Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures
VC Fund
Bogotá, Colombia
Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures is a VC fund in Bogotá focused on Financial Services and Credit. Acumen Latam Impact Ventures – ALIVE Ventures – is a new type of Latin American fund manager.A fund manager that places impact at centerstage, measuring impact using a data driven approach to not only count lives but more importantly to understand how lives are being impacted. A fund manager that incorporates gender lens investing every step ofthe way, from origination to post-investment management. A fund manager that seeks to build a vibrant community of like-minded investors that truly care about impact and learning. A fund manager that seeks to grow the impact investing space in Latin America by collaborating and sharing knowledge broadly. And finally, but equally important, a fund manager that seeks to provide attractive risk adjusted returns to its investors.
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 70%
- Fund size:
- $55M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures invests in
Stages Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures invests in
Countries Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$7M
- Series A
- $3M–$18M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2M–$14M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 7 (26%)
- Credit 4 (15%)
- EdTech 4 (15%)
- Employment 4 (15%)
- FinTech 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (30%)
- Series A 8 (30%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (26%)
- Funding Round 3 (11%)
- Convertible Note 1 (4%)
Country
- Colombia 8 (30%)
- United States 3 (11%)
- Peru 2 (7%)
- Chile 2 (7%)
- Brazil 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Santiago Alvarez
Co-founder and Managing Partner
|
Co-founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Maria Pía Morante Pérez-Reyes
Executive
|
Executive | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Virgilio Barco
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 13 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva is building an AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underserved communities. While determined to fuel Latin America’s ongoing emergence of a new middle class with a fully-fledged portfolio of inclusive financial services, Aviva’s initial go-to-market concentrates on unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses inMexico.As most of the underbanked 40+ million Mexicans live in small and medium-sized towns, Aviva builds a bridge to those living in remote communities with its physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches provide a documentless 3-minute video onboarding for everyone in need of liquidity. Novel AI-based technology, including natural language processing, allows Aviva to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a comprehensive real-time credit application. Transforming speech to text and inferring emotions and personality from the visual layer of the application video gives Aviva an edge in scoring thin-file customers. Leveraging these novel risk models, Aviva aims to provide the lowest interest rates available to today’s underserved. | $18M / Series A / Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Pulpos objective is to provide the greatest product available on the market, complete with an interface that enables retailers to open a store from the cloud in a matter of minutes and with the support they need. | $5M / Seed / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| BIOMAKERS is a biotechnology research company that offers molecular testing and genetic diagnosis for patient treatment. | $8M / Series A / Jan 12, 2026 | ||
| Solfium is a one-of-a-kind solar energy company dedicated to providing the best solutions for your house, business, or industry. Everything we do is driven by the desire to provide you with the greatest possible experience. | $10M / Series A / Nov 07, 2025 | ||
| Creditú specializes in the delivery of mortgage credits. | $6M / Series A / Oct 07, 2025 | ||
| FinMaq is a financial innovation company dedicated to bridging the financing gap for unbanked clients and productive asset distributors. By offering fast, secure, and accessible loans for machinery and equipment, we empower small businesses to grow and thrive. With a robust three-tier guarantee system and a digitalized loan approval process, weensure financial inclusion, business formalization, and social impact. At FinMaq, we’re driving economic growth, creating jobs, and transforming lives—one asset at a time. | $29M / Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services. | $7.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| GoodSAM is a food and beverages company that offers snack and food products made with natural ingredients. | $9M / Series A / Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| Magneto Global is a SAAS company that offers a software to help companies in talent acquisition. | $7M / Seed / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Teclogi is a technology company focused in Logistics, which is well known as a Logtech; that means that we provide long haul and last mile transport services, which are operated over a technology platform, that we have developed to digitise and modernise the logistics process. So, TECLOGI was born aiming to solve some of the several challenges weface in the supply chain in Latin America, like a challenging geography, security risks, several intermediaries, and huge security risks. That is why TECLOGI has deployed a solution under two pillars: Operational versatility, which means that, * We operate last mile, as well as long haul services. * We have adapted our platforms and operations to different kinds of vehicles, including electrical trucks. In terms of technology our solution includes: * A marketplace to connect cargo with safe vehicles * A platform to digitise the logistics process end to end * A Fintech product line focused on the drivers. * A 3-step strategy, which includes the deployment of Data Analytics, and the incorporation of Machine Learning technologies. | $4.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| See all 27 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures invest in?
Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, Credit and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures's check size?
Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$7M at Seed, $3M–$18M at Series A and $2M–$14M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures?
The team at Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures includes Santiago Alvarez (Co-founder and Managing Partner), Maria Pía Morante Pérez-Reyes (Executive) and Virgilio Barco (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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