Meanwhile — Licensed and regulated life insurance in Bitcoin. Leverage the value of crypto today and pass it to the next generation without passing on a huge tax burden.
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.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Mexico, United States, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- Frizata — Frizata is the first digitally native, vertical brand in the flexitarian frozen food space.
- Capitalizarme — Capitalizarme.com is an E2E marketplace, just like Amazon or MeLi, but for real estate assets. They basically choose the best investment options and simplify the process to make a responsible investment. Discover opportunities and investment guidance, buy and manage online with just a few clicks using state-of-the-art tech.
- Katapult Commerce — Katapult Commerce eliminates the complexity and high costs of creating and operating the digital channel for supermarkets and pharmacies, integrating physical stores into the online operation with a platform that optimizes and manages everything, from online sales to ordering and delivery.
Broadhaven is an independent merchant bank advising and investing in financial services.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Elenas — Elenas is Latin America's top social commerce platform. Our platform has empowered tens of thousands of women across Colombia to launch online businesses and earn extra income by selling products on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media sites. Currently, 11 million women across Latin America sell consumer good products through direct salescatalogs and door-to-door sales. Elenas provides a digital solution for them to start an online store, manage clients, and grow their business from home, without having to worry about product sourcing, delivery, or payment collection.
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- Bondaval — BondAval is a digital platform for B2B credit security to replace bank guarantees and traditional collateral-based instruments.
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.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- India, Brazil, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- ZestMoney — Enjoy the convenience of shopping for electronic gadgets, fashion, travel, education on EMI without credit card. No debit card or credit score required!
- Bureau — Bureau is trust network that facilitates end-to-end identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention for new-age businesses.
Paulo Piccini - Founder, CEO @ Ananke
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- Marketplace, E-Commerce, Retail
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Olist — Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital. Commerce has changed and platforms like shopify, amazon, meli, alibaba and their peers are more and more relevant to our economy throughout the globe. This movement triggered a new generation of enablers to support small businesses navigate in suchrich and fragmented ecosystem. Olist is leading the way as the #1 commerce enabler for SMBs in Brazil, now expanding globally.The company started with a single core connecting merchants to marketplaces and evolved to a complete ecosystem of integrated products in 3 dimensions. (1) Commerce: (a) Olist Store is the leading solution to sell on marketplaces; (b) Olist Shops is our ecommerce solution, mobile first, natively connected to social media, present in 180 countries. (2) Logistics: Olist Pax is a leading cloud based logistics and fulfillment network provider operating in Brazil. (3) Capital: Olist Credit and Olist Pay.
- nocnoc — Start selling in the largest cross-border store in Latin America and reach 485 million consumers in less than 48 hours.
- Caffeex — Caffeex is the first independent coffee trading platform designed by traders and for traders with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency in the over the counter trading of the green physical coffee.
As a global leader in Information Security, I establish the vision, strategy, and solutions to protect information assets at high growth, global organizations. I have diverse business experience managing teams in Technology, Retail, Financial Services, and Professional Services industries.Ability to implement strategies necessary to respond tochanging business conditions and accommodate rapid growth. Energetic, flexible, and hands-on leader with a diverse background with 20+ years of experience in fast-paced environmentsI actively promote information security collaboration at the industry level by serving on the Board of Directors of the Retail & Hospitality ISAC. I also serve as an investment advisor to Glillot Capital while serving on their Board of Excellence.
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- Consulting, Marine Technology
- Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- devOcean Security — devOcean Technology Ltd is a Vancouver Island-based oceanographic tech support company.
Global growth equity investment firm focused on technology-enabled businesses improving everyday lives
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Series B, Seed, Series D
- United States, India, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Toss — Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform operated by fintech startup Viva Republica. Its application offers peer-to-peer money transfers, manages credit scores and bank accounts, access loan and insurance plans, split bill options, QR payment and other similar services that enable users to manage their finance.
