# Alejandro Ponce

> Alejandro Ponce is a seed investor at Ataria backing Software, Apps and FinTech. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ataria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/01ventures)
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-ponce-8551a312/

Alejandro Ponce is a seed investor at Ataria focused on Software and Apps. Alejandro Ponce is the Founder - CEO at Favo.He attended The Wharton School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$12M |
| Series A | $7M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 25% |
| Apps | 2 | 13% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Payments | 2 | 13% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 13% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 38% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 19% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 63% |
| Israel | 3 | 19% |
| Peru | 1 | 6% |
| Chile | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Legria | Legria offers property maintenance, repairs, bill payment, and even cleaning. Their platform allows clients to own their dream homes for a fraction of the price. The company is in charge of searching for properties in vacation destinations, acquiring them, and then taking care of the entire legal process. This allows fractions to be sold, enablingclients to become owners of their second homes. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 30, 2022 |  |
| Bankuish | Bankuish is a technology platform where gig workers and freelancers leverage their work history data to demonstrate their creditworthiness. Users gain access to a marketplace of preapproved offers from national banks tailored to their unique profile as well as tools to grow their credit score. The company helps banks gain new customers, managerisk, and improve customer relationships. The Bankuish Score has been used to de-risk thousands of individuals while maintaining a default rate well below the industry standard. Bankuish was established in 2020 with its headquarters in New York City and Mexico City. | $4.7M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| The Lobby | The Lobby (YC W18) is a marketplace where job candidates can instantly get mock interviews, resume reviews, and insights from company insiders, starting with the finance industry. It is on a mission to democratize access to the best jobs and make the hiring process more transparent and meritocratic than it is today. The company is aventure-backed startup located in the heart of Tribeca, New York City with an amazing roster of investors including Y Combinator, Ataria Ventures, 37 Angels, the former CEO of Travelocity Carl Sparks, Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School Angela Lee, a former Goldman Sachs Partner & $2bn hedge fund manager, and more. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 27, 2018 |  |
| Mirror Emoji Keyboard | Mirror uses a single selfie to instantly create hundreds of emoji that look like you and your friends. You can then use these in all messengers. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2018 |  |
| Lawyaw | Lawyaw is a computational linguistics company building tools for lawyers. It is building innovative natural language processing systems to push the boundaries and discover new computational and mathematical properties of language. Its mission is to build the most intelligent, powerful, and intuitive legal document automation platform in the world.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Mar 23, 2018 |  |
| The Lobby | The Lobby (YC W18) is a marketplace where job candidates can instantly get mock interviews, resume reviews, and insights from company insiders, starting with the finance industry. It is on a mission to democratize access to the best jobs and make the hiring process more transparent and meritocratic than it is today. The company is aventure-backed startup located in the heart of Tribeca, New York City with an amazing roster of investors including Y Combinator, Ataria Ventures, 37 Angels, the former CEO of Travelocity Carl Sparks, Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School Angela Lee, a former Goldman Sachs Partner & $2bn hedge fund manager, and more. | $120K | Seed | Jan 23, 2018 |  |
| Endless West | Endless West is a beverage startup using scientific production methods to create its own original blend of wines and spirits. Its winery uses molecules from plants, animals, and substances for taste, smell, and color and combines them to create sustainable wine without any grapes, yeast, or any kind of fermentation. The company's firstproduct, Glyph, is the first aged-style spirit made using flavor and aroma molecules extracted from more efficient sources in nature. Glyph is made without aging or barreling which means significantly less wood, water, and land is used in its production process.Endless West was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $10M | Series A | Dec 21, 2017 |  |
| Buildup | Buildup was designed with construction and development professionals in mind, providing an easy to use collaboration tool for task management, punch list and inspections. The mobile-first application allows users to document conditions, request action and communicate in the built environment. Used by owners, developers, GCs, subcontractors,architects/3rd party consultants and property managers, Buildup ensures that everyone is “on the same page” and projects are completed on-time. | $7M | Series A | Nov 21, 2017 |  |
| Pontera | FeeX was launched in 2012 to bring transparency to the retirement market. They have spent the last four years developing the technology, systems and algorithms necessary to capture, normalize, analyze and compare various financial products including 401k, 403b, 401a, 457, PSP and IRA’s. FeeX provides an automated and personalized in depth analysiswhich allows for data driven fiduciary advice at scale. They currently serve multiple facets of the financial industry including Broker Dealers, Insurance Companies, RIA’s and Online Brokerages |  |  | Nov 01, 2017 |  |
| Inception XR | Inception is fast becoming the leading 360 & VR destination of choice for premium content for millennials. Inception launched in October 2016, and has apps for Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear, iOS, Android, Google Daydream, HTC Vive, with Sony PS coming soon. It has already become one of the top 5 Entertainment VR apps.Inception utilizes a uniquecombination of proprietary technology, a distribution platform and exclusive content formats and rights, to deliver the most engaging VR experiences via our best-in-class app, cost effectively and to the very highest standards. By partnering with top publishers, musicians, artists and creative talent, Inception is serving major brands and agencies worldwide, by engaging consumers with compelling content experiences - incorporating interactivity, CGI and gaming concepts together into entertainment for the first time. | $15M | Series A | Aug 01, 2017 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amarena](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amarena) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [iAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iangels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acurio-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ataria

VC Fund · Lima, Peru

Ataria is a venture capital firm that offers family offices and conglomerates in Latin America diversified access to early-stage high-tech startups in Israel and Silicon Valley. It provides startups with the opportunity to expand into Latin America, a region with a substantial and fast growing customer base.

2 contacts available at Ataria.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| JP Ortiz | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jp-ortiz |
| Alejandro Ponce | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandro-ponce |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [CORFO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corfo) — VC Fund
- [Aster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aster-111d) — VC Fund
- [Fen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fen-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Angel Investors in Chile](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-chile)
- [All Angel Investors in Peru](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-peru)
- [Internet Investors in Peru](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-investors-peru)
- [Social Network Angel Investors in LATAM](https://shizune.co/investors/social-network-angel-investors-latam)
- [Community Investors in Peru](https://shizune.co/investors/community-investors-peru)
- [Social Network Investors in LATAM](https://shizune.co/investors/social-network-investors-latam)

## FAQ

### What does Alejandro Ponce invest in?

Alejandro Ponce invests primarily in Software, Apps and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alejandro Ponce's check size?

Alejandro Ponce typically joins rounds of $120k–$12M at Seed and $7M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alejandro Ponce participates in.

### When did Alejandro Ponce last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alejandro Ponce closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 16 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co