Top 25 Social Network Startup Investors in LATAM (October 2023)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nazca Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Mexico, United States, Chile | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services | $300k–$65M |
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DN Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $111k–$24M |
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BR Angels
VC Fund
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2 | Brazil, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Social Media | $102k–$6.2M |
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Investo
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Mexico, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $120k–$4M |
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Fen Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Chile, United States, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $330k–$15M |
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Condor
VC Fund
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1 | Colombia | Pre-Seed, Series A | Mobile, FinTech, Fitness | |
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Algorand Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Brazil | Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed | Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | $20k–$4.5M |
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Ariel Arrieta
Angel
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1 | Argentina, United States, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Blockchain | $25k–$1.3M |
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Xeibo Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Argentina | Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Advertising, Social Media | $180k–$815k |
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Bzplan
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | |
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Redpoint eventures
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $300k–$53M |
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Justin Waldron
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $150k–$5.3M |
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Doug Chertok
Angel
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1 | United States, Chile | Seed | E-Commerce, Pet, Content | |
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SparkLabs Global Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Korea, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | $229k–$8.6M |
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Invexor Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Chile | Seed | Education, Social Network, Language Learning | |
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Martin Varsavsky
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Social Media, Health Care, Mobile | $214k–$3M |
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Harvard Management Company
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $400k–$4.5M |
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MatterScale Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Argentina, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $180k–$6M |
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Austen Allred
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $500k–$6.3M |
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Bossanova Investimentos
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil, United States, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $31k–$3.1M |
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace | $600k–$65M |
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Liquid 2 Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $1M–$50M |
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Alec Oxenford
Angel
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1 | United States, Argentina, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Angel | SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology | |
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Wayra
VC Fund
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1 | Spain, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $96k–$2.1M |
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Andréa Nogueira, CFA
Angel
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1 | Brazil, United States, Canada | Seed | Analytics, Advertising, Apps | $800k–$1.1M |
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DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 220
- Round size: Seed $111k–$7M; Series A $1.6M–$17M; Series B $7.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cubyn — Cubyn picks your stuff up at your place, packages it and ships it for you to any destination worldwide. Cubyn allows any e-retailer to benefit from the power supply of an Amazon from her living room, without obligation.
- Aibidia — Discover the Aibidia TXM Platform and our digital transfer pricing applications, eliminating billions of euros in tax inefficiencies and risks.
- GoStudent — GoStudent is a platform for online teaching and is the future of tutoring. The EdTech company was founded in Vienna in 2016 by Felix Ohswald (CEO) and Gregor Müller (COO). Currently, GoStudent is operational in 15 markets. Via its platform, GoStudent provides paid, one-to-one, video-based tuition to primary, secondary, and college-aged students in20+ subjects, using a membership model. Lessons are booked via the GoStudent platform and accessed using a computer or a mobile device. During each tutoring session, students and tutors interact live in a virtual classroom. Integrated features, such as a whiteboard and the option to share a screen and edit documents together, are included. The cornerstone of this concept was laid in 2015 by Felix Ohswald and Gregor Müller when they established a WhatsApp-based homework chat service for students. GoStudent employs more than 600 people and has opened 12 international offices. Over 400,000 tutoring units are booked each month. Currently, GoStudent has around 15,000 customers and works with 5,500 international tutors. To date, GoStudent has raised more than €291m. Investors include Left Lane Capital, DN Capital, Coatue, and DST Global.
BR Angels is a private non-profit association, made up of a limited number of members, individuals, and companies that focus on promoting the development of startups. It specializes in the fields of investment management, financial services, and finance. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $274k–$816k; Angel $194k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $102k–$365k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inspectral — Inspectral offers environmental consulting solutions with technology via data intelligence, monitoring, analysis, and integrated technology.
- Scaleup — Scaleup offers e-learning experience that aid schools and other educators to deliver educational content through its platform.
- EPIC Digitais — EPIC Digitais is a corporate transmedia projects.
Investo is a seed capital firm that invests both financial and intellectual capital in technology startups. The firm offers founders 24/7 access to advice and helps scale businesses, as well as provide key talent that may be needed. Inveseto provides guidance, talent and capital so game-changing companies can scale.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4M; Pre-Seed $120k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Cuéntame — Cuéntame develops tools designed for employees' emotional wellbeing.
- Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
- Konta — Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with itsheadquarters in Monterrey, México.
Fen Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Latin America that finances seed and early stage investments.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Chile, United States, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7M; Pre-Seed $330k–$1.3M; Series A $2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leasity — Leasity is an online platform to manage properties online. They are the main data in the rental contract, and they automate it. They receive rental payments and stay updated at all times about properties.
