Top 25 Startup Investors in Ecuador
A list of 25 angel investors and VC 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 25 Startup Investors in Ecuador
Investor | Ecuador investments |
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BuenTrip Ventures | 6 |
Magma Partners | 3 |
Innogen Venture Capital | 2 |
Eduardo Castro Wright | 2 |
Groupe Duval | 2 |
Gelt VC | 1 |
Conexo Ventures | 1 |
NJJ Capital | 1 |
Fabrice Grinda | 1 |
Cofides | 1 |
Xavier Niel | 1 |
MACSF | 1 |
Digital News Ventures (MDIF Fund) | 1 |
Media Development Investment Fund | 1 |
5 Eyes Ventures | 1 |
Grupo Bimbo | 1 |
NXTP Ventures | 1 |
North Base Media | 1 |
devlabs | 1 |
Invariantes Fund | 1 |
Asymmetry Ventures | 1 |
DILA Capital | 1 |
Amadeo Global | 1 |
Clocktower Technology Ventures | 1 |
Esas Ventures | 1 |
BuenTrip Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Latin American companies that bring innovation to significant areas of the economy, are capital-efficient, scalable, and have exit potential. The firm seeks to make minority investments in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.BuenTrip Ventures was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Quito, Pichincha.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Logistics
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, Ecuador, Peru
Portfolio highlights
- Kriptos — Kriptos uses AI to ensure accurate classification for your company. Kriptos helps businesses locate their most critical information and prevent data leakage through software that analyzes, classifies, and labels documents automatically.
- Koban — Koban is a fintech company that aims to reduce complexity and revolutionize the way money works in Latam. The majority of Latin Americans that remain unbanked and the existing banking customers deserve a better choice. They offer their users digital financial services that are easy to use, innovative and accessible to move, transact, save andunderstand money all in a highly secure digital platform. In Koban they put customers first. They are passionate about empowering people’s financial lives through technology and design and driven by their mission to promote financial inclusion in their countries.
- Airpals — Gig worker-friendly startup, providing modern same-day B2B courier services
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.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Mexico, United States, Chile
Portfolio highlights
- FZ Sports — Fz Sports is a tech company that creates connections between rights owners, sports brands, and sports fans. The way to enjoy and monetize sports content.
- Yumari — Wholesale Buying from Latin America Made Easy
- Vexi — Vexi issues, operates and processes credit cards for young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience
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.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Convertible Note, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Colombia, Mexico, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
- YoFio — YoFio
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.
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Investment focus
- Retail, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Mexico, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Instaleap LLC — We help eGroceries to optimize order management, gain picking and packing efficiency, deliver on time and delight customers.One single platform with you every step of the way: from checkout to delivery and data insights.
- Home Delivery Service (HDS Global) — Creating the future of ecommerce
- COR — COR is the next-generation solution for creative and professional teams that intelligently suggests how to manage your projects, teams, and finances.
Groupe Duval is a real estate firm that involve in real estate development and investment, project management, and consulting.
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- XXII GROUP — With more than 50 employees, XXII designs, develops and markets a SaaS platform for deploying and configuring algorithms for video stream analysis: XXIICORE. Our solution has already convinced companies in many sectors and local authorities, whose teams measure the benefits of video analysis assisted by our algorithms every day.
- 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.
We back ambitious founders solving complex problems
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- Software, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Brazil
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- 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 — Get tools and resources to grow your sneaker collection without paying resell, and join a tight-knit sneaker community you can trust.
We invest in exceptional individuals with the passion for solving hard challenges and bringing disruptive innovation to high growth markets.
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- FinTech, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Spain, Portugal, Ecuador
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- Enthec Solutions — Enthec Solutions offers products on security monitoring, DevSecOps, and cloud.
- CO2offset — CO2offset is an advanced SaaS solution that measures the carbon preserved in forests for its nurturing and development.
- DeepNeuronic — DeepNeuronic is a tech startup that specializes in building machine learning-based products to resolve and automate daily problems.
NJJ Capital is an investment vehicule of Xavier Niel
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- Apps, Android, Computer
- Seed, Series A
- France, Ecuador
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- 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
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.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPless. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- 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.
