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Top 45 Startup Investors in Ecuador in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 45 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in startups based in Ecuador. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Ecuador. We update this investor list every month.

Top 45 Startup Investors in Ecuador in November 2024

Investor	Ecuador investments
BuenTrip Ventures	8
SOSV	3
Magma Partners	3
Zacua Ventures	2
Groupe Duval	2
Eduardo Castro Wright	2
Innogen Venture Capital	2
Cofides	1
Asymmetry Ventures	1
5 Eyes Ventures	1
Telefunken	1
Amadeo Global	1
Stonks	1
FinDev Canada	1
Fernando Pontaza	1
Clocktower Technology Ventures	1
Salkantay Ventures	1
B Venture Capital	1
NXTP Ventures	1
AMK Investment Office	1
Fifth Wall	1
Media Development Investment Fund	1
Gelt VC	1
NJJ Capital	1
Nadav Ben-Chanoch	1
Conexo Ventures	1
Kaszek	1
Terracotta Ventures	1
Winnipeg Capital	1
Invariantes Fund	1
Fabrice Grinda	1
CREAS Ecuador	1
SVQUAD	1
Esas Ventures	1
Inventus Capital Partners	1
North Base Media	1
Function Investments	1
ABSeed Ventures	1
devlabs	1
MACSF	1
Grupo Bimbo	1
DILA Capital	1
Digital News Ventures (MDIF Fund)	1
Xavier Niel	1
Breega	1

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BuenTrip Ventures is a pre-seed VC firm in Quito, Ecuador, that leverages its position as one of the leading ecosystem builders in Latin America to identify, mentor, and invest in software-based startups that are transforming the region’s economy.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, Ecuador, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Altscore — AltScore offers Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) tools for MSMB lending that provide cutting-edge underwriting, client experience, and smart collections.
BucksApp — BucksApp is a SaaS company that provides business intelligence solutions to financial institutions through our in-house-developed API
Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Magma specializes in finding, investing, and support the best technology startups in Latin America that want to launch and scale in the US and Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Kravata — Kravata is the first crypto as a service company in Latam. Our capabilities will enable any business operating in Latam to launch compliant crypto solutions in a fast and low-cost way, through their app or website, via a simple API integration.
LEASY — Leasy is a FinTech platform that provides automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers through a subscription model. It uses its algorithm and evaluators to analyze users' profiles and find suitable cars for them and helps customers to enter into a contract to own a vehicle.Co-founded by Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay in 2018, thecompany aims to help people who would like to earn incomes as ride-hailing drivers be able to afford cars, thus earning a steady income.
Plaza — Plaza leverages artificial intelligence to enhance real estate brokerages. It believes that the real estate market can be as efficient as the financial sector, and the key to realizing this vision lies in providing brokerages with AI assistants that promote productivity and improve the customer experience.

Investing in the next generation of built environment entrepreneurs

Investment focus

Construction, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Germany, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Sitewire — Web and mobile apps to collect data from construction sites and share it with lenders.
Document Crunch — Identify risks, standardize your process, & get a project playbook with our AI-assisted solutions. Learn how we can save you 8 hours a week with a free demo.
Field Materials, Inc. — Increase Margins and Cut Costs with Digital Procurement

Groupe Duval is a real estate firm that involve in real estate development and investment, project management, and consulting.

Investment focus

SaaS, Content, Security
Seed, Series A
France, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

XXII GROUP — AI Vision Software
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.

Eduardo Castro-Wright is a private investor. He was the former vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and president and CEO of Global e-Commerce and Global Sourcing. Prior to this, Eduardo was president and CEO of Walmart U.S., where he led the transformation of stores, improvements in the customer experience, and the development of a strongleadership team. Before joining Walmart, Eduardo was president and CEO of Honeywell Transportation and Power Systems Worldwide and prior to that he was President and CEO of Nabisco Asia-Pacific. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.

