Top 5 Hardware Startup Investors in Costa Rica (October 2026)

They partner with startups (tech and non-tech) with the potential to grow quickly and sustainably. Their primary focus is on companies that are currently targeting a specific regional market with a real opportunity to expand to all of Latin America and globally. They are looking for the brightest technical founders and most devoted entrepreneurswith an emphasis in solid execution. Carao Ventures has an early stage startup program where one of their partners takes an active role in the startup through the next stage of company development, participating in relevant roles such as strategy, finance, marketing and others. Their partners and mentors have a committment to sharing their experience, technical knowledge and contacts to take startups to the next level. A co-working space conveniently located in the heart of the city provides a space and environment for startups and people looking to start a company to come hang out. A wealth of resources for entrepreneurs are continuously researched and put available to teams that are looking to to get their company into the best shape possible. They also assist established business groups or seasoned entrepreneurs in analyzing, developing and overseeing new ventures.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: United States, Costa Rica, Mexico

Investor stats

Total investments: 89
Round size: Seed $500k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $30k–$1.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $160k–$10M
Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Braven — Braven turns every submission into a pre-analyzed, traceable decision, and every book into a live, provable view. Built for MGAs and reinsurers that do their own underwriting.
aviva — Aviva is building an AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underserved communities. While determined to fuel Latin America’s ongoing emergence of a new middle class with a fully-fledged portfolio of inclusive financial services, Aviva’s initial go-to-market concentrates on unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses inMexico.As most of the underbanked 40+ million Mexicans live in small and medium-sized towns, Aviva builds a bridge to those living in remote communities with its physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches provide a documentless 3-minute video onboarding for everyone in need of liquidity. Novel AI-based technology, including natural language processing, allows Aviva to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a comprehensive real-time credit application. Transforming speech to text and inferring emotions and personality from the visual layer of the application video gives Aviva an edge in scoring thin-file customers. Leveraging these novel risk models, Aviva aims to provide the lowest interest rates available to today’s underserved.
Crabi — Full stack, digital car insurance

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Spicy Capital is dedicated to supporting innovative ideas that aim to transform the blockchain sector. They help initiatives from fundraising to success by leveraging our deep experience and industry relationships.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Bitcoin, Gaming
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Singapore, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $50k–$3M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

OpenPad AI — OpenPad - The 1st AI Decentralized Launchpad
Time Universe — Token unified consumer ecosystem across social, gaming, and creator infrastructure
Gambit Markets — Social + AI layer for prediction markets. Built on @robinhoodcrypto with $USDG deposits & settlement. Trade smarter with AI agents, combos & social insights.

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CARICACO is a startup powerhouse. We support the best entrepreneurs in Central America with capital, mentors and connections. We seek to be the bridge that connects early stage startups with new markets and the best investment funds/accelerators.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Argentina

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Seed $2M–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $50k–$7M
Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

Tumoni — Tumoni is a fintech company that offers digital banking services through free remittances.
Paggo — Providing access to mobile payments for SME's through an app and mPOS that accepts debit and credit cards, create link payments for e-commerce, will come with a historical sales dashboard and financial ratios
Ábaco — Ábaco is a fintech company that offers financial services with capital, payments & platform solutions.

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Grupo Alta is an investment fund composed of businessmen and entrepreneurs of Central America. The Fund identifies, acquires and operates businesses. It provides liquidity for business owners and contributes knowledge of the Central American region, providing strategic guidance and tangible value. We acknowledge and value the deep relationshipbetween owners and their customers, employees, and community – Grupo Alta seeks to foment and stregnthen these commitments.

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, Drones, Food Delivery
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Costa Rica

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

GoPato — GoPato is a hyperlocal food delivery platform powered by drone technology. Founded in 2015, the company is transforming the way to order food around a city with autonomous delivery drones under 30 minutes. Currently GoPato get the authorization to start commercial operation BVLOS in the urban area of San José Costa Rica with a partnership withMcdonald's.Awarded by Forbes Central America as one of 30 business promises and mentioned by all national newspapers and media, GoPato is in charge of being your right hand.

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