# Top 35 Marketplace Startup Investors in Uruguay in June 2026 ## IC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce IC Ventures selects startups with potential for disruption, scaling, and value generation in technology applied to financial services (Fintech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).ICV members have acquired extensive experience in providing effective and relevant support to entrepreneurs that reduces or neutralizes some of the most frequent risksthat lead to the failure of entrepreneurs and allows them to make the most of the opportunities that are they present them both for business and for securing financing. ## Olist - Type: VC Fund - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Software Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital. Commerce has changed and platforms like shopify, amazon, meli, alibaba and their peers are more and more relevant to our economy throughout the globe. This movement triggered a new generation of enablers to support small businesses navigate in suchrich and fragmented ecosystem. Olist is leading the way as the #1 commerce enabler for SMBs in Brazil, now expanding globally.The company started with a single core connecting merchants to marketplaces and evolved to a complete ecosystem of integrated products in 3 dimensions. (1) Commerce: (a) Olist Store is the leading solution to sell on marketplaces; (b) Olist Shops is our ecommerce solution, mobile first, natively connected to social media, present in 180 countries. (2) Logistics: Olist Pax is a leading cloud based logistics and fulfillment network provider operating in Brazil. (3) Capital: Olist Credit and Olist Pay. ## Caravela Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services Brazilian Venture Capital firm investing in early-stage companies in Latam ## ANII - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, FinTech The National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) is a government agency that promotes research and application of new knowledge to productive and social reality of the country. ANII available to the public funding for research projects, scholarships national and international graduate programs and incentive programs for innovativeentrepreneurship and culture, both in the private and public sectors.ANII developed the National Research System, a program of national economic researchers categorized based on a strict evaluation system incentives. He also created the Portal Timbo, which allows free access to all kinds of scientific publications worldwide for all Uruguayans. ## Marcos Vercelli-Forster - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Marketplace, B2B, Retail Marcos Vercelli-Forster ## Paulo Piccini - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Marketplace, Retail, E-Commerce Paulo Piccini - Founder, CEO @ Ananke ## Quona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing financial inclusion around the globe. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world. ## Broadhaven Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Broadhaven is an independent merchant bank advising and investing in financial services. ## Mouro Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm that targets early to growth fintech investment opportunities across Europe, North America and Latin America. ## Endeavor Catalyst - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies ## DGF - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS DGF Investimentos is a leading Brazilian investment group. We currently manage a family of funds invested mainly by large institutional and individual investors. Our focus is on growth type investments in small to mid sized enterprises in Brazil, specially in the technology space. Historically, DGF and its team have completed close to fortyinvestments with several successful exits. ## Sergio Fogel - Type: Angel - Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, CRM Experienced Latin American internet entrepreneur. Co-founder and CEO, Astropay LLP. Organizer, Punta Tech Meetup. Sergio Fogel is one of the most recognized internet entrepreneurs in Uruguay and in Latin America in general. He founded several companies, among them Astropay (the leading alternative payments processor in Latam), Uniotel (LongDistance Carrier in Uruguay) and JetNumbers.com. Sergio is also the original founder and organizer of Punta Tech Meetup, a gathering of tech entrepreneurs held every January in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Sergio holds an MBA from INSEAD and a master's degree in computer science from the Technion. He previously worked as reseracher in IBM's Haifa Research Labs, as well as in sales for Oracle Corp. ## Diego Dzodan - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, E-Commerce Diego became CEO of Facily in October 2018, having been an early investor and Board Member since the company's startup. In his role, he is focused on delivering on Facily's mission of making the world more convenient while creating opportunities for everyone. Previously, as Vice-President for Facebook Latin America for more than threeyears, Diego led the team to a position of regional and global relevance. His other roles include President for Latin America and several country leadership positions at German software maker SAP. He was also co-founder and CEO of Certant, a Software Developer startup in Argentina. Diego holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated in Accounting at Universidad de Belgrano. He is a part-time teacher in Organisational Behaviour at Universidsd Torcuato DiTella. ## Bossa Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Aprenda a Investir em Startups ## Sergio Oberlander - Type: Angel - Location: Montevideo, NA - Uruguay, Uruguay - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Content Sergio Oberlander ## Grão - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS A venture capital firm, backed by a family office, which invests in early stage startups in Brazil and VC funds from around the world. ## Draper Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul. ## SherVentures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting SherVentures is a family office venture capital fund investing in early-stage companies. ## AngelHub VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Pedro, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce Angel Hub is a club of angel investors that empowers entrepreneurs and businessmen with innovative and scalable projects with global reach. Angel Hub invests in projects in Latinamerica, which offers access to important investment opportunities in high-potential startups. Angel Hub is based in San Pedro Garza García, N.L., Mexico. ## Hustle Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Carlos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors. ## Riverwalk Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software Riverwalk Capital Partners is a venture capital firm.b2/-.0l,9km8jn7hbgvfcdxszaDCFVWRGBTHN ## General Atlantic - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care We partner with leading entrepreneurs and innovative growth companies to deliver value for our family and institutional capital partners. ## Luxor Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Logistics Luxor Capital Group is a hedge fund that offers equity and fixed income investments. It also provides its customers with investment advisory services. Luxor Capital Group was founded by Christian Leone and is based in New York. ## Grupo Axo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Corporate Round - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Online Portals Grupo Axo is a leading multi-brand company in Mexico for apparel, footwear, beauty, accessories and home furniture. Today the company is a reference and a reliable resource for brands that want to build a successful platform within Latin America. With a solid retail and wholesale experience for over 23 years, its expertise comes from representing,elevating equity, distributing and operating brands through a multi-channel approach. As of 2017, Grupo Axo operates more than 3,100 points of sale within major department stores and over 500 retail points of sale in both Mexico and Chile, and solid and successful e-commerce platforms in both mono-brand and multi-brand formats. ## Hugo Romay - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Analytics, E-Commerce, Data Integration Hugo Romay is the Board Member of Endeavor. ## Emblue Latam - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Analytics, E-Commerce, Data Integration -- ## Mario Sanchez - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: iOS, SaaS, Android Senior Level Manager More than 20 years of experience in senior level leadership at regional and world wide companies. Today, active member of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as mentos, angel investor at several startups, still turning in a one of the entrepreneur in some of them. With a hi knowhow in building relationships with senior managers andbusiness owners to gain the confidence of potential customers and analysis of complex business environments, to find and create business opportunities.Skills and Abilities Dynamic and analytic, with team work abilities, developing a valued based leadership. Aptitude to orient the work to measurable and achievable objectives. ## Addition - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services We invest in early & growth stage technology companies. We were founded with a mission to support visionaries in building impactful & enduring businesses. ## Wollef Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Wollef Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage ventures in Latin America. ## El Pais - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: iOS, SaaS, Android El Pais is a newspaper company with a large national circulation and audience. The company introduced the modality of distributing special and collectible editorial products nationally and internationally. The company focuses in the improvement of Uruguayan society. The carry out dozens of extraordinary publications and historical investigations. ## Pedro Arnt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Pedro Arnt is the current Co-Chief Executive Officer of dLocal. He previously worked at MercadoLibre as a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Pedro Arnt attended the University of Oxford. ## Seagrass - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Recruiting Seagrass is a climate finance company. ## SoGal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Wellness, Health Care, E-Commerce The first female-led next generation venture capital fund ## IGNIA - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Pedro, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet IGNIA is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in global entrepreneurs who are developing innovative technology solutions that address fundamental pain points in Latin America. ## Federico Colella - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, E-Commerce Owner & CEO, OCASA # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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