# Top 50 Startup Investors in LATAM in October 2023 ## Aurus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lo Barnechea, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, E-Commerce, Software Aurus is a Chilean investment firm that manages funds in the venture capital, real estate, and capital markets.We are pioneers in Latin America’s Venture Capital industry, dedicated to developing the ecosystem and investing in the region’s most impressive talent, and scalable technologies. We believe that Chile is the best platform in which toinvest in our region because of its investment friendly policies, commitment to innovation, and industry leadership.As local investors, we realize where the biggest transformations are occurring. We add value to our portfolio companies through experience, insights, best practices, and network. Our investment decisions are aided by the advice of outstanding advisory committees for each of the funds. All of them are also LPs in the fund and a valuable resource to Aurus and our investees, both in evaluating a prospective investment and later adding value to them through our mentoring program. ## David Vélez - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nubank, a Brazilian financial technology company. Before founding Nubank in 2013, David was a Partner at Sequoia Capital in charge of the firm’s Latin American investments. Before Sequoia, David worked in investment banking and growth equity at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and General Atlantic. David has a BSin Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. ## Sebastian Mejia - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Daniel Undurraga - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Mr. Daniel Undurraga is Founder & CTO at Cornershop. ## Sergio Furio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Payments, SaaS Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, CRM, Venture Capital Sergio Fogel investor at 3DBattery. ## big_bets - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Big_bets is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate business development. ## Matias Woloski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires. ## Andreessen Horowitz - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Loreanne Garcia - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Loreanne Garcia is a Co-Founder & Chief People Officer at Kavak. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Carlos Garcia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Information Technology, E-Commerce Carlos Garcia is the Founder & CEO at PositivUS. He attended ESSCA Ecole de management during 2005. ## Paulo Silveira - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology CEO and founder at Caelum Alura ## NFX - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies. ## DOMO Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services DOMO Invest is a leading venture capital firm in Brazil that invests in best in class entrepreneurs. We back early-stage technology startups, helping them grow faster and establish themselves in competitive markets.We started from the collective desire of our founding partners to contribute to the success of the next generation of Brazilianentrepreneurs. DOMO’s multi-disciplinary team is supported by its Advisory Board who’s members have solid and proven track-record in creating, investing, advising and financing tech startups of all sizes.Our GPs have thrived as entrepreneurs, having founded companies such as Buscapé in Brazil. The team was also an early investor in well renowned start-ups such as Loggi, Gympass, Hotmart, among others. ## Canary - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam. ## Ganas Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, CRM Ganas Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed Web 2 and Web 3 community-driven startups in the US and Latin America. ## Claire Diaz-Ortiz - Type: Angel - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Banking Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America. ## Gerry Giacoman Colyer - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Business strategist and product guy oriented towards growth and finance. At my core, I'm a liberal arts grad who thought about going into public service, but then fell in love with the potential for technology-driven companies to make our lives better. ## Endeavor - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce About EndeavorEndeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28 billion US, have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4 billion US in capital.Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
About Endeavor CatalystEndeavor 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 ~$250M+ AUM across three funds and has made 200+ investments to date in 32+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 37 companies valued at $1B+, including 29 unicorns. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia. ## JAM Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Logistics JAM Fund operates as a venture capital firm investing in visionary founders disrupting large spaces. It is Tinder Founder Justin Mateen's venture capital firm. ## Quartz - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology Quartz is a venture & growth capital firm investing in companies in Latin America. ## Norte Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Norte is a founder's fund created and invested by entrepreneurs ## Stelleo Tolda - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Stelleo Tolda is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MercadoLibre, Inc. since April 1, 2009. In addition, he served as Country Manager in Brazil between 1999 and 2010.In the latter role MercadoLibre has led to his current leadership position in e-commerce in the country.Before joining MercadoLibre, Tolda worked in the financial market, withcompanies such as Lehman Brothers, Inc. in the U.S. and Banco Pactual and Banco Icatu, Brazil.With an MBA in school business administration from Stanford University, in the United States, the executive is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and also holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution.Born in Brazil, Tolda speaks fluent English, Spanish and French as well as Portuguese. ## Angel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Katie Shea - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Retail, Food and Beverage Katie Shea is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Divergent Capital and an Angel investor. Before that, she was the General Partner at K50 Ventures and Kairos. ## Simon Borrero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Information