# Top 15 Software Startup Investors in Uruguay in May 2026

## IC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, B2B

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.

## ANII
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Software

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.

## Globant Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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.

## Andres Bilbao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Andres Bilbao

## Andreessen Horowitz
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

## El Pais
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: iOS, SaaS, Android

El Pais is a newspaper company with a large national circulation and audience. The company introduced the modality of distributing special and collectible editorial products nationally and internationally.
The company focuses in the improvement of Uruguayan society. The carry out dozens of extraordinary publications and historical investigations.

## Sergio Fogel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital

Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery.

## Draco Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics

DRACO CAPITAL is a Latin American independent Investment Manager. Our management team has over 30 years of experience.

## Sebastian Mejia
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

Sebastian Mejia is the Co-Founder and President of Rappi. He previously worked as a Managing Director Business Development at Simpleshow. He attended Stanford University.

## Pedro Arnt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2B

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.

## Atlas Benjelloun
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Atlas Benjelloun invest and support curious, mission-minded people who are committed to solving the Internet’s toughest challenges.

## Mario Sanchez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: iOS, SaaS, Android

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.

## Emblue Latam
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Analytics, E-Commerce, Data Integration

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## Cisneros Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cumaná, NA - Venezuela, Venezuela
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Private Equity
- Focus: Advertising, Apps, Social Media Marketing

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.

## Globant
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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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