Top 50 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in Mexico in December 2024

Investor	Media (entertainment) Mexico investments
Elias Hernández	2
Elias Hernández	2
Oso Trava	2
Orbelin Pineda	2
Kevin Hale	2
Nigel Eccles	2
Rafael Baca	2
Travis Kelce	2
Orbelin Pineda	2
Oso Trava	2
Travis Kelce	2
Rafael Baca	2
Nigel Eccles	2
Kevin Hale	2
Paul Sawaya	1
Dylan Field	1
Jorge Mazal	1
Lorena Ochoa	1
Pau Gasol	1
Sam Altman	1
Neil Thanedar	1
Lorena Ochoa	1
Miguel Layún	1
Hugo Amsellem	1
Kevin Durant	1
Paul Sawaya	1
Odell Beckham Jr.	1
Alfonso De los Rios	1
Brayan Angulo	1
Nicolas Vikonis	1
Mercedes Bent	1
Sam Altman	1
Michael Kleindl	1
Kevin Durant	1
Clement Benoit	1
César Azpilicueta	1
Iker Casillas	1
Brayan Angulo	1
Odell Beckham Jr.	1
José Daniel Guerrero	1
Iker Casillas	1
Zac Bookman	1
Mercedes Bent	1
José Daniel Guerrero	1
Jorge Mazal	1
Clement Benoit	1
Hugo Amsellem	1
Neil Thanedar	1
Pau Gasol	1
Miguel Layún	1

Professional soccer player,

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Professional soccer player,

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Oso Trava

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Credit
Seed, Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.

Professional soccer player. Part of the Mexican National Team.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Stilt — Financial Services for International Students and Immigrants
Postscript — Engage with customers wherever they are. Postscript helps you build strong customer relationships across the entire buying experience. Start your free trial today.
Taali Foods — Taali is a 'better for you' food company. We have a simple vision, we want our products to be a delicious and guilt-free snack that is loaded with the good stuff.Our anchor brand Taali Taali is a guilt-free snack made from popped water lily seeds. Our products are made of Non-GMO, whole, and natural ingredients that you can pronounceand spell to create a difference you can taste. We have on average 20% fewer calories and 67% less fat per serving (28g) than the leading popcorn brand. Roasted never tasted this good.

Nigel Eccles, CEO and co-founder of Flick, an esports/gaming focused screen share application. Previously Nigel was the CEO and co-founder of FanDuel a fantasy sports application.

Investment focus

Sports, Blockchain, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.
CryptoSlam — An NFT industry data aggregator backed by Mark Cuban. Features project analytics, NFT values, rarity, scarcity, most popular collections, activity history & more.
StarStock — StarStock is a marketplace for sports fans and card hobbyists to buy, sell, and invest in their favorite athletes.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Travis Michael Kelce is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Water, Sports
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.
Kodiak Cakes — We are committed to inspiring healthier eating and active living with great-tasting products that are 100% whole grain, protein-packed, and non-GMO.
ZenWTR — Zen Beverage offers Zenwtr, a vapor distilled alkaline water bottled in recyclable ocean-bound plastic.ZenWTR is on a mission to help reduce the amount of plastic polluting the world’s coastal environments. Each ZenWTR bottle is made from up to five plastic bottles rescued from coastal environments.It was launched in 2019 and is headquarteredin Irvine, California.

Professional soccer player. Part of the Mexican National Team.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Oso Trava

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Credit
Seed, Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.

Travis Michael Kelce is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Water, Sports
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.
Kodiak Cakes — We are committed to inspiring healthier eating and active living with great-tasting products that are 100% whole grain, protein-packed, and non-GMO.
ZenWTR — Zen Beverage offers Zenwtr, a vapor distilled alkaline water bottled in recyclable ocean-bound plastic.ZenWTR is on a mission to help reduce the amount of plastic polluting the world’s coastal environments. Each ZenWTR bottle is made from up to five plastic bottles rescued from coastal environments.It was launched in 2019 and is headquarteredin Irvine, California.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Nigel Eccles, CEO and co-founder of Flick, an esports/gaming focused screen share application. Previously Nigel was the CEO and co-founder of FanDuel a fantasy sports application.

Investment focus

Sports, Blockchain, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.
CryptoSlam — An NFT industry data aggregator backed by Mark Cuban. Features project analytics, NFT values, rarity, scarcity, most popular collections, activity history & more.
StarStock — StarStock is a marketplace for sports fans and card hobbyists to buy, sell, and invest in their favorite athletes.