Investment focus

Retail, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Mexico, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

COR — COR is the next-generation solution for creative and professional teams that intelligently suggests how to manage your projects, teams, and finances.
Instaleap LLC — SaaS Platform for retailers to operate their on-demand digital channels efficiently
Home Delivery Service (HDS Global) — We’re on a mission to transform eCommerce – end-to-end – starting with fresh groceries and other home essentials. Powered by the latest in AI and advanced robotics, our patented automated fulfillment system, RoboFS, enables quick, touchless order fulfillment, bringing fresher-than-store goods, direct to your door. Our shopping experience isalso built around each customer’s dietary needs, preferences, and brand favorites. Gone are the days of filtering and scrolling through irrelevant inventory. With HDS, you’ll only ever see products that match your exact criteria. HDS also offers: • Made-to-order meats and prepared foods, customized to your exact specs • Free home delivery with no subscription /delivery / service fees or tips • Tri-temperature-controlled vans, so frozen items arrive fully frozen • Retail-level customer service and easy at-home returns, right at your doorstep • Sustainable delivery totes, eliminating nearly all cardboard and plastic waste

Innogen Capital is a LATAM venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth companies. It focuses on proven business models, including companies with a social impact mission, Innogen Capital also seeks to provide its partners with expertise and exposure via a network of professionals in diverse fields.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Convertible Note, Seed, Pre-Seed
Colombia, Mexico, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

FinanEx — Flexible export financing for underserved agribusinesses.
Koibanx — KOIBANX is a software company focused on Smart Contracts and Blockchain Services.Koibanx solutions cover a wide range of use cases defined by their Transparency, Security, LowCost and Efficiency of applying Blockchain technology.These new decentralized software solutions have the potential to disrupt several industries rangingfrommarketing rewards to financial inclusion, allowing a democratic access to new opportunities formillions of new consumers across the world.
Wynwood House — Wynwood House offers a network of apartments and villas for short and long term stays, located in the best neighborhoods of the main cities in Latin America.

Cofides provides cost-effective, medium and long-term financial support for viable private investment projects.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Automotive
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Private Equity
Spain, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Cooltra — Cooltra offers you the best electric or gasoline scooter rental according to your needs: by minutes, by hours, by days and by months.
SEG Ingenieria —
The Startup CFO —

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
Reforged Labs — Make every creative a hero creative.
SFA Therapeutics — SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs.

5 Eyes is the best syndicate in the world investing in early stage startups from day 1

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Music
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Otis AI — Otis is the first AI-powered virtual assistant that helps run and optimize your digital marketing cross-platform, at scale and at a budget that works for your business.
IndieFlow — IndieFlow developed a workflow management platform for the music industry. The platform provides a centralized platform to manage music industry workflows and streamline the major building blocks of an artist’s career. It enables users to manage creative projects, distribute to streaming platforms, collect roylaties, register music with royaltycollection societies, promote music, book gigs, receive payments and more.
Autority.io — Owning a car is amazing, but administering it is a hustle. Owners are overwhelmed with the amount of services that need to keep up: insurance, parkings, tolls, fines, maintenance, tires, registration, gas, among others, and everything is done independently and decentralized.At Autority, we’ve built an App were we centralize services and benefitsrelated to a vehicle. We’ve built a network of AAA carshops were users have access to free perks and discounts, we’ve integrated parking lots to make users entry and exit cashless, we give users alerts on fines they’ve received, we inform users on their use of tolls preventing them getting fined, we are able to display their insurance information and benefits, we leverage discounts on gas, and the best, we keep a digital track of everything guaranteeing our client a better resale price of his car.

Telefunken is a radio and television equipment company that specializes in the development of wireless information transmission technology.

Investment focus

EdTech, Big Data, Analytics
Pre-Seed
Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Databits — Databits offers world-class training oriented to solving real-world industry challenges. Our professor team comprises industry experts certified in the most demanding skills and tools. We teach Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure, andmore. We have customers in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, where we have trained +3000 professionals and +20 large regional companies.

