# Alejandro Gonzalez

> Alejandro Gonzalez is a seed investor at Santatera Capital backing Food and Beverage and EdTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Santatera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santatera-capital)
- Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-redwood/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/alejandrogonal
- Website: https://x.com/alejandrogonal

Alejandro Gonzalez is a seed investor at Santatera Capital in Guadalajara focused on Food and Beverage and EdTech. Managing Partner at Redwood Ventures, where I focus on portfolio and investment strategy, leveraging my experience as entrepreneur, investment banker and angel investor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 50% |
| EdTech | 1 | 17% |
| Farming | 1 | 17% |
| Education | 1 | 17% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Mexico | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mezcla | Mezcla produces plant-based protein bars to provide snack alternatives. Its first product, the Puff-Crispy, replaces the traditional slab-style protein bar with an innovative, crunchy texture developed from puffed pea protein. The company's products use soy, dairy, and gluten-free ingredients to produce protein bars in various flavors such asvanilla, cocoa peanut butter, and hot chocolate to let customers enjoy a delicious and convenient snack that is also packed with protein and nutrients. | $9.5M | Series B | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Little Sesame | Little Sesame provides fresh farm foods directly from the farmers. The company was founded in 2015 by Nick Wiseman, David Wiseman, and Ronen Tenne and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. | $14.2M | Series A | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| smartBeemo | smartBeemo is an online education platform focused on reducing the knowledge gap of modern skills, in the Spanish speaking communities. We created an online education platform that seeks to solve this problem through-out exceptional online programs, corporate trainings and events, developed by professionals in the industry who are entrepreneurs,influencers, marketing agency leaders, technology developers and educators. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| Mezcla | Mezcla produces plant-based protein bars to provide snack alternatives. Its first product, the Puff-Crispy, replaces the traditional slab-style protein bar with an innovative, crunchy texture developed from puffed pea protein. The company's products use soy, dairy, and gluten-free ingredients to produce protein bars in various flavors such asvanilla, cocoa peanut butter, and hot chocolate to let customers enjoy a delicious and convenient snack that is also packed with protein and nutrients. | $4M | Series A | Dec 30, 2023 |  |
| Solfium | 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. | $3M | Seed | Nov 27, 2023 |  |
| Genius Foods | Genius Foods is a foodtech focused on extending the shelf life of food products. |  | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Redwood Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redwood-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelHub VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhub-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beliade](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beliade) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluestein Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluestein-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dream Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grupo DMI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grupo-dmi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Santatera Capital

VC Fund · Guadalajara, Mexico

Santatera Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in startups that are driving change in the Food and Beverage industry. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

3 contacts available at Santatera Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ian Paul Otero | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-paul-otero |
| Alejandro Gonzalez | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandro-gonzalez-6a64 |
| Alejandro Gonzalez | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandro-gonzalez-1cd7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Alejandro Gonzalez invest in?

Alejandro Gonzalez invests primarily in Food and Beverage, EdTech and Farming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alejandro Gonzalez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alejandro Gonzalez closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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