- Destácame — Destacame is the first behavior-based credit score in Latin America.
- Wynwood House — Wynwood House offers a network of apartments and villas for short and long term stays, located in the best neighborhoods of the main cities in Latin America.
Condor is a venture capital investment fund.
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- Industry: Mobile, FinTech, Fitness
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Peiky - vendoporchat.com — Peiky empowers the social commerce and provides the tools to manage and optimize the social sales cycle.
- Fitpal — Los mejores gimnasios y centros fitness
- Bold — Bold creates financial tools that allow users to increase sales by receiving card payments. The company was founded by José Vélez, Ana María Sandoval, Enríque Ramírez, Jorge Ulloa, and Sergio Vergara in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia.
Fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol and open source software for an inclusive ecosystem.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $850k–$4.5M; Grant $20k–$135k; Pre-Seed $35k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Parcision — Parcision revolutionizes the hiring process on Wall Street by introducing a crucial element: quantifiable skill. The current Wall Street hiring practice puts too much emphasis on alma mater and network connection, which deters many candidates. We aim to establish a quantitative approach that enables individuals from all backgrounds to assess theirskills and demonstrate their accuracy in analyzing critical market events, such as company earnings and economic announcements. We firmly believe that regardless of identity, sex, race, location, or educational background, everyone deserves an equal opportunity to pursue a rewarding career in the financial industry. Through our blind hiring and skills-first approach, we hope to change the DNA of Wall Street.To achieve this, we harness the power of Web 3 technology, specifically smart contracts, to facilitate and oversee tamper-proof tests that quantify candidates' analytical capabilities. By leveraging this advanced technology, we ensure a transparent, auditable, and provable performance metric for participants. The most accomplished participants are duly acknowledged financially and reputationally based on their exceptional proficiency. This recognition is facilitated through participants' undeniable track records on Parcision.Parcision is chess for financial analysts.
- PlanetWatch — We leverage advanced technologies of the population to improve environmental monitoring worldwide and help protect public health
- Quantum Temple — Quantum Temple is the Web3 platform that enables equitable exchanges between conscious collectors and ancestral communities. Our goal is to protect and share the knowledge, traditions, and art forms of cultures around the world in perpetuity through blockchain technology.
Ariel Arrieta is a Venture Capital investor and serial entrepreneur, as he likes to present himself. He founded and founded several companies. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of NXTP Labs, one of the most active funds in the region and has invested in more than 200 technology companies throughout Latin America. He has worked in Internetcompanies since 1994 and several of the companies he founded were sold to Fox International Channels (News Corporation). He is a Kauffman Fellow (class 18) and Harvard Business School OPM (class 41). He collaborates with the NGOs Ecosistema Emprendedor, Junior Achievement, Endeavor and Ruta 40. He is also the author of the books "Aprender a Emprender" and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2013. and and "El Sentido Común Emprendedor", published in 2018.
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Argentina, United States, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $25k–$750k; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- dCustody — 2PI is a two sided transactional platforms that connects DeFi with Fintechs
- GetGloby — GetGloby is an AI-powered platform that allows you to automatically localize your ads in minutes and manage all your translations effortlessly.
- Trace Finance — Trace Finance is building a seamless global banking solution for Startups, beginning in LatAm. We help Startups bring funding into local operations with a better, cheaper and faster alternative.
Xeibo Ventures is a privately held investment and advisory firm with a focus in delivering exceptional uncorrelated returns for our investors through investments in disruptive technologies focused in Web3, Blockchain & Crypto.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Advertising, Social Media
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Argentina
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $180k–$815k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fanstastic — FANSTASTIC, a social app that allows content creators (designers, writers, podcasters, musicians, teachers, coaches, influencers, etc) the ability to create, share, and monetize their content under one roof, with a seamless UX, with full ownership of the distribution and content. Fanstastic aims to bridge the gap between YouTube and Patreonthrough a decentralized social media app that allows creators to bring their followers and monetize in any way they want, with no conditions. The company does this by solving the big three issues for creators: growing their audience, having an all-in-one platform, and accessing built-in monetization routes instantly and under one roof. With a simple and seamless UX, creators can instantly share and monetize their content: music lessons, coaching, hacks, digital content, NFTs, blogs, podcasts, membership access, etc.
- Defiant Wallet — First self-custodial mobile wallet with a P2P and focus on stablecoins.