Cofides provides cost-effective, medium and long-term financial support for viable private investment projects.
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- Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Automotive
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Private Equity
- Spain, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Cooltra — Cooltra is the leading company in sustainable mobility solutions on two wheels in Europe. Born in Barcelona 15 years ago and co-founded by the entrepreneur Timo Buetefisch, it is currently present in 6 European countries (Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and the Czech Republic), and has a workforce of close to 400 employees. Cooltra has afleet of more than 16,000 vehicles, of which 64% are electric scooters that operate with a zero-emissions footprint. The company offers sharing services, such as the rental of scooters and electric bicycles by the minute, as well as renting services for both individuals and for companies and public administrations.
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Xavier Niel currently works as the Co-Founder & CEO for NJJ Capital. Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet,the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Poolside — Poolside is an artificial intelligence platform intended to offer cutting-edge foundation concepts and infrastructure.
- Mistral AI — Mistral AI is a platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models.
- Skarlett — Skarlett is a real estate firm that provides purchasing power to the old age people by releasing the wealth blocked in real estate assets.
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.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Series A, Funding Round, Series C
- France, Spain, Ecuador
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- Quinten Health — Simulating Real-World to accelerate and secure health products development, approval, and reimbursement
- HoopCare — HoopCare supports your organization to build efficient Preoperative Clinic Services to improve health and safety for each patient scheduled for an elective surgical procedure. Advanced practice providers, under the direction of physicians, provide appropriate, customized testing, evaluation and education to each patient based on their individual needs.
- Invivox — INVIVOX is the first worlwide plateform connecting doctors for a practical in situ medical training in 1 to 1 or in very small group. Invivox facilitates practical trainings between doctors all over the world for the ultimate benefit of the patients
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.
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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.
Media Development Investment Fund is a not-for-profit investment fund, providing debt and equity financing to independent media businesses in countries with a history of media oppression. Its affordable financing and technical assistance help independent news outlets build sustainable businesses around quality news and information.Since providingits first loan in 1996, MDIF has provided more than $255 million in affordable financing, including $221 million in loans and equity investments, $33 million in technical assistance and other grants, earned $43 million in interest, dividends and capital gains, collected more than $75 million in recovered principal invested.Media Development Investment Fund has invested in 131 clients across 44 countries. It ended June 2021 with a portfolio of $119 million in assets under management allocated in 51 media businesses across 31 countries.
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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.
5 Eyes is the best syndicate in the world investing in early stage startups from day 1
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Investment focus
- Apps, SaaS, Music
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV is an international baking-products manufacturer.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, AgTech, Grocery
- Series A, Seed
- Chile, Mexico, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
NXTP Ventures backs early-stage technology companies led by extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout Latin America. As one of the oldest VC firms in Latin America active since 2011, NXTP puts its extensive network of mentors, investors and industry specialists to work for its portfolio companies. We are particularly passionate about SaaS, logistics,and other services primed to create efficiencies in business workflows by introducing new technology. NXTP Ventures was an early investor in business such as AuthO, CargoX, Trocafone, Satellogic, Cobli, Liftit, VU Security and many more.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Argentina, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.
- 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.
- ALPHS — THE ALPHS is an Indian-Italian lifestyle brand which operates as a specialty online retailer. It was founded in 2021 in Bengaluru, India. It serves customers worldwide, offers limited premium apparels, and lifestyle products which includes fragrances made in Italy. To ensure authenticity, their genuine products are sold exclusively through theirofficial website as mentioned in their terms of service. It gets online on big events and are available to purchase for a limited duration of 7 days only, thus selling out very quickly. Initially, they burned a great deal of their investor's cash by hiring top-notch verified celebrities on Instagram to promote their products and also did a lot of free giveaways to attract people. As seen on a news website, they were targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35 years from a few top Tier 1 countries which included United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy through paid advertising.As mentioned in an online publication, Ashini started it on Instagram as a fun side project inspired by 'The Originals', a fantasy supernatural American series. Later, it was turned to a professional brand backed by a few mysterious wealthy members, Ashini was one of them. So far, the brand has raised a total of US$345K in funding over 2 seed rounds from 6 investment organizations with Y Combinator as the lead investor, and made a revenue of US $1.35M in their very first year of online presence.