Amadeo Global is a New York-based investment firm, focused on public and private companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Food and Beverage, Wellness
Debt Financing, Convertible Note, Funding Round
United States, Spain, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Lango — Lango Legal is a technology-optimized AI-enabled translation automation platform. We enable AmLaw 100 firms and Fortune 500 legal teams to leverage secure, high-quality, lightening-fast, and low-cost machine and human translation solutions.
RollinGreens — RollinGreens is provides organic and local food truck and catering services. Recently the company launched their line of packaged products, with their first product Millet Tots. Millet Tots are the only non-potato, whole-grain tot on the market. RollinGreens exists to elevate the frozen food category by delivering the most conscious, innovativeculinary experience, one that starts with nutritious ingredients then emanates outward to every customer’s touch point. For them, the freezer is natures pause button.
Willa's Kitchen — Get the Creamiest & Delicious Oat Milk made with organic & plant based ingredients for making the Best non-dairy beverages with us. Visit now!

Invest in Pre-IPO deals

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Databits — Databits offers world-class training oriented to solving real-world industry challenges. Our professor team comprises industry experts certified in the most demanding skills and tools. We teach Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure, andmore. We have customers in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, where we have trained +3000 professionals and +20 large regional companies.
Finta — Finta replaces Quickbooks and expensive bookkeepers. Get bookkeeping, taxes, and tax credits setup in 10 minutes.
Refine — Build React-based internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.

FinDev Canada is a development finance institution that offers financial solutions to businesses in developing countries, with the potential to develop markets, empower women, and mitigate climate change. It provides innovative and sustainable solutions for entrepreneurs in developing markets. It primarily invests in companies operating in thealternative energy, agriculture, and financial sectors.FinDev Canada was established in 2018 and is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec.

Investment focus

Banking, Financial Services, Credit
Debt Financing, Funding Round
Canada, Ecuador, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

JCM Power — JCM Power is a Canadian-based renewable energy company that develops and operates renewable energy projects in growth markets. JCM leverages its development expertise acquired through five years of development experience in Canada and over 70 projects, to emerging markets where the demand for renewable energy solutions is high and the level ofexperience with renewable energy is low.JCM is currently developing a multi-billion dollar clean power portfolio that includes both utility-sized solar photovoltaic projects and HVDC transmission projects.
Access Bank — Access Bank provides banking products and services to individual and business customers in Ghana. It offers standard savings and current, access advantage, solo, and premier accounts. The company also provides online banking services that include ATM, online access, and point-of-sale terminal services; and bills payment and Western Union moneytransfer services.
Cooprogreso — Cooprogreso is a financial institution that offers medical assistance, life insurance, and payment services.

Fernando Pontaza is a Co-Founder and Managing General Partner at Invariantes Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Ecuador, Guatemala

Portfolio highlights

Lambda — GPU Workstations, GPU Servers, GPU Laptops, and GPU Cloud for Deep Learning & AI. RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX A4000, RTX A5000, RTX A6000, and A100 Options. Ubuntu, TensorFlow, and PyTorch Pre-Installed.
Picker — On-demand delivery gateway.
Atom Computing — Atom Computing builds truly scalable quantum computers out of individual atoms.The company's quantum computers use quantum mechanical properties of atoms to process information and solve problems beyond the reach of traditional computers, including drug design, computational chemistry, and more.Atom Computing was founded in 2018 and basedin Berkeley, California.

Clocktower Technology Ventures is a Santa Monica-based venture capital business focused exclusively on financial technology.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Cayena — Cayena is a B2B marketplace for the $100b+ wholesale food industry in Latin America. The company allows restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens to procure their inventory from multiple suppliers with next day delivery and a comprehensive suite of add-on services.
Mesa — Earn points on your mortgage. With the first ever Homeowner Membership Platform, Mesa makes homeownership more affordable and rewarding. Join Mesa and get rewarded for your home.
Morada Uno — Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.