Bzplan is an investment manager, from entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs based in Florianópolis. Focused on profiting the capital of its investors, Bzplan has developed a rigorous selection and management process that seeks to identify the best companies with high growth potential, accelerating the development of investees and building a highvalue-added model.From the start of the investment to the disinvestment phase, Bzplan's team supports entrepreneurs and startups through their solid experience, strengthening the construction and maintenance of a portfolio of successful cases, sale of companies, and fundraising.From 2010, together with FIR Capital, she became the manager of the SC Fund that invested in companies in their initial stage. The SC Fund portfolio is made up of Axado, Cata Company, Authors Club, ClicBusiness and MyReks. Axado's exit is a successful case of seed capital funds in Brazil, with a return of 426%. ClicBusiness and MyRenks were acquired by Paradigma Business Solutions and Nexera respectively.In 2016, it launched the South Fund to invest in eight early-stage companies in the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul. The South Fund portfolio is currently made up of companies Cata Company, MobLee, EadBox, and GoFind.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EADBOX — Eadbox is a platform used by Education Entrepreneurs to create and sell online courses to large audiences. Through Eadbox, every day thousands of authors teaches millions of students online. Its unique value proposition aggregates three main elements:1. Technology: SaaS software for authors to easily create and sell online course, in their ownbranded website. their customer values content and video security, tools for professional certification management, live streaming and webinar technology2. Services: their unique best practices framework. Every new Eadbox customer has a customer success manager, specialists support and business intelligence. Their service team helps customers to apply the best practices in online course creation and launch it using the best digital marketing strategies.3. Lead Generation: boost sales for customers. Through affiliate strategies, digital marketing support and marketplaces, Eadbox connects customers products to large audiences helping the whole ecosystem to increase sales.
- PhoneTrack — PhoneTrack is a voice and call analytics solution for Brazilian companies. We offer tools to manage and analyse marketing and sales leads.
- Rede Vistorias — Rede Vistorias is an innovative solution company specialized in performing real estate surveys for rental or sale. It also provides solutions that integrate a digital platform in transparency, agility, and security to real estate companies, clients, and their builders. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5.8M; Series A $1M–$10M; Series B $5M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
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.
- Nobli — Nobli is a fintech that helps investors use their financial assets to secure special terms credit.
- CondoConta — CondoConta is a provider of digital banking database for condominium finances.
Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors youngentrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $150k–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tippsy — Largest selection of sake delivered to you. Tippsy makes finding good sake easy and fun! Free shipping 6+ bottles. Sake club subscription offers special perks such as member-exclusive discounts, virtual sake tasting as well as a beginner's guide.
- Breakr — Breakr connects artists and influencers to break new music through the culture. Music influencers can set up profiles, update their music preferences, and create digital campaigns available across all platforms. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
- Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
Doug Chertok is the Managing Partner and Founder of Vast Ventures. Vast Ventures is a venture fund investing in disruptive companies with global impact. Investments include: ASAPP, Bark & Co, ClassPass, Clover, Diamond Foundry, Ginkgo Bioworks, Moat (acq'd by Oracle), Ripple, SweetGreen, Tala, ZocDoc.Vast Ventures Manifesto: Improveworld-wide health and happiness; Promote resource sustainability for future generations; Increase human potential and productivity; Increase knowledge, empathy and connectedness; Disrupt industries that resist these goals.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Pet, Content
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gobble — Gobble delivers gourmet 15-minute meal kits right to your doorstep. These chef-designed meals are easy to prepare, with simple recipe steps and fresh ingredients that have been chopped, portioned, and simmered so that dinner is both fast and flavorful.Gobble combines the convenience of takeout with the health, satisfaction, and freshness of ahome-cooked meal. Our Executive Chef Thomas Ricci carefully curates each recipe so that anyone can create a dynamic meal at home in just minutes - think of us as personal sous chefs! New, seasonal menus are released weekly, and include dishes for every palate. Whether you're looking for global cuisine, low-calorie options, comfort classics, vegetarian recipes, or kid-friendly meals, we have you covered. Plus, we think beyond dinner with delicious options for breakfast, lunch, sides, desserts, and more!Our CEO Ooshma Garg was inspired to help people cook up happiness even on the busiest evenings, and since founding Gobble in 2010, she has graced Forbes’ Top 30 Innovators Under 30 list. Our operations have grown rapidly, serving 47 states and spanning offices in California, Pennsylvania, and Toronto. Find out why our customers call us a life-saver on busy weeknights. We're dedicated to helping households across the country spend less time working in the kitchen, and more time at the table with the people they love. Visit www.gobble.com to check out our latest culinary creations.