- Satispay — Satispay is a fintech company that provides a bank account enabled mobile payment platform. The consumer app is available for anybody with a bank account, while merchants both online and offline can accept payments using any kind of device and POS. Satispay is able to process all payments with a structural cost advantage by connecting directly tothe consumer and merchant bank accounts. As a result, consumers can pay friends and stores without any charges while merchants can finally accept payments with a cost-effective, convenient, and easy-to-use solution.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Milan, Lombardy.
- Lunar — Get a free account and card - just like 750,000 others. Spend smart. Achieve financial peace of mind. Sign up in minutes.
Atlas Benjelloun invest and support curious, mission-minded people who are committed to solving the Internet’s toughest challenges.
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- Software, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- United States, Morocco, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Retool — Retool is the fastest way to build effective business software. Use Retool's building blocks to develop apps and workflow automations that connect to your databases and APIs, instantly.
- ResortPass — Enjoy the pool, spa, and amenities at a luxury hotel for the day starting at only $25. Take a daycation and book a day pass or cabana at hotels and resorts near you!
- Column — We provide public notice software for publishers and the government agencies, law firms, businesses and individuals required to place public or legal notices.
Cometa is a VC firm investing in early-stage technology companies targeting Spanish-speaking markets
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Mexico, Colombia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Zenfi — Zenfi is an online application that allows its users to track information along with renders alerts and tips to improve credit scores.
- Kala — We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm.
- Hero Guest — Hero Guest is a digital platform focused on evolving restaurants’ experiences. It improves business profitability through empowered staff, engaged customers, and strategic data. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico.
Pedro Arnt is the current Co-Chief Executive Officer of dLocal. He previously worked at MercadoLibre as a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Pedro Arnt attended the University of Oxford.
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- Software, Information Technology, B2B
- Seed, Series A
- Mexico, Uruguay, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Mendel — Mendel is a provider of financial technology that intends to make businesses save money and spend less.
- Data4Sales — We help eCommerce stores to understand their most valuable customers. Our A.I. recommends actionable insights that help you treat customers differently on every channel, improving retention, acquisition and developing customer value.Create a passionate, committed customer base that will spread the word of your eCommerce store attributes topotential new customers. As a result, we help you make far more money from your most valuable customers, who will buy from you more often and spend more when purchasing from you.
- Mendel — Mendel will use expense management software to recover all of your invoices and integrates expense management software with your accounting system.
The Pitanga Fund invests in innovative companies with high growth potential.The fund's goal is to work with early stage start-ups and to help entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to build their business.The innovation that the firm wishes to support involves innovative business models or the development and deployment of newtechnologies.Pitanga looks for businesses that aim to address large markets and can capture a significant fraction of these markets in a short time. To achieve these goals the companies must deploy a set of innovations capable of generating a wide competitive advantage.If these conditions are met, Pitanga is prepared to provide the capital necessary to develop and implement new technologies or business models.The firm contributes the necessary capital and is prepared to provide assistance by participating on the board of directors.Pitanga Fund has no limitations regarding sectors or geographies. However, prefers to invest in Brazilian companies or companies that have a significant presence in Brazil.Over the next four years Pitanga intends to invest in a limited number of companies, these will be chosen via a rigorous selection process.
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- Computer, Software, Geospatial
- Seed, Series A
- Uruguay, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Collokia — Collokia uses Artificial Intelligence to expose your Knowledge Management Content to the right people at the right time and boosts your knowledge management system ROI.
- Satellogic — Making Earth Observation imagery accessible and affordable to solve the world's most pressing problems
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
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- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- CMR Surgical — Welcome to CMR Surgical. Transforming surgery. For good. Our aim is to make the benefits of minimal access surgery available to everyone who needs it.
- Enflame — Suiyuan Technology is a provider of neural network solutions for artificial intelligence. Its products are deep learning high-end chips developed for cloud data centers, and are positioned on artificial intelligence training platforms. The chip will adopt a unique and innovative architecture independently developed, featuring high computing power,high energy efficiency ratio, programmable, low cost, and support for mainstream machine learning frameworks. It is designed and optimized for cloud AI training.
- Broken String Biosciences — Our platform accelerates the characterisation of novel gene editing technologies to unlock the next wave of cell & gene therapies.