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.
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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.
- Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!
- Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
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).
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Chile, Peru, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
- Cheetrack — Bringing AI to your sales process to close faster and automatically. Check our video https://youtu.be/PNacP44M-WQ
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Internet
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, Mexico, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- ConfiAbogado — ConfiAbogado is an online legal firm that provides legal solutions to low-income people.
- Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
- Picker — On-demand delivery gateway.
Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Mate Fertility — Mate Fertility Is the Fastest Growing Fertility Network That Makes Care Affordable In A Warm Clinic Setting With Compassionate Providers.
- ALPHS — THE ALPHS is an Indian-Italian lifestyle brand which operates as a specialty online retailer. It was founded in 2021 in Bengaluru, India. It serves customers worldwide, offers limited premium apparels, and lifestyle products which includes fragrances made in Italy. To ensure authenticity, their genuine products are sold exclusively through theirofficial website as mentioned in their terms of service. It gets online on big events and are available to purchase for a limited duration of 7 days only, thus selling out very quickly. Initially, they burned a great deal of their investor's cash by hiring top-notch verified celebrities on Instagram to promote their products and also did a lot of free giveaways to attract people. As seen on a news website, they were targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35 years from a few top Tier 1 countries which included United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy through paid advertising.As mentioned in an online publication, Ashini started it on Instagram as a fun side project inspired by 'The Originals', a fantasy supernatural American series. Later, it was turned to a professional brand backed by a few mysterious wealthy members, Ashini was one of them. So far, the brand has raised a total of US$345K in funding over 2 seed rounds from 6 investment organizations with Y Combinator as the lead investor, and made a revenue of US $1.35M in their very first year of online presence.
- North American Wave Engine Corporation — Wave Engine Corp. develops power and propulsion systems with no moving parts.
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.
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Mexico, United States, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Pacto — Pacto provides technology to restaurants and bars in order to improve the customer experience and accelerate business growth. It seeks to be a catalyst for financial inclusion for small and medium-sized food and beverage companies by integrating them into digital commerce through technology-based solutions.
- Cobee — Cobee develops an online platform that automates and simplifies employee benefits management. The company also provides benefits for employees and flexible compensation that makes companies and employees fall in love. It facilitates the management of your benefits plan and allows you to focus on what really matters.Cobee provides a subsidy toyour employees to complement the cost of the benefits you want. They eliminate intermediaries and external suppliers of each of the benefits, thus achieving such as reduce costs and improve service quality for companies and employees, create a single source of information, which facilitates the management, resolution of incidents and the visibility of what happens in each moment, and offer your employees a benefits package centralized on the same VISA card, with real-time visibility of the savings generated and controlled from their Cobee App.Cobee was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Amadeo Global is a New York-based investment firm, focused on public and private companies.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Food and Beverage, Wellness
- Debt Financing, Convertible Note, Funding Round
- United States, Spain, Ecuador
Portfolio highlights
- Sound Brands — SOUND is born of a desire for a purer, simpler drink—no sweeteners, no fillers, nothing more than just what is needed. In a world crowded by noise and artificiality, we went back to the roots with just high quality organic tea and bubbles. Their promise is to create the best tasting beverage, with the highest quality ingredients and the most honestand transparent business practices.
- Lance — Freelancers! Get a bank account that pays your taxes, automates your savings, and sends you a paycheck.
- Waffle Labs — Waffle Labs is a technology company that reinvents insurance and improves value for consumers. Founded in 2018 by Michael Li, Quentin Coolen, and Sam Barnsley, Waffle Labs is headquartered in New York.
Clocktower Technology Ventures is a Santa Monica-based venture capital business focused exclusively on financial technology.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- RepRally — RepRally bridges the gap between emerging brands and local retailers.
- Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
- Kala — We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm.
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.
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- Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Kenya, Canada
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- 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.
- Flora — Flora is the only sustainable brand platform acquiring and growing Amazon FBA brands with a world-class team of professionals.
- Procol — Reliable, flexible and simple-to-adopt spend management platform that drives sourcing and procurement excellence.
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