We Invest in the best teams leveraging technology to solve the most pressing challenges in Latin America

Investment focus

Financial Services, Education, EdTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Peru, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Moonflow — Mejora tus procesos de cobranzas y ahorra hasta un 75%. Software de Gestion de Cobranzas para Empresas,
Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
Cultivo — Cultivo is a public benefit corporation accelerating investment to regenerate nature at scale. Cultivo unlocks the value of natural capital by using its AI-driven science and technology platform to supercharge project origination and by mobilizing different pools of capital into land regeneration projects that remove carbon, increase biodiversityand improve water storage. Cultivo also works in close partnership with leading NGOs and land partners to co-design, implement and monitor projects to the highest standards that are fair and equitable for local communities and land stewards

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Brazil, Colombia, Peru

Portfolio highlights

Databits — Databits offers world-class training oriented to solving real-world industry challenges. Our professor team comprises industry experts certified in the most demanding skills and tools. We teach Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure, andmore. We have customers in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, where we have trained +3000 professionals and +20 large regional companies.
DORA — Everything you need to know about the future of financial inclusion through rental property management. We solve the iconic Edgar Vivar character Señor Barriga in El Chavo del 8 Show main problem: -Rent collection.
Creditares — Creditares is a phygital hybrid model where we combine local presence with a tech infrastructure to bridge the gap between investors and borrowers in agribusiness. This combination provides the answer to the most challenging question in the industry. Connecting locally with farmers and suppliers, digitizing their credit journey and gatheringreliable information for financial agents. Opportunities to engage on our ecosystem extends from insurance, crowdfunding, carbon credit commercialization to numerous financial services that can be structured digitally and distributed locally.

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

Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Argentina, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
Vixtra — Vixtra is a fintech company that provides payment methods for foreign trade and B2B payment methods.
Spline — Spline is a free 3D design software with real-time collaboration to create web interactive experiences in the browser. Easy 3d modeling, animation, textures, and more.

AMK Investment Office is a generation private family office.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Supy — The data-driven restaurant inventory software: get real-time insights to cut costs, reduce waste, and boost profits for multi-location operations.
Nexford University — Nexford is a next-generation online university based in Washington DC. Earn a globally affordable, accredited degree program at a flexible pace. Master competencies. Move forward in life.

Fifth Wall Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the Built World.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Software, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Brazil, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Purpose Green — Purpose Green operates as a climatetech company.
Document Crunch — Identify risks, standardize your process, & get a project playbook with our AI-assisted solutions. Learn how we can save you 8 hours a week with a free demo.
Merlin Solar Technologies — Merlin Solar is the brainchild of several disparate experts in the solar industry coming together, with a bit of a kick from a few helpful outsiders. Like its magical namesake, Merlin embraces an inquisitive solutions-oriented approach. The founders come from deep solar backgrounds, having worked the gamut of thin film and silicon slicingtechnologies. Core members also come from outside the industry, working in areas such as flexible displays and high throughput automation. This combination of deep solar expertise and outsider push has resulted in a product that fundamentally rethinks the physics and mechanical strength of a crystalline solar cell. By starting from first principles and designing for optimal performance, while also keeping line changes to a minimum, the team has come up with a solution that is simultaneously incremental and disruptive.

Media Development Investment Fund: Human rights organization and non-profit investment fund for independent media.

Investment focus

News, Audio, Content
Seed, Funding Round
Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Colab.re — Colab.re is a citizen-to-government engagement platform, where citizens socially interact to report city's daily issues, suggest urban improvements and rate public services. On the other end, they offer governments a freemium CRM and Workflow management tool. They currently (march 2016) have +150k users in Brazil, +100 clients includingmunicipalities, state governments, federal departments and utility companies. They believe in creating better cities for the people, with the people.
El Meme — Agencia de Marketing Digital / Productora de Contenidos Digitales Audiovisuales | El Meme
GkillCity — GKillCity is a digital, countercultural citizens’ communication project. It was founded in 2011, in Guayaquil, and 152 editions have been published since, with contributions of over 290 collaborators from all over the world. New media in Ecuador is almost unexplored, and Gkillcity.com wants become the iconic digital media of Ecuador. It aims tocreate more audio content and mobile applications, and also make use of digital TV channels.