Kube VC is a global venture capital firm that invests in exceptional founders and category-defining companies.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Entre — Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Network, Entrepreneur Community, Startup network, startup community, Creator Economy, Creator Community, Freelancers, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Start a business, How to start a business, Startup jobs, Startup events, Cofounder, Find a cofounder, Find a mentor, Find an Investor, meet entrepreneurs, host virtual event, host virtual meeting, entrepreneur events, tech events, entrepreneurship, find gigs, freelancing jobs, online business
- Soptle — Founded in Sep 2021, Soptle started to establish an integrated technology to the neglected regional FMCG Manufacturers in India with a B2B Retail Commmerce App. It uses tech and data to distribute at scale and use necessary components (existing Distributor/Wholesaler) in the FMCG Supply Chain to build a high growth and profitable business.
- Cloudbankin — Habile offers a complete spectrum of web solutions, software development and services. Habile provides innovative solutions through research. We have always put the customer in front on all considerations. Technology, Thought and Thorough Research are our key to success. We bring with us over 25 man years of experience in the Software industrywith wide expertise on Retail, Tax, Educational and Banking & Finance domains. We also compliment our technology offerings with strong graphics/GUI design capabilities, QA / QC teams and strong project management capabilities. We understand the customers more as we follow a customer centric approach. We focus on quality and this has always been striking force our development
We help organizations lead change through digital and cognitive transformation. We are the first player to deliver engineering, innovation, and design.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Argentina, Colombia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Vozy — Vozy is an artificial intelligence voice platform that helps companies change the way they interact with their customers, using voice assistants and conversational AI.
- Bunker DB — Analyze your marketing actions within all your paid and social platforms, measure your investment, visualize your consumers sentiment, study your competition and much more.
- ping — messageLOUD is a patented app that automatically reads text messages, emails, WhatsApp, Slack and all other message types out LOUD without any action from the user.Think about your daily commute. Focused on safety, productivity and convenience, the service reads all major message types out loud when touching your phone is unsafe, inconvenient orillegal.Distracted Driving costs $129 billion per year and 11 lives per day. messageLOUD not only saves lives, but also enhances productivity. There are more than 800 million app users of streaming audio services, running, cycling and other activity-based apps where users would prefer to hear their texts and emails read out LOUD rather than checking their phones.
Arik is a co-founder and managing partner at Glilot Capital Partners. He has vast experience in the investment, financial and operational aspects of start-ups, including raising venture capital and turning companies public.Some of Arik’s past experience includes work at Jerusalem Global, a technology investment bank and venture capital firm, aswell as financial leadership positions with Bank Hamizrachi, ECTel, VideoCodes Inc. (acquired by Thomson), and Intercure. Arik served in an R&D unit of the IDF Intelligence Corps and has a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
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- Cyber Security, Security, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- devOcean Security — devOcean Technology Ltd is a Vancouver Island-based oceanographic tech support company.
- Entitle — Control access to your organizational cloud resources without creating bottlenecks or friction while creating a seamless experience for employees.
- Cider Security — Dreaming about a world without application security vulnerabilities? Wake up to Cider Security's world-first AppSec operating system - learn more details here!
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- Analytics, E-Commerce, Data Integration
- Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Data4Sales — We help eCommerce stores to understand their most valuable customers. Our A.I. recommends actionable insights that help you treat customers differently on every channel, improving retention, acquisition and developing customer value.Create a passionate, committed customer base that will spread the word of your eCommerce store attributes topotential new customers. As a result, we help you make far more money from your most valuable customers, who will buy from you more often and spend more when purchasing from you.
Maarten Van Horenbeeck is the SVP, Chief Security Officer of Adobe. He previously worked at Zendesk as an SVP and Chief Trust Officer. Maarten Van attended Columbia Business School.
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- Security, Cloud Security, Cyber Security
- Seed
- Israel, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- devOcean Security — devOcean Technology Ltd is a Vancouver Island-based oceanographic tech support company.
- Eureka Security — Eureka is an Israeli startup offering holistic security across cloud data stores. The Eureka Cloud Data Security Posture Management platform enables security teams to successfully navigate the ongoing and often chaotic expansion and growth of cloud data.