Technology Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Granto Seguros - Type: VC Fund - Location: Uberaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 Granto Seguros is an insurance brokerage firm that provides insurance contracts through technological provisions. ## Lolita Taub - Type: Angel - Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Beauty, B2B Lolita Taub is a General Partner and Founder of Ganas Ventures, a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an Enterprise Fund Investment Partner at Portfolia.Lolita is also a Co-Founder of the Startup-Investor Matching Tool, a scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and an LP at Operators Collective. Forbes and Inc Magazine have featuredher as a woman promoting investment in underestimated founders.She has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the IE Business School. Most importantly, she is a dog mom to the cutest Dachshund mix, Choco. ## Angela Strange - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Angela Strange is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she focuses on investments in financial services including insurance, real estate & increasing inclusivity. She is currently a board observer for the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Branch, Earnin, HealthIQ, Mayvenn, PeerStreet, and Point. Angela joined the firmin 2014.Prior to joining a16z, Angela was a product manager at Google where she launched and grew Chrome for Android and Chrome for iOS into two of Google's most successful mobile products. Previously, she was the director of product management and business development at Ruba.com (acquired by Google) and a senior associate partner at Bay Partners where she focused on the consumer internet sector. Prior to that, Angela was a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting in Toronto.Angela is a proud Canadian and served as co-chair of the C100, a non-profit that bridges Canadian entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley, and on the Canadian Finance Minister Morneau's Economic Growth Council. Angela has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Queen's University, in Canada, and an MBA from Stanford. Angela is a world-class athlete and spent two years training professionally as a runner; she has won several marathons and achieved a seventh place national ranking in Canada. ## Far Out Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Marketplace We are a networked team of exited founders and operators, leveraging venture capital to help entrepreneurs transform big ideas into great businesses. ## B Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services BVC is a venture capital fund investing in Latin American startups at the seed and pre-seed stages. We partner with visionary entrepreneurs to build world-changing companies. ## Benjamin Gleason - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Software Benjamin Gleason is the Founder and Angel Investor of Beta Ventures. He previously worked at Groupon Brasil as a Managing Director and CFO. Benjamin Gleason attended The Wharton School. ## Daniel Vogel - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Daniel holds two degrees from Stanford (BA in Economics, BS in Computer Systems Engineering) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously he built Quantcast's Real Time Bidding system, which became the company's main revenue-generating product-line. ## Oriana Fuentes - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Oriana Fuentes is the Co-Founder and COO at Emptor. She is a former Specialty Finance (FIG) Banking at JP Morgan. She attended Syracuse University and Columbia University in the City of New York. ## Mike Krieger - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Mike Krieger is the CTO and co-founder of Instagram, a global community that shares more than 70 million photos every day. As the head of engineering, Mike focuses on building products that bring out the creativity in all of us. A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Mike holds an MS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Prior to foundingInstagram, he worked at Meebo as a user experience designer and front-end engineer. ## Tania Zapata - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Tania I. Zapata is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Akily. He previously worked at Voice123 as a Board Member. He attended the City University of New York. ## Erica Fridman Stul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Erica Fridman Stul ## Jose Bonilla - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Jose Bonilla ## Tanya Filer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Tanya Filer - Founder and CEO @ StateUp ## Pablo Gutierrez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Incubators, Venture Capital, Business Development Pablo Gutierrez ## Kallie Parchman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Kallie Parchman ## Ana Paula González - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Ana Paula González ## Alex Torrenegra - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Alex Torrenegra ## Chelsea Burns - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Chelsea Burns ## Everywhere Ventures (The Fund) - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Everywhere Ventures (The Fund) is a first-of-its-kind early-stage venture fund created ​by founders for founders​ to support the next generation of entrepreneurs.Everywhere Ventures is a community-powered venture investing platform that integrates the capital, expertise, and mentoring of experienced founders and operators across ten micro funds.The Fund's $50M+ under management comes almost exclusively from the over 500 founders and operators who are its limited partners. Everywhere Ventures operates from the belief that those who have actually built successful companies are best suited to advise and support early-stage startups. Everywhere Ventures invests in pre-seed deals globally usually in the first financing round the company raises. Emphasis is placed on purpose-driven teams across money, health and work verticals. ## Melissa Toledo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Melissa Toledo ## Laura Fingal-Surma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Laura Fingal-Surma ## Ricardo Weder - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Ricardo Weder is the co-founder and CEO of Jüsto. Prior to co-founding Jüsto, he served as the president of Cabify. Ricardo holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School. ## Andrea Ponce - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Venture Capital, Financial Services Andrea Ponce ## Immad Akhund - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co