We back ambitious founders solving complex problems

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Jupe — Jupes are off-grid dwellings built to be mobile, from deep nature retreats to concert festivals. Each Jupe is electrified with charging outlets, climate controls, and a temperature-moderated queen mattress.
Offsight — Factory ready project management software for the modular and offsite construction industry. We solve the delivery, quality, traceability and communication challenges of modular, offsite and project based manufacturing.
SoleSavy — SoleSavy memberships provides you the tools and resources you need to successfully purchase the product you want for retail.

NJJ Capital is an investment vehicule of Xavier Niel

Investment focus

Apps, Android, Computer
Seed, Series A
France, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Leviia — Leviia is the cloud storage company that fights to protect the environment and ensure reforestation.
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
Zenly — zenly your world

Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Swaap — We we build & operate onchain trading systems.
micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.

We invest in exceptional individuals with the passion for solving hard challenges and bringing disruptive innovation to high growth markets.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Spain, Portugal, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Erudit — ERUDIT AI is a SaaS-powered platform that transforms daily data into actionable people insights. The data generated by the text and voice of employees when using corporate communication tools such as Email, Slack, Teams, Zoom, among others, will give insights into the employees' burnout risk, engagement levels, and frictions across alldepartments and individuals in the organization. These real-time insights will be very useful for the HR department or business unit directors. Moreover, Erudit shows the subjects that are most common among employees related to these metrics, known as topics. This will allow clients to identify where their time and resources are most valuable and to impact the organization's business outcomes.
Payflow — Payflow is an employee benefit that companies can offer to their employees. Payflow provides employees instant access to earned salary to improve their financial well-being. Companies benefit from improved productivity and engagement, with no impact on cash-flow.Payflow was founded in 2020, and it is a Rocket Internet backed venture based inSpain.
Enthec Solutions — Enthec Solutions offers products on security monitoring, DevSecOps, and cloud.

We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
Brazil, Mexico, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

CXC — CXC enables private debt transaction in Latin America.
Cobre — Cobre is powering companies to become workplace banks with private label technology that will give low wage employees access to financial products
Winnin — Cultural Relevance powered by AI. Winnin AI transforms cross-platform video behavioral data into game-changing predictive insights

Terracotta Ventures is a venture capital in Latin America focused on investment in Construtechs and Proptechs.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Construction, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Brazil, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Livance — Healthcare Infrastructure as a Service
Construex — Construex is a B2B SaaS construction marketplace for Latin America. We bring together suppliers and users of constructions supplies and services. We are bringing digital commerce to a huge industry ruled by legacy commerce.
CredAluga — CredAluga is a B2B2C fintech company that offers innovative financial solutions for rental partnering with Real Estate Agencies in Brazil. CredAluga combines Technology, Credit and Real Estate expertise to offer innovative financial solutions that make rental seamless for tenants, safer for landlords and empower real estate agencies. With officesin São Paulo and Minas Gerais, CredAluga has local partners nationwide. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs with a strong track record in the real estate market, CredAluga is growing rapidly, with a mission-driven multidisciplinary team.

Winnipeg Capital (WC) is an investment and financial services firm that helps connect high potential companies and startups with growth opportunities through customized financial services, strategy advisory and smart capital.We believe Latin American offers a powerful platform to develop and scale solutions to fundamental problems that affect thebase of the pyramid . For this reason at our WC Startup Fund we invest in and support the best Latin American entrepreneurs to launch and scale regionally. Winnipeg invests across a variety of industries and sectors, including EdTech, AgTech and SaaS.