- Valence Security — Valence Security is the first Business Application Mesh security company focused on managing the risks from third-party integrations and securing app-to-app connectivity.
We are an early stage investor investing in Seed and Series A startups.
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- FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
- Embla — Embla provides an online medical weight loss treatment using prescription drugs and coaching. The company provides patients with evidence-based treatments, digital tools, medication, and coaching to facilitate sustainable weight loss. Embla was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Brazil, United States, Mexico
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- Praso — Praso is a business-to-business platform that connects large food service producers with small shops such as bars, restaurants, cafés, and bakeries, offering a data-driven approach to demand generation, last-mile logistics, understanding purchase behavior, and a credit solution.
- Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
- Principia — Principia develops and operates a digital platform that manages financial processes of universities. It is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery.
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- Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Israel, Brazil, Uruguay
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- Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud
- Tuvis — Tuvis enables companies to reduce the security and compliance risks associated with business interactions over unofficial channels like WhatsApp and iMessage.
- Data4Sales — We help eCommerce stores to understand their most valuable customers. Our A.I. recommends actionable insights that help you treat customers differently on every channel, improving retention, acquisition and developing customer value.Create a passionate, committed customer base that will spread the word of your eCommerce store attributes topotential new customers. As a result, we help you make far more money from your most valuable customers, who will buy from you more often and spend more when purchasing from you.
We invest in early & growth stage technology companies. We were founded with a mission to support visionaries in building impactful & enduring businesses.
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- Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, India, Brazil
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- Render — Render is a unified cloud to build and run all your apps and websites with free TLS certificates, global CDN, private networks and auto deploys from Git.
- Flash — Flash is a mobile application and financial service company that facilitates digital payments to businesses.
- Primer — At Primer, we help organizations make the best use of their investment in data, by using best-in-class machine learning and natural language processing technologies.
Orok Ventures is investing on tech, VCs, PEs, among other asset classes.
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- Cyber Security, Penetration Testing, Information Technology
- Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Strike — Top quality cybersecurity for your business. Discover our range of products to keep your company safe, from Pentesting to Automated Scans. Set up your account in a few minutes and start getting your systems tested with Strike.
Latinia's real-time decision-making solutions help create unique banking experiences for your clients.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Mexico, Spain, Uruguay
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- Flink — App para invertir con poco dinero, de forma sencilla y segura.
- Ábaco Latam — Ábaco Latam operates as a SaaS fintech company. Ábaco Latam is a high-impact startup that focuses on democratizing the financial market for those who work in the gig economy.
- Coinscrap — Discover the most innovative financial solutions for your bank/insurance company. Coinscrap Finance is the Spanish fintech you need.
Cometa is a VC firm investing in early-stage technology companies targeting Spanish-speaking markets
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Mexico, Colombia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Zenfi — Zenfi is an online application that allows its users to track information along with renders alerts and tips to improve credit scores.
- Kala — We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm.
- Hero Guest — Hero Guest is a digital platform focused on evolving restaurants’ experiences. It improves business profitability through empowered staff, engaged customers, and strategic data. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico.
Kobi Samboursky is a Founder, Managing partner at Glilot Capital Partners.Kobi Samboursky, co-founder of Glilot Capital Partner established the VC on grounds of his vast and varied professional experience. He has held several high level positions in various companies and is a serial entrepreneur with experience founding, managing, andsuccessfully exiting his companies. Some of the companies in which he has ‘earned his stripes’ include: iWeb Technologies Ltd. (acquired by Softbank), Infogear Technology (Israel) Ltd. (acquired by Cisco), Lamda Communication Networks (Acquired by NICE Systems), and Menta Networks Ltd.
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- SaaS, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A
- Israel, United States, Uruguay
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- devOcean Security — devOcean Technology Ltd is a Vancouver Island-based oceanographic tech support company.
- Lightlytics — Empowering organizations to code and deploy configurations faster and safer, from plan to production.