Kevin Hale was a partner at Y Combinator. He worked with their portfolio companies on user experience design, product development and customer support. In 2006, he co-founded Wufoo, which was one of the earliest Y Combinator funded startups. The online form builder was later acquired by SurveyMonkey. He attended

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Stilt — Financial Services for International Students and Immigrants
Postscript — Engage with customers wherever they are. Postscript helps you build strong customer relationships across the entire buying experience. Start your free trial today.
Taali Foods — Taali is a 'better for you' food company. We have a simple vision, we want our products to be a delicious and guilt-free snack that is loaded with the good stuff.Our anchor brand Taali Taali is a guilt-free snack made from popped water lily seeds. Our products are made of Non-GMO, whole, and natural ingredients that you can pronounceand spell to create a difference you can taste. We have on average 20% fewer calories and 67% less fat per serving (28g) than the leading popcorn brand. Roasted never tasted this good.

Paul Sawaya was the Co-Founder of Human Interest.

Investment focus

Credit, Internet, Payments
Seed
Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.

Dylan Field is the CEO and Co-founder of Figma, a design and prototyping platform for teams who build products together. With the support of the Thiel Fellowship, Dylan dropped out of Brown University to start Figma with his TA Evan Wallace (who became Figma’s CTO). They built Figma on the web in the hopes of tearing down the walls around thesiloed design process. Dylan champions open, accessible design and believes such tooling must evolve for a cloud-based, collaborative world. He tweets @zoink

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

HeyGen — HeyGen is an innovative video platform that harnesses the power of generative AI to streamline your video creation process. Unleash your creativity with HeyGen - the future of video production.
Roam — Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.
Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.

Jorge Mazal, CPO at Duolingo.

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Podcast
Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
ProSights — State-of-the-art data security protocols engineered specifically for financial institutions.

Lorena Ochoa

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Podcast
Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.

Pau Gasol is an advisor, an investor and an activist in projects related to sports and well-being. He played professional basketball for 20 years in the NBA, on the Spanish National Team and in Spain’s ACB league. He is president of the Gasol Foundation, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission, and a UNICEF GlobalChampion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity.

Investment focus

Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports
Funding Round, Seed, Series C
United States, Spain, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

INDYA — INDYA is company that helps athletes to improve their performance through nuntrition and technology
Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.
Luzia — Access the power of AI from WhatsApp easily, without registration, and for FREE. Luzia helps you in your day to day life with thousands of tasks, whether at work, at school, in your social moments or while pursuing your passions.

Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator from 2016 through 2019. Sam Altman attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
APEX — Use Apex AI Security Platform to drive your organisation at the speed of AI, agentlessly. Unleash AI securely, with visibility, detection, and remediation. (156c)
ValueBase — This page discusses the history of ValueBase, what brought us together and why we decided that accurate appraisal was important. It also explains why we focus on mass appraisal and statistical techniques like regression.

Neil Thanedar is the Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures and the Founder and Chairman of Labdoor and Air to All.Previously, Neil was the Founder and President of Avomeen Analytical Services, a chemical analysis and product development laboratory.He has also served as Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, StateRepresentative, and US Congress in Michigan.Neil graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration.

Investment focus

Finance, Financial Services, Apps
Seed, Funding Round
United States, Mexico, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
MatterFab — MatterFab offers a production 3D metal printer solution that removes the limitations of industrial fabrication. Final part production is the fastest growing segment of 3D printing built on equipment designed for prototyping that is not designed to scale. MatterFab provides a scalable production additive manufacturing solution with printers,material supply, traceable powder cartridges, training, education, maintenance services, and application engineering support to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing in our client's organizations. Manufacturing has the power to shape the world and MatterFab has the power to reshape manufacturing.

Lorena Ochoa

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Podcast
Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Investing in consumer stuff (content, community, commerce, creators). Advisor at Jellysmack, previously Founding Team at The Family

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Figures — Figures delivers reliable, up-to-date salary and equity data, allowing the people professionals to plan and benchmark their compensation plan
Aria — TELL BEAUTIFUL STORIES
Intros AI — Intros AI boosts community engagement by automating interactions across major platforms. It offers customizable algorithms and analytics for any size community to deepen engagement and relationships.

Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Sports
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Zelus Analytics — Zelus Analytics provides a world-leading sports intelligence platform for the professional teams in our exclusive partner network.
League One Volleyball — One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life.
Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.

Paul Sawaya was the Co-Founder of Human Interest.

