Top 5 Fashion Startup Investors in Argentina (June 2026)

Mercado Libre Fund is the Corporate Venture Capital Fund of Mercado Libre.They support innovation and the development of companies that boost the e-commerce and tech ecosystem in Latin America: Investing smart money in seed, early and growth stage companies with great teams Accompanying entrepreneurs in the scaling process of their businessAdding value as strategic partner: fostering synergies between their portfolio companies and MELIWhat they invest on They differentiate their investments into two funds which differ in scope, stage and investment criteriaTheir Business Development Fund invests in seed stage companies that provide a great product and have a clear potential impact on MELI´s ecosystem Their Opportunities Fund invests in early and growth stage companies that have developed innovative solutions through the use of technology. They seek tech companies with great teams and outstanding execution capabilities.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Stage:Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
Geography: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia

Investor stats

Total investments: 43
Round size: Seed $600k–$7.8M; Series A $3M–$33M; Convertible Note $75k–$300k
Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

CXC — CXC delivers AI-driven structured finance solutions with real-time asset tracking, verification, and trusted servicing across Latin America.
Cilia — Cilia is a software firm that designs and develops budgeting, workshop regulation and claims management software.
Simetrik — Simetrik offer big data solutions for financial control and automation services for corporate companies.

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Founded in 2011, NXTP was one of the early investors in B2B unicorns in Latin America, such as Nuvemshop, Mural, Auth0, Frete.com, and Betterfly. Based across offices in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina, NXTP invests checks ranging from $500,000 to $5 million in startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. NXTP principally supportsfounders in four B2B verticals: Cloud & SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces. The fund has backed more than 130 startups, raising over $2 billion in additional capital, and has co-invested alongside funds such as a16z, Greylock, Tiger Global, and Greenoaks. It boasts a portfolio of 6 unicorns and 32 exits. NXTP has a Latin American network not only to identify the region’s best entrepreneurs but also to help them expand their operations to other countries. NXTP's main goal is to help companies move to the next level, demonstrate a viable and scalable business, and be part of that growth process. NXTP has over 400 experts to assist companies in addressing operational challenges in different segments.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Argentina, Brazil

Investor stats

Total investments: 149
Round size: Seed $50k–$5.4M; Series A $988k–$20M
Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $98M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

RetailApp — RetailApp’s mission is to help retailers increase sales and enhance margins through the development and deployment of innovative retail technologies.
Properati — Properati is an online and mobile property platform for the real estate market. The company offers buyers, users, agile, free of ads, banners website, and tenants or real estate investors with a quick, designed for them to be able to communicate effectively with the offeror who has what they are looking for.Properati has an office in Sao Paulo,Brazil, and was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina.
Arcus Financial Intelligence — Arcus is a PaaS platform that provides payment solutions to help businesses make payments accessible for every consumer. Arcus offers a multi-rail payment platfrom that includes real-time account-to-account payments, cash, and others.

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Revolutionary Empowerment for Founders in Latin America.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Mexico, Chile, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 127
Round size: Seed $300k–$10M; Series A $4.2M–$26M
Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% 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.

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Telefónica is a leading multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and one of the largest service operators globally by market capitalization and number of customers. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including fixed and mobile telephony, high-speed broadband, and pay television.Operatingprimarily across Europe and Latin America, Telefónica manages its portfolio through globally recognized premium brands such as Movistar (in Spain and Latin America), O2 (in the UK and Germany), and Vivo (in Brazil).At the core of its strategy, Telefónica is driving a profound digital transformation centered on providing excellent connectivity through the continuous development of next-generation networks, including extensive fiber optic (FTTH) and 5G deployments.Beyond connectivity, the company has a strong focus on new digital services. Through its Telefónica Tech division, it offers a powerful suite of integrated solutions for B2B clients in high-growth areas, including Cybersecurity, Cloud, IoT, and Big Data.Telefónica is also at the forefront of open innovation through Wayra, its corporate venture capital (CVC) arm. Wayra invests in and scales disruptive technology startups across the globe, integrating them into Telefónica's ecosystem to foster innovation and develop new business opportunities.As a publicly-traded company, Telefónica is committed to generating sustainable value for its stakeholders and empowering digital inclusion with a mission to "make our world more human by connecting people's lives."

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Investor stats

Total investments: 40
Round size: Seed $44k–$3.3M; Series A $2.7M–$15M
Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

SIGFOX — The Sigfox 0G Technology is a LPWAN dedicated to Massive IoT. Connect your devices securely at low cost in the most energy-efficient way!
Openlayer — Native integrations with OpenAI, Anthropic, CoPilot, OTel, Snowflake, and more. Continuous CI/CD validation, production monitoring, security guardrails, and automated compliance aligned to EU AI Act and NIST.
Unmanned Life — Unmanned Life is the leading software platform for seamless orchestration of autonomous robotics. It is changing the way autonomous robotics is being deployed by large corporations thanks to its autonomy-as-a-service orchestration platform powered by AI and 5G. Unmanned Life software platform is capable of integrating different technologies, suchas AI, 5G and Edge computing with multiple robots such as drones and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and variety of capabilities to enable autonomous operations across multiple industries, in particular Industry 4.0 and Smart Cities.

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