- LayerX Security — LayerX enables organizations to turn any browser into the most protected & manageable workspace, protecting from web-borne threats and browsing risk
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
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- Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
- Cardino — Cardino - Verkaufen Sie Ihr E-Auto digital zum besten Preis. Entdecken Sie die einfache und bequeme Art, Ihr Elektroauto online zu verkaufen.
- Beckley Waves — Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem.
Senior Level Manager More than 20 years of experience in senior level leadership at regional and world wide companies. Today, active member of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as mentos, angel investor at several startups, still turning in a one of the entrepreneur in some of them. With a hi knowhow in building relationships with senior managers andbusiness owners to gain the confidence of potential customers and analysis of complex business environments, to find and create business opportunities.Skills and Abilities Dynamic and analytic, with team work abilities, developing a valued based leadership. Aptitude to orient the work to measurable and achievable objectives.
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- iOS, SaaS, Android
- Pre-Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- GU Trade — GU Trade helps to maximize the team on the ground effectiveness providing key information for the decision making process. Leveraging on breakthrough technology, GU Trade web and mobile solution, provides accurate and online Point of Sales (POS) key indicators for monitoring and optimizing in-store execution guidelines. Currently includes customersall across Latam and is looking for funds to expand our presence in the North American market.GU Trade enables and facilitates having the necessary visibility of each POS execution, it incorporates retail knowledge and expertise to easily gather the necessary data for managing key business variables and be prepared to capitalize on new business opportunities. Our tool is permanently updated through continuous improvement processes that include new technologies and customer feedback.Some of our main attributes are: Providing granular, actionable and online POS execution KPIs to capitalize on each business opportunity. Constant flow of innovation, 100% retail-oriented Image Recognition / Big Data. Intuitive and versatile product.Key Performance Indicators offered by GU Trade: Facing and SOS . Out of stock . Price s. Promo executions. POP Material implementation. Products expiring date. Returns . Assortment by RE and cluster . Planogram compliance . Competitive activity.
Guido Grinbaum - Co Founder @ Zonacitas.com
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- Internet
- Seed
- Uruguay
The Cisneros Group is a global media and entertainment leader focused on the vibrant and fast-growing Hispanic market. The Cisneros Group produce and distribute some of the world’s most popular Spanish-language programming, reaching 550 million viewers in more than 100 countries.
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- Advertising, Apps, Social Media Marketing
- Funding Round, Series B, Private Equity
- Brazil, Argentina, United States
Portfolio highlights
- FLUVIP — Fluvip is an influencer marketing company in Latin America and the United States. It offers a technology platform that allows advertisers to identify the right social content influencers for their campaigns based on artificial intelligence systems; and brands to connect with social content influencers in the world through multi-channels, such asTwitter, Instagram, Vine, Facebook, and Blogs. Fluvip measures the reactions and behaviors of users in social networks to obtain segmentation results and to achieve effective campaigns. Sebastian Jasminoy founded it on July 10, 2013, with its headquarters in Bogotá in Colombia.
- Bunker DB — Analyze your marketing actions within all your paid and social platforms, measure your investment, visualize your consumers sentiment, study your competition and much more.
- AST SpaceMobile — AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global broadband cellular network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio. The company's team of engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today's five billion mobilesubscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected. The company was founded on May 31, 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, TX. The listed name for ASTS is AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock.
Egresó como Contador Público en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (FCEyE – U.NR) en el año 2004. Completó su formación estudiando la Maestría en Finanzas en la misma universidad. También realizó el curso de Asesor Idóneo en Mercado de Capitales en la Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario. Se desarrollacomo asesor financiero y corporativo. Docente de grado y posgrado (U.N.R., U.A.I., U.T.N.). Conferencista y expositor en Universidades, Organizaciones, Cámaras, y en el Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas de Santa Fé. Entre sus actividades profesionales más recientes se destacan las siguientes:Director de Diego Ponzio & Asociados. Consultor y Asesor de Empresas sobre Finanzas y Gestión Corporativa. Gerente de Administración y Finanzas en Grumaq SRL y Simach SRL. Director Asociado en Tu Cuota Online SA, Uruguay Síndico Societario en Atenas Ventilación SA Valuador de distintas empresas de la región Expositor y conferencista de temas de su especialidad. Docente de Finanzas en Universidades Públicas y Privadas. Tutor de Tesis en la Universidad Abierta Interamericana y la Universidad Austral. Experto PyME, a través del Ministerio de Producción de la República Argentina.