Investment focus

Education, Software, EdTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Peru, Colombia, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Kashin — KASHIN is a microlending app that gives small loans to underbanked people and controls risk using social reputation scores & smartphone-based variables. Users increase their credit line and reduce interest rates according to their own credit behavior and their first degree referrals.
Databits — Databits offers world-class training oriented to solving real-world industry challenges. Our professor team comprises industry experts certified in the most demanding skills and tools. We teach Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure, andmore. We have customers in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, where we have trained +3000 professionals and +20 large regional companies.
Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.

Invariantes Fund offers generational wealth management, and venture capital. Invariantes Fund is an early-stage venture fund investing in technology companies that leverage software as infrastructure.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Mexico, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Foccuz — Foccuzz offers software that automates all operations by connecting multiple data sources, allowing for real-time visibility, increased efficiency, more revenue, and faster data-driven decision-making.
Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
ConﬁAbogado — ConﬁAbogado is an online legal firm that provides legal solutions to low-income people.

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.

CREAS Ecuador invest in companies that have a positive social or environmental impact.

Investment focus

EdTech, Big Data, Analytics
Pre-Seed
Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Databits — Databits offers world-class training oriented to solving real-world industry challenges. Our professor team comprises industry experts certified in the most demanding skills and tools. We teach Artificial Intelligence, Python, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Spark, Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Power BI, Databricks, Azure, andmore. We have customers in Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, where we have trained +3000 professionals and +20 large regional companies.

SVQUAD is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
Skillfully — Skillful.ly builds AI-powered pre-hire simulations so employers can see past the resume to see applicant skills in action.

Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, one of the largest family-owned investment firms in Turkey and is backed by the first and second generation family members of Şevket Sabancı, one of the founding members of Sabancı Holding, a leading Turkish conglomerate.With offices in Istanbul and London, Esas Ventures invests in earlystage companies globally.

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Kenya, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Procol — Best Procurement Software in 2024. AI-powered procurement system built for efficiency and cost savings. Procurement analytics to streamline the purchasing process.
Flora — Flora is the only sustainable brand platform acquiring and growing Amazon FBA brands with a world-class team of professionals.
Gowit Technology — GoWit is a leading AdTech company, specializing in a multi-channel Retail Media Ads platform for online retailers. Our main objective is to empower businesses with comprehensive advertising solutions and maximize ad monetization. To reach a broader audience, we offer a variation of on-site & off-site advertising options such as SponsoredProducts, Sponsored Brands, Display, Video and In-Store Ads. With a clear focus on transparency, we are committed to helping our partners establish a powerful presence in the ever-growing world of retail.

Inventus is a US-India venture capital firm managed by successful entrepreneurs and industry specific veterans offering venture capital in India and the US.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
Mercately — Mercately is an e-commerce management center with powerful tools to improve the online store and customer service.
Skillfully — Skillful.ly builds AI-powered pre-hire simulations so employers can see past the resume to see applicant skills in action.

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!

Investor syndicate comprised of super angels looking to invest in Series A+ enterprise software and fintech companies

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Leapfin — Close month-end faster, report accurate financials, and gain unprecedented visibility into your business with automated revenue accounting and unified transaction data.
Pod Foods Co — Pod Foods is a revolutionary B2B distribution platform that connects emerging food brands with grocery buyers.
Truv — With Citadel, users can easily connect their payroll account and instantly share the information you need to run verifications—and we make it more affordable and faster than your manual verifications.

A.B.Seed Ventures focuses on SaaS and B2B recurrence models already in operation, with signposts of user engagement with products and services. It seeks founders with proven experience in space, complementary skills and total commitment to the business.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Brazil, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Construex — Construex is a B2B SaaS construction marketplace for Latin America. We bring together suppliers and users of constructions supplies and services. We are bringing digital commerce to a huge industry ruled by legacy commerce.
VAAS — VAAS is an AML and Compliance platform that offers on-chain and off-chain data integration for crime and suspicious activity prevention.
OmniK — OmniK is a software development process that provides a SaaS platform to revolutionize digital retail.

