Top 10 Automotive Startup Investors in Mexico (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Manolo Atala
Angel
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2 | Mexico, Colombia, Chile | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $300k–$10M |
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Dr. Cornelius Boersch
Angel
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1 | Germany, Switzerland, Mexico | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $110k–$28M |
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Nazca Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico, Chile, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech | $300k–$26M |
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Capital Invent
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $300k–$7.5M |
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Avalancha Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $100k–$7.9M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $637k–$33M |
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J.D. Power and Associates
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico | Seed | Automotive, E-Commerce, Online Portals | |
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TA Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $150k–$24M |
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Tresalia Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico, United States, Peru | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Leasing | $3.3M–$7M |
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Maniv Mobility
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software | $2M–$126M |
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Manolo has built several high-impact companies in the eCommerce ecosystem, as well as SaaS. Prior to FairPlay, Manolo was Partner & COO for Mountain Nazca, a Venture Capital Firm based in Mexico with focus on high-impact investments through Latin America & abroad. He was Co-founder of Pulpomatic, the first Fleet Management Technologycompany in Latin America and Europe. He served as Managing Director in Groupon México, which later took the operation of its subsidiary in Puerto Rico, remaining as Regional SVP – North Latam. He is an active angel investor in companies like Cornershop, Liftit, Justo, Kavak, Instafit, among others.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Mexico, Colombia, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $300k–$10M; Series A $1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meru — B2B e-commerce platform in Latin America
- Clara — End-to-end spend management for companies in Latin America.
- Clara — Clara is an end-to-end corporate spend management solution for growing businesses in Latin America. Clara's credit cards and spend management solution are already being used by thousands of top companies in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.The company is backed by leading regional and global investors, such as Coatue, DST Global, monashees,Kaszek, Canary, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, A*, Box Group, SOMA Capital, SV Angel, and dozens of angel investors including some of the most successful founders in LatAm and the world. Clara reached a unicorn valuation in record time and has been recognized as a Great Place to Work and a LinkedIn Top Startup.Clara is creating the future of how company finances are run and helping our customers be more successful. Clara aspires to empower companies to operate with agility and financial clarity, ultimately increasing the economic competitiveness of Latin America.
Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $110k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
- TrueHome — TrueHome is a Mexican real estate company that aims to improve the real estate services in the country by providing the best selling experience for homeowners and taking care of the process from end to end. They offer their clients transparent processes about procedures and details that can be confusing, boring, and long. Their legal advisorsensure that the process is in order from documents and paperwork, to the contract and the credit process.TrueHome was founded in 2017 by Raúl Villarreal and is headquartered in Mexico City.
- Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Revolutionary Empowerment for Founders in Latin America.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Mexico, Chile, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $300k–$10M; Series A $4.2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.5M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Vambe — Deploy AI systems that reduce operational time by 40% for mid-market companies. Join 1,000+ businesses across Latam transforming their customer experience.
- Crehana — Crehana is an online training platform for creative and digital professionals in Latam and Spain. With more than 500 courses from Design to Coding, they redefining education through affordable and project-based learning. The platform also offers online courses in Design, Illustration, Photography, and Audiovisuals. Their mission is to makeeveryone's professional dream possible through online education. Crehana was founded on April 7, 2015, and is based in Lima, Peru.
- Desteia — Desteia turns fragmented trade data into clean, validated information - and automates the workflows that keep freight moving, compliance airtight, and teams aligned.
Mexican-based early stage VC investing in consumer internet startups
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Mexico, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Series A $675k–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Odetta — Odetta is a digital platform that enables individuals to buy and sell used cars safely and at a fair price, from the comfort of their homes.
- Parkimovil — We're a platform that smartly manages and processes interactions and payments with different mobility nodes.
- HAMOC — HAMOC uses cutting-edge tech to provide unparalleled Lease Underwriting & Management Services to make our customers feel both supported and relaxed, the HAMOC way .
Early stage venture capital fund that invests in unique teams building extraordinary companies which, with the use of technology, innovate to deliver efficient and cost-effective products and services for the wider population.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Angel $256k–$300k; Series A $900k–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Carryt — Carryt performs efficient last mile deliveries by empowering gig economy drivers with our route optimization technology and impact strategy.
- Syncfy — LATAM's leading financial API.