Investment focus

Credit, Internet, Payments
Seed
Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.

Odell Beckham Jr. is a wide receiver who plays for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Shef — Enter code FIRST10 at checkout and save $10 on your first order
Kasheesh — Split any online payment across multiple cards. Use both debit and credit cards to split one payment. Pay with multiple cards on websites
Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.

Alfonso De los Rios is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of Nowports.

Investment focus

B2B, Apps, Audio
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Mexico, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Pandas — B2B e-commerce platform connecting Asia with the +10 million of Latin America small merchants
REWORTH — En Reworth conectamos a instituciones financieras y comercios para ofrecer a los consumidores el programa de cashback personalizado mas efectivo.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Previously she served as an executive at a VR startup and a General Manager at General Assembly (acquired, 2018) where she oversaw a multi-million dollar business line. She has an MBA and a Masters in Education from Stanford University andan AB from Harvard University. She serves as a board member for the non-profit Birthright AFRICA and in her free time she enjoys off-roading in her Jeep. She is an African American of Bermudian, Grenadian, and Colombian heritage and was named a 40 under 40 for Tech Diversity.

Investment focus

FinTech, Apps, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
Mexico, United States, Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
Trading.TV — Tech-driven, human-centric advice and services to help you prosper.

Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator from 2016 through 2019. Sam Altman attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
Beacon AI — Beacon AI is building the future of flight safety for commercial and private fleets.
ValueBase — This page discusses the history of ValueBase, what brought us together and why we decided that accurate appraisal was important. It also explains why we focus on mass appraisal and statistical techniques like regression.

Michael Kleindl is the Founder and Managing Partner of Collateral Good. He previously worked at Blue Horizon Ventures as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. Michael Kleindl attended EBS University of Business and Law.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
Spain, Mexico, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Reservamos — We are a multi-modal booking engine for travel based in Mexico. We cover over 90,000 routes and 3700 destinations. Reservamos is the best way to compare and book buses, flights, and ride sharing options anywhere in Mexico + US with one search.
Mediasmart — mediasmart Mobile is the first Spanish company focusing on the real time optimization of mobile advertising (both on smartphones and tablets) using its proprietary technology platform.mediasmart Mobile was one of the first movers into the mobile programmatic ecosystem, having launched in Jan 2012. It gives access to global mobile inventory -both in mobile apps and web - from more than twenty seven ad exchanges/SSPs, and it has successfully proven throughout the years that its algorithms can effectively manage big data to deliver results. A proven and scalable technology, currently handling more than 800,000 ad requests per second, mediasmart can be used directly by clients on a self-serve basis or via APIs, and it handles both RTB and programmatic direct buys.Mediasmart has offices in Madrid, London and Paris.
Giant Swarm — Implement and manage your Kubernetes infrastructure with Giant Swarm. We will guide you along the Kubernetes learning curve. Get your containers in production.

Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Sports
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Zelus Analytics — Zelus Analytics provides a world-leading sports intelligence platform for the professional teams in our exclusive partner network.
League One Volleyball — The largest community of youth volleyball clubs with its professional league launching in January 2025, League One Volleyball (LOVB) is re-imagining the future of volleyball.
Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.

Clement Benoit - Founder and CEO @ Fithouse

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
Cocunat — Cocunat is a natural and 100% toxic free cosmetics brand.
Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

César Azpilicueta Tanco is a professional footballer from Spain.

Investment focus

Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Soccer
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Spain, France, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

VIVLA — We make exclusive second homes in top European locations accessible to everyone. Buy shares of your home without having to buy the whole property.
Sorare — Global Fantasy Football. Collect limited edition digital collectibles, Manage your team and earn prizes!
Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.

Iker Casillas is a co-founder of Café 19.

Investment focus

Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports
Seed, Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Odell Beckham Jr. is a wide receiver who plays for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Shef — Enter code FIRST10 at checkout and save $10 on your first order
Kasheesh — Split any online payment across multiple cards. Use both debit and credit cards to split one payment. Pay with multiple cards on websites
Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Iker Casillas is a co-founder of Café 19.

Investment focus

Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports
Seed, Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.