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- Credit, FinTech, Personal Finance
- Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- TuCuota.online — We give to financial companies and organizations that work with the unbanked and underbanked the technology and the business support to connect and reach them in a cheaper and easier way. As a result, the offer of credit improves, companies reduce the cost of customer acquisition and improve the user experience of their products. On the other hand,we share with the unbanked and underbanked people a free tool that helps them to apply for a loan and get it immediately. People looking for a loan can get it through our merchants or through our website.
Nazca Ventures
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- FinTech, Finance, Software
- Seed, Funding Round
- Mexico, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Datanomik — Datanomik is a B2B Open Finance API platform that allows businesses to get their financial information in a simpler, seamless way.
- Miora — Online platform for beauty services.
We partner with leading entrepreneurs and innovative growth companies to deliver value for our family and institutional capital partners.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Private Equity, Series B, Series C
- United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
- Clipway — Clipway is a global private equity secondaries firm that leverages proprietary technology to optimize its investment decisions.
- Pixis — Pixis develops accessible AI technology to help brands scale all aspects of their marketing in a world of infinitely complex consumer behavior.
- Sierra Space — Sierra Space is a commercial space company at the forefront of innovation for the new space economy, including space transportation & low-Earth orbit destinations.
DRACO CAPITAL is a Latin American independent Investment Manager. Our management team has over 30 years of experience.
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- Big Data, Software, Analytics
- Seed
- Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Bunker DB — Analyze your marketing actions within all your paid and social platforms, measure your investment, visualize your consumers sentiment, study your competition and much more.
Andres Bilbao
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica
Portfolio highlights
- DAOHQ — DAOHQ is the first marketplace for decentralized autonomous organizations.
- Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
- FLOKI Technologies — 1,536 Followers, 1,821 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from FLOKI Compras (@floki_compras)
Gerhard Eschelbeck
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- Cyber Security, Network Security, Security
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- zenity — Everyone is now a Developer. What does that mean for Security?
- devOcean Security — devOcean Technology Ltd is a Vancouver Island-based oceanographic tech support company.
- Fleet Device Management — Open-source device management and security for teams with thousands of laptops and servers. (macOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS)
We invest in visionary and purpose-driven entrepreneurs seeking to reinvent business through the lens of AI, Blockchain, and Future of Work technologies. Our DNA is that of our founders, and our venture fund targets investment from Seed stage to Series B, while bringing to bear the expertise, scale, and passion of our global network.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Argentina, United States, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Fivvy — In the dynamic world of financial technology, Fivvy stands at the forefront, enabling banks to surpass the competition by leveraging cutting-edge, data-driven models and tailored customer engagement strategies. Fivvy’s innovative solutions unlock the immense value hidden within financial data, propelling banks of all sizes toward unparalleledcustomer experiences. With Fivvy's streamlined implementation process, banks can quickly turn into data driven and customer centric organizations in as little as 3 months. Overall, Fivvy empowers banks to offer a more customer-centric approach, while unlocking the full value of their data.
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- LinkedAI — Image Labeling platform and annotation services to accelerate the creation highest quality training data for your Computer Vision development
Investing in innovation & growth in Latin America
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- Information Technology, Logistics, Supply Chain Management
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Mecanizou — Mecanizou is a distributor of automobile parts. They offer products that include filters, lubricantes, scanners, correias, arrefecimento, frenagem, and baterias.
- UnDosTres — UnDosTres is revolutionizing the consumer payments landscape in Mexico. We are building the country's leading platform that allows Mexican's to pay for anything and everything at the tap of a button! We are amongst the fastest-growing startups in Mexico and were recently crowned the Best Fintech Startup in Emerging Markets.
- CLIVI — Clivi is a specialized digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes.
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