- Axify — On Axify we offer prepayment installment plans to acquire services, like a "tanda" of the digital age. The company is seeing huge potential and interest in different industries: travel, e-commerce, insurance, hospitals, health, and beauty centers. The company focuses on helping people who lack resources or even a credit card acquire aquality product without the predatory lending rates, which are very expensive and generate a huge burden on Mexican and LatAm families. That said we give prepayment plans to people and help them, by creating a pre-payment plan, acquire the products and services in a sustainable free-of-debt manner. We are seeing a tendency to avoid debt all over Mexico and we have already helped more than 7000 families acquire products or services without any kind of debt.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 822
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- TalentHack — TalentHack is a health platform that connects directly with the fitness professionals and industry. They exist to redefine what a career in fitness can be, by providing opportunities to propel you forward. It takes hours for companies to find a single potential lead, let alone a candidate. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York,NY, United States
- Membrane — Membrane is AI for product integrations. Describe what you need, watch integrations build, test and maintain themselves.We exist to let any product connect to any other reliably, safely, and at scale, by turning intent & customer needs into integrations with AI.Our platform offers the state-of-the-art solution in the AI Age for productintegrations:Membrane Agent builds integrations for one or multiple apps at once, choosing correct API calls, field mappings, and data structuresMembrane Engine is the configurable infrastructure that you or any agent can play with. It contains actions, events/webhooks, flows, data collections, unified API models, field mappings, and schemas & more used to build and maintain integrations at scale.Membrane Packages - integration code that is purpose built for your use case, that you can deploy in your IDE.Membrane is used by 100+ B2B SaaS companies like Constant Contact, PandaDoc, Dialpad, Storyblok & many others as their preferred integration partner
- Bravo Sierra — Bravo Sierra creates performance body care products for the most active individuals. Every formula undergoes rigorous field-testing to meet strict standards of quality and efficacy. Designed and manufactured in the U.S.A, a portion of every purchase directly supports military veterans and their families.
J.D. Power is a global marketing information services company providing customer satisfaction research, market research, social media research, and performance improvement programs.In 1968, J.D. "Dave" Power III established J.D. Power from his kitchen table, with a primary focus in the automotive industry. Since that time, the companyhas successfully influenced the everyday lives of consumers and industries worldwide, and has expanded to include offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.J.D. Power is a business unit of McGraw Hill Financial. J.D. Power conducts work for a wide spectrum of industries including automotive, financial services, insurance, energy, telecommunications, travel and leisure, and healthcare to name a few.J.D. Power includes more than 750 professional analysts, statisticians, economists, consultants, experts in demographics and consumer behavior, and administrative support personnel. Headquartered in Westlake Village, California, a suburb north of Los Angeles, J.D. Power has seven U.S. locations and international offices serving Canada, Europe, South America and the Asia Pacific region. Finbarr O'Neill is the president and J.D. Power III is the founder.
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- Industry: Automotive, E-Commerce, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kavak — KAVAK is an innovative company in the automotive industry that helps people acquire their own car, offering a wide range of guaranteed and certified cars.
TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- Round size: Seed $580k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $150k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Aurora Labs — Aurora Labs is pioneering the use of Software Intelligence to solve the challenge of automotive software development. Created using Aurora Labs' Line-Of-Code Intelligence™, the Automotive Software Intelligence (ASI) solution collects granular and actionable data from complex automotive systems, applying AI to enable software transparency andmanagement. Aurora Labs' ASI solution detects and validates changes in the software lines-of-code for OTA updates, and analyses dependencies and software behaviour to enable predictive software maintenance throughout the vehicle lifecycle. Aurora Labs provides automotive development teams unique tools to roll out new technologies and services on time and on budget.Aurora Labs, founded in 2016, has raised $34m and has been granted dozens of patents. Aurora Labs has customers around the world and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Germany, North Macedonia, and the US.
- Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
- Tortoise — Tortoise is an automated delivery platform for the retail and logistics industries. It was founded by David Graham and Dmitry Shevelenko. Companies like Lyft, Microsoft, and Samsung have brought David in when developing novel technologies and concepts. Meanwhile, Dmitry oversaw the new modality partnership strategy at Uber and led Uber’s firstdeals with JUMP, Getaround, and the public transit ticketing system Masabi. Together, the two have identified some of the biggest pain points in logistics and shared micromobility and are setting out to tackle them together.
Tresalia Capital is a Mexico-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Leasing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Mexico, United States, Peru
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nexu — Nexu is a financing platform used by car dealerships to offer to finance to more car buyers in a 100% digital and real-time experience. Nexu's platform uses AI, statistical algorithms, and technology automation.
- Marco — Marco provides access to fast, flexible financing so you can manage cash flows and invest in growth. Factoring made easy.
- SeguroSimple.com — SeguroSimple.com offers vehicle insurance for all insurers in the market.
Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups.
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- Industry: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $2M–$7.7M; Series A $4M–$23M; Series B $18M–$126M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zoomo — Check our reliable electric bikes and enjoy flexible lease plans in Australia, US, UK, France and more soon!
- Revel — Electrifying cities through charging hubs, all electric rideshare, mopeds and eBikes.
- Harbinger — Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans.
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