Zac is the CEO of OpenGov, the "GovTech" cloud software leader. OpenGov has raised $200 million in capital from Andreessen Horowitz and other venture funds and powers more than 1000 cities, counties, and state agencies across the United States. Before co-founding OpenGov, Zac served as Advisor to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster on theAnti‑Corruption Task Force at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. He previously practiced trial litigation at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, and served as law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Zac studied corruption in Mexico as a Fulbright Fellow and has taught American Government at San Quentin Prison. He holds a JD from the Yale Law School, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and graduated valedictorian from the University of Maryland. Zac serves on the board of and as advisor to various technology companies and funds, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the YPO. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and San Francisco and Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 under 40.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
Sewer AI — SewerAI develops the leading software for infrastructure defect detection and labeling. We deploy cost-effective AI solutions and Cloud software that find cracks in the wastewater system. Our SaaS systems are used by utilities and sewer inspection contractors every day.
With (Coing) — An holistic solution focusing on those who put their people first. Save time, make data-based decisions, boost engagement.

Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in the Bay Area. Previously she served as an executive at a VR startup and a General Manager at General Assembly (acquired, 2018) where she oversaw a multi-million dollar business line. She has an MBA and a Masters in Education from Stanford University andan AB from Harvard University. She serves as a board member for the non-profit Birthright AFRICA and in her free time she enjoys off-roading in her Jeep. She is an African American of Bermudian, Grenadian, and Colombian heritage and was named a 40 under 40 for Tech Diversity.

Investment focus

FinTech, Apps, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
Mexico, United States, Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
Trading.TV — Tech-driven, human-centric advice and services to help you prosper.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.

Jorge Mazal, CPO at Duolingo.

Investment focus

Apps, Audio, Podcast
Series A
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
ProSights — State-of-the-art data security protocols engineered specifically for financial institutions.

Clement Benoit - Founder and CEO @ Fithouse

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
Cocunat — Cocunat is a natural and 100% toxic free cosmetics brand.
Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Investing in consumer stuff (content, community, commerce, creators). Advisor at Jellysmack, previously Founding Team at The Family

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Figures — Figures delivers reliable, up-to-date salary and equity data, allowing the people professionals to plan and benchmark their compensation plan
Aria — TELL BEAUTIFUL STORIES
Intros AI — Intros AI boosts community engagement by automating interactions across major platforms. It offers customizable algorithms and analytics for any size community to deepen engagement and relationships.

Neil Thanedar is the Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures and the Founder and Chairman of Labdoor and Air to All.Previously, Neil was the Founder and President of Avomeen Analytical Services, a chemical analysis and product development laboratory.He has also served as Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, StateRepresentative, and US Congress in Michigan.Neil graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration.

Investment focus

Finance, Financial Services, Apps
Seed, Funding Round
United States, Mexico, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
MatterFab — MatterFab offers a production 3D metal printer solution that removes the limitations of industrial fabrication. Final part production is the fastest growing segment of 3D printing built on equipment designed for prototyping that is not designed to scale. MatterFab provides a scalable production additive manufacturing solution with printers,material supply, traceable powder cartridges, training, education, maintenance services, and application engineering support to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing in our client's organizations. Manufacturing has the power to shape the world and MatterFab has the power to reshape manufacturing.

Pau Gasol is an advisor, an investor and an activist in projects related to sports and well-being. He played professional basketball for 20 years in the NBA, on the Spanish National Team and in Spain’s ACB league. He is president of the Gasol Foundation, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission, and a UNICEF GlobalChampion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity.

Investment focus

Sports, Health Care, Fantasy Sports
Funding Round, Seed, Series C
United States, Spain, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

INDYA — INDYA is company that helps athletes to improve their performance through nuntrition and technology
Draftea — Draftea is the first daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform in the Spanish-speaking world. It allows users to create their own dream team and win money while competing against others. Sports fans can enter Draftea, draft a lineup, enter a contest and win prizes. They choose their players, based on their knowledge of the game, build their fantasyteam and earn points every time players score goals, complete passes, or even keep a clean sheet in real matches. Draftea is a technology startup backed by Sequoia, Kaszek and Bullpen Capital.
Luzia — Access the power of AI from WhatsApp easily, without registration, and for FREE. Luzia helps you in your day to day life with thousands of tasks, whether at work, at school, in your social moments or while pursuing your passions.

Professional soccer player.

Investment focus

Video, Soccer, Sports
Seed
Mexico

Portfolio highlights

PITZ — Pitz combines video and commentary technology to broadcast a player’s best amateur moments on the field.Professional commentators add voice and creativity to videos making them fun, exciting and irresistible for players to share it.- Irresistibly shareable video. - Broadcasted to massive audiences. - Creators economy: Get paid for yourhighlights.2 sided marketplace: Brand segmentation portal for optimal ad placement.