We target the global pipeline of outlier entrepreneurs building B2B digital companies that are currently undervalued and looking to grow by partnering with founder friendly investors that can help them reach more customers, build a better product and raise capital in a relatively short period of time.With Oakland, California as a base in SiliconValley, we currently invest via:- LatAm Seed Fund: Pre-Seed up to Series A startups, primarily in the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) scaling up globally. Typically invest an initial 50-100k USD, then follow-on up to 500k from this fund.- Global Fund: Seed to Series B startups scaling across the Americas, Africa with more than 1MM in ARR.We are open to leading or joining rounds, co-investments, and follow-on syndicates (SPVs).

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Chile, Peru, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Bruna by Altum Lab — AltumLab is a startup led by women, which allows to improve production processes with algorithms based on Artificial Intelligence. Bruna, is our SaaS platform, it is capable of reducing the use of energy resources; predict the quality and characteristics of finished products according to their raw materials; optimize the use of machines in theoperation and provide insights to make strategic production decisions in the short and medium term. It has been supported by various government and private funds
ComeS — With Supply Chain Software and Artificial Intelligence, we connect producers with bulk buyers to reduce their costs in sales and logistics, increase their sales revenue and make their products visible in new markets. We personalize the offer and achieve more conversions, obtain and manage data from stores and producers and generate an informationnetwork on available food.
Snap Compliance — We are a RegTech SaaS. We facilitate access to Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Systems Management through a centralized and collaborative platform available to everyone, we seek to positively impact 100,000 companies by 2030.

Mutuelle d'Assurance du Corps de Santé Français (MACSF) is the provider of insurance to health professionals. MACSF protects and accompanies 950,000 members of all medical and paramedical specialties, offering professional and personal solutions in insurance, savings, financing, and pensions. Its products and services meet the real needs ofits members by accompanying them in the evolution of their profession and their projects.MACSF was founded in 1935.

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Device
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
France, Spain, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Pixmania — Pixmania is an e-commerce website that provides buying and selling of speakers, cameras, headphones, and mobile devices.
Singulier — The new guard of strategy firm
RDS — RDS is a healthcare technology startup that specializes in remote patient monitoring solutions. The company's primary product, MultiSense®, is designed to help healthcare professionals continuously monitor patients' physiological parameters, whether they're in a hospital or at home. This innovative and multi-patented technology isaimed at improving patient pathways, which in turn enhances the quality of life and care efficiencies. The company's market is primarily hospitals (particularly surgical departments) and institutions that are looking for ways to improve patient care and reduce hospital stays. By facilitating early hospital discharge and continuous monitoring, RDS solution can contribute to significant healthcare savings. The MultiSense® solution is now CE marked (MDR) and is available for sale in several European countries. The company generates recurring revenues by providing the solution on a “fee for a service” business model to healthcare institutions and professionals. The product has been well-received in the market, earning multiple awards and the support of a vibrant community of clinicians. In addition to its primary product, RDS also provides services that help healthcare systems become more attractive and sustainable. This includes training and support for healthcare professionals to effectively use the MultiSense® technology. Keywords: Healthcare Technology, Remote Patient Monitoring, MultiSense®, Patient Pathways, Care Efficiencies, Hospital Discharge, Healthcare Savings, Clinicians, Physiological Parameters, Our main product, MultiSense®, is a comprehensive Remote Patient Monitoring Solution. MultiSense® offers healthcare professionals a high-precision, multi-parametric solution to continuously monitor patients’ physiological parameters in the hospital and beyond. MultiSense® combines a wearable patient monitor designed to capture high-accuracy physiological data with a cloud platform that helps transform these data into actionable clinical insights. MultiSense® is a patented medical device that has received multiple awards. MultiSense® has been validated by 6 completed clinical investigations.RDS relies on a talented and international team with deep subject-matter-expertise and a proven track record in the Healthcare and Medical Device sector. At RDS, we all share the same passion for bringing patient pathways to the next level.