- BarkBox — Get a monthly box of treats, toys & products for your pup that you can't find anywhere else! Plans start as low as $23/month and all treats are made in USA or Canada.
- Poliglota — Poliglota was founded in 2012 and aims at changing the way people learn languages. It gathers people in small social groups in coffee places instead of classrooms, led by expert teachers, and using a social methodology. It is based on a program of innovative and social activities, focusing on social skills that create faster and more effectivelearning progress. Poliglota won the Avonni award for Innovation, was selected by the IDB as one of the disruptive educational innovations in Latin America, and is selling over USD $2 M in language plans, while they keep expanding their model.
SparkLabs Global Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers seed-stage investment services to firms in the SaaS, healthcare, education, IoT, fintech, mobile, commerce, HR, gaming, security, and VR industries. It was founded in Dec 2013 and is based in California.Exceptional entrepreneurs, that are building strong, category defining companiesat highly advantageous valuations – can be found anywhere. The company has a team that is highly experienced in finding such talent and helping our entrepreneurs to develop, grow, network, and scale into other markets throughout the world.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $229k–$2.7M; Series A $3M–$8.6M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.2M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Splab — Splab creates and operates a calendar-based scheduling automation tool. Splab is located in Seoul, South Korea.
- Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
- Tella — Service
Since the very beginning, Invexor Venture Partners has developed a unique understanding of what it takes for a start-up to become a global success. We are all fully committed to supporting our Founders and their companies at every stage of their journey, from Chile to the World.
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- Industry: Education, Social Network, Language Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Poliglota — Poliglota was founded in 2012 and aims at changing the way people learn languages. It gathers people in small social groups in coffee places instead of classrooms, led by expert teachers, and using a social methodology. It is based on a program of innovative and social activities, focusing on social skills that create faster and more effectivelearning progress. Poliglota won the Avonni award for Innovation, was selected by the IDB as one of the disruptive educational innovations in Latin America, and is selling over USD $2 M in language plans, while they keep expanding their model.
- Gauss Control — Inteligencia artificial que salva vidas. Nos anticipamos a los accidentes causados por errores humanos.
Martin Varsavsky is an Argentine/Spanish entrepreneur, founder of ten companies over the course of his career. In 1984, while still in college, Martin started his first business, Urban Capital Corporation, one of the early leaders of the loft movement in downtown Manhattan. This was soon followed in 1986 by Medicorp Services, a Canadianbiotechnology company, a pioneer in AIDS and PSA testing. Martin's third business, Viatel Ltd., Martin’s first venture into the world of telecom, was founded in 1990. This company is best known for inventing call back and building the first pan European fiber optic network ahead of liberalization. Martin’s best-known ventures were founded during the last decade. In 1998, Martin started Jazz Telecomunicaciones (Jazztel), Spain’s second largest publicly traded telecom operator. In 1999 Martin founded Ya.com, Spain’s third largest internet web site/DSL provider that includes the second largest Spanish language web agency www.viajar.com. But not all of Martin’s companies were successful. In 2000, Martin started Germany’s leading cloud computing company, Einsteinet, and the company was sold in 2003 at no return to him or investors. In 2005, Martin founded Fon. With over 23 million hotspots, Fon is the largest WiFi network in the world. The company is headquartered in Madrid, Spain but its customers are worldwide. Its investors include Atomico, British Telecom, Coral Group, Skype, Google, and Index Ventures. In 2014 Martin joined the Supervisory Board of Axel Springer, the largest media company in Germany. In 2015, Martin founded Prelude Fertility, which raised $200M in financing and is now one of the largest networks of fertility clinics in the United States. Prelude Fertility offers egg freezing, IVF, and egg donation. In 2017, Martin started VAS Ventures in partnership with Axel Springer to invest in early stage ventures across Europe and the USA. In 2019, Martin launched the MVB fund, a $200M fund of funds based in Spain. MVB invests in top performing venture capital funds and pre-IPO technology companies. Martin also manages the Varsavsky Foundation and is best known as the founder of two large educational projects in Latin America – Educ.ar (Argentina) and EducarChile (Chile) and the Safe Democracy Foundation. Martin was Ambassador at Large of Argentina from 2001 to 2005. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, and is a Member of the Board of Directors at Instituto de Empresa, Spain’s leading business school, where he taught entrepreneurship for eight years. Since 2012 he teaches entrepreneurship at Columbia University and New York University. Martin has written numerous articles on business and international relations that have been published in several international publications including El Pais and Newsweek. Martin is also a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and an active blogger. He is the recipient of various honors and rewards. Martin received his BA, from New York University, and holds a MA, in International Affairs and an MBA from Columbia University. In his spare time, Martin enjoys spending time with his family, cycling, piloting, photography and sailing. Martin is married to Nina Varsavsky and has seven children.
