# Alex Horvitz

> Alex Horvitz is a seed investor at HCS Capital (Miami) backing Internet and InsurTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HCS Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hcs-capital-partners)
- Location: Miami, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-horvitz-2642bb/

Alex Horvitz is a seed investor at HCS Capital in Miami focused on Internet and InsurTech. Alex is an international executive with over 30 years’ experience building and running businesses around the world. Alex was a senior executive at Allianz where he was a Board Member of Allianz Partners in charge of Innovation and Marketing for the B2B2C worldwide businesses covering Health, Assistance, and Automotive insurance. Alex was alsoDirector at McKinsey & Company based in Europe and Latin America where he ran the Operations and Technology practice specialized in banking and insurance in Europe and North and South America. Alex holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 29% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 29% |
| Insurance | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 2 | 29% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DeNexus | DeNexus delivers an end-to-end cyber risk management solution for industrial sectors and critical infrastructures with network-connected equipment such as energy, manufacturing, data center facilities, and transportation sectors. CISOs, OT Facility Managers, Cybersecurity Practitioners, Executive Boards in Global 2000, and Insurers need bettercyber risk business and financial metrics for Operational Technology (OT) assets. They rely on DeNexus to enable efficient cyber risk management - avoidance, mitigation, transfer, or acceptance. | $17.5M | Series A | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| CarbonPool | CarbonPool promotes a transition to net zero by offering in-kind insurance against unforeseen reductions in or reversals of carbon credits. | $12.2M | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| DeNexus | DeNexus delivers an end-to-end cyber risk management solution for industrial sectors and critical infrastructures with network-connected equipment such as energy, manufacturing, data center facilities, and transportation sectors. CISOs, OT Facility Managers, Cybersecurity Practitioners, Executive Boards in Global 2000, and Insurers need bettercyber risk business and financial metrics for Operational Technology (OT) assets. They rely on DeNexus to enable efficient cyber risk management - avoidance, mitigation, transfer, or acceptance. | $4.3M | Seed | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| Jooycar | Jooycar is the fastest growing car telematics company and Insurecth in Latam and recently open operation in the US. We are the first company in Chile to have more than 30K connected cars and more than 100MM km processed, we are the first LatAm telematics company to have connected vehicles in Chile, Peru, Brazil Mexico and the US.The firsttelematics company to successfully operate a personal lines (first pay-per-mile program in Latinamerica) and commercial lines at the same time with www.fleetr.comFleetr Commercial Lines (US) www.fleetr.com | $700K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 08, 2020 |  |
| RedCapital | RedCapital is the online platform that brings together investors to finance SMEs with the best rates, quickly and safely. | $3M |  | Jun 11, 2019 |  |
| Jooycar | Jooycar is the fastest growing car telematics company and Insurecth in Latam and recently open operation in the US. We are the first company in Chile to have more than 30K connected cars and more than 100MM km processed, we are the first LatAm telematics company to have connected vehicles in Chile, Peru, Brazil Mexico and the US.The firsttelematics company to successfully operate a personal lines (first pay-per-mile program in Latinamerica) and commercial lines at the same time with www.fleetr.comFleetr Commercial Lines (US) www.fleetr.com | $3M | Series A |  |  |
| RedCapital | RedCapital is the online platform that brings together investors to finance SMEs with the best rates, quickly and safely. | $3M | Seed |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vorwerk Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vorwerk-direct-selling-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Heartcore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heartcore-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Prosegur](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prosegur) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/punja-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Revent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revent-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vestech Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vestech-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HCS Capital

VC Fund · Miami, United States

HCS Capital is a Miami based Venture Capital firm, with offices in Santiago and Tel Aviv, founded by a team with extensive experience in technology, banking, insurance, operations and cybersecurity. They specialize in helping our portfolio companies sharpen their strategy, make the right IT decisions and scale up rapidly.

5 contacts available at HCS Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Horvitz | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-horvitz |
| Asher Geffen | VP, Head of HCS Israel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asher-geffen |
| Ehud Hai | Investment Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ehud-hai |
| Hugues Bertin | VP, Head of HCS LatAm | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugues-bertin |
| Juan Eduardo Justiniano Domínguez | Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-eduardo-justiniano-dom%C3%ADnguez-0fb3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Horvitz invest in?

Alex Horvitz invests primarily in Internet, InsurTech and Insurance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Horvitz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Horvitz closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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