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is an international baking-products manufacturer.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, AgTech, Grocery
Series A, Seed
Chile, Mexico, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Jüsto — Jüsto is an online delivery-only grocery store chain that offers a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meat products, beauty products, and house supplies that can be delivered at every consumers' doorstep. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico City.
protera — Protera is advancing the science of protein engineering to address some of the most critical problems and opportunities in food, agriculture, the environment and human health. We streamline protein design and development with MADI, our proprietary deep learning algorithm, to predict high value protein products and enzymes with unprecedented speed.Our in-house lab generates small quantities of the new predicted structures to validate their desired performance. Upon lab validation, we collaborate with our clients on next steps to move from pilot to industrial scale production.
LiveKuna — Working directly with Ecuadorian farmers to create food that's healthy, tastes good and does good. Quinoa and Chia Snacks and Cereals. Gluten Free Flours. High Protein & Fibre Pastas. Superfood Blends with Probiotics. Organic Seeds and Grains. #SnackinOnSuperfoods

DILA Capital is a Mexico City-based VC Firm that fosters the growth of Mexican entrepreneurs and Start-Up Companies. By offering equity investments, debt financing and guidance, DILA strives to add value to our invested companies and entrepreneurs. In addition to our vast entrepreneur network, knowledge of the Mexican market and experience of ourpartners.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Mexico, United States, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

BUO — Skill Validation Platform for the Future of Work
Fairplay — Fairplay is a performance-based financing platform that supports and helps e-Commerce companies to grow by advancing revenue for marketing spend. It offers funding in exchange for a steady share of revenues until the capital is paid back plus a flat fee. Fairplay was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.
Mattilda — Mattilda helps schools manage and automate payments.

Digital News Ventures makes seed investments in news and information start-upsWe foster innovation in the creation of useful news and information. We invest in entrepreneurs who are creating the platforms, tools and services that news businesses need to be viable in the digital age. See some of our portfolio businesses here.MDIF has longbeen active in the digital media space. We have financed some of the most respected and successful online news sites in the developing world, including Malaysiakini.com and South Africa’s M&G Online. Digital News Ventures is the next evolution of our investment strategy. It extends the scope of our activity beyond media companies to include platforms, tools, and services that news businesses need to be viable in the digital age.

Investment focus

News, Digital Media, Advertising
Seed
United States, Ecuador, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

El Cambur — El Medio del Centro
El Meme — Agencia de Marketing Digital / Productora de Contenidos Digitales Audiovisuales | El Meme
GkillCity — GKillCity is a digital, countercultural citizens’ communication project. It was founded in 2011, in Guayaquil, and 152 editions have been published since, with contributions of over 290 collaborators from all over the world. New media in Ecuador is almost unexplored, and Gkillcity.com wants become the iconic digital media of Ecuador. It aims tocreate more audio content and mobile applications, and also make use of digital TV channels.

Xavier Niel is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. He previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CUBE AI — Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships.
Pixmania — Pixmania is an e-commerce website that provides buying and selling of speakers, cameras, headphones, and mobile devices.
The Mobile-First Company — Early Stage Startup that is Simplifying Business, One App at a Time. Forget about those overcomplicated, pricey software giants. We're building easy, mobile-first tools that actually make sense.

VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Malibou — Malibou is developing the first all-in-one payroll and HR software for all French startups and SMBs. Malibou is committed to simplifying complex processes so that you can focus on your business.
Pixmania — Pixmania is an e-commerce website that provides buying and selling of speakers, cameras, headphones, and mobile devices.
Griffin — Griffin is making a bank you can build on. They provide banking-as-a-service solutions for companies that want to offer financial services products. The company is currently seeking regulatory approval from the PRA and FCA to become the UK's first platform bank. It was founded in 2017 and based in London, England.

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