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- Industry: Social Media, Health Care, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $429k–$3M; Angel $214k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TympaHealth — The award-winning Tympa system is designed to empower clinicians to deliver ear and hearing healthcare within local communities.
- NUE Life Health — NUE Life aims to improve mental wellness by enhancing brain function, performance, and longevity through evidence based and scientifically proven mental health treatments and products.
- Vitara Biomedical — Vitara Biomedical has developed a therapeutic platform to support premature infants. Vitara Biomedical's platform was inspired by natural physiological processes to transform neonatal care.
Harvard Management Company is an organization that manages the financial investments of the Harvard University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $400k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Glitzi — Terapeutas certificados y expertos en belleza confiables, que garantizan la mejor experiencia.
- Konta — Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with itsheadquarters in Monterrey, México.
- Source — Discover SOURCE Water, a renewable, clean drinking water solution made possible by the power of Hydropanels
Founded by a team of former Endeavor executives, Matterscale aims to bridge the seed stage funding gap for Latin founders.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Argentina, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $180k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Celes — Celes offers AI-powered solutions to transform marketing, finance, sales, and supply chain, which are critical pain points for retailers. Celes assists clients in better understanding their customers in order to improve their campaigns, promotions, and communications. This aids in increasing customer retention, average ticket price, and units perticket. Celes analyzes and processes data to return the best purchases, prices, and promotions.
- Yumari — Wholesale Buying from Latin America Made Easy
- Hackmetrix — Hackmetrix is a platform that helps you improve your security, get certifications like ISO 27001, and comply with industry regulations like PCI. Also, we provide Pentest to reduce the risk of cyberattacks.
Austen Allred co-founded Lambda School and serves as its CEO.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $900k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Metriport — Metriport helps digital health companies access and manage patient health and medical data, through an open-source and universal API.
- Recall.ai — Recall.ai provides a single API for meeting bots on every platform like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and more.
- Gradia Health — Gradia is an integrated, concierge care platform designed for clinics to support patients with chronic conditions.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 362
- Round size: Seed $131k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $31k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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- Tarvos — Tarvos is an automated insect monitoring platform with real-time insights from smart traps.
- Ping. — SaaS
- Doutor Ao Vivo — Doutor ao Vivo is a digital health platform for telemedicine. Doutor Ao Vivo is a health tech software company.
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Browse database — It's Free!Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$9.1M; Series B $2.7M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 266
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$6.4M; Series A $4.7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
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- 8Flow — 8flow.ai - AI and automation for Customer Support Agents.
- NUVIEW — Explore NUVIEW's LiDAR satellite technology, revolutionizing Earth observation with annual global mapping, unrivaled coverage, and cutting-edge data.
- Standard Fleet — Software for electric vehicle owners
Alec Oxenford is a Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company. Alec previously worked at OLX & letgo as a Co-Founder. He is an experienced founder and CEO at various companies. He attended Harvard Business School. He took business administration at UC and mastered at Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Argentina, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- DRIC — DRIC is a data privacy and storage platform developer. Their platform is based on two-dimensional code that provides a revolution in the transmission, preservation, storage, and privacy of data, making it accessible and instantaneous.
- Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
- Buenbit — Buenbit is a Cryptocurrency Exchange and Cross-Border payment platform. Cryptocurrency exchange with presence in Argentina & Perú. Leveraging cryptocurrency trading to offer a low cost Cross-Border payment solution.
Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 193
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $96k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Rand — Rand is a fintech firm that offers banking services, savings, deposits, and account opening.
- Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
- AORA — Aora is a complete digital solution for home services. Headquartered in Equador.
Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Founder & Managing Partner @ Flame Ventures
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- Industry: Analytics, Advertising, Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $800k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- StopClub — StopClub is a vertical community app designed for gig workers. Our features addresses their everyday needs while building the social foundation for future business.
- Back4app — Store and query relational data on the cloud. Make it accessible over GraphQL and REST with a scalable, open-source backend.
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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.
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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.
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Poko
— Enable local payments and successful onramping for wallets, NFT marketplaces, web3 games, and dApps globally.
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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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