# Alfonso De los Rios

> Alfonso De los Rios is a seed investor at Nowports backing E-Commerce, B2B and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nowports](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nowports)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfonsodelosrios/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ponchodelosrios
- Website: https://x.com/ponchodelosrios
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575490059826

Alfonso De los Rios is a seed investor at Nowports in San Francisco Bay Area focused on E-Commerce and B2B. Alfonso De los Rios is based out of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and is the President & Founder of Nowports and is the CEO of Handle. Alfonso previously worked at Yewno as a Software Engineer. Alfonso De los Rios has been certified as a Cómo gestionar empleados con alto potencial.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Audio | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 3 | 60% |
| Bolivia | 1 | 20% |
| Colombia | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $13M | Series A | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| REWORTH | Financial Media Networks (FMNs) are changing the way banks and merchants engage with their customers. FMNs turn transaction data into new, high-margin revenue streams for banks and offer merchants precise, high-impact advertising. FMN ad spend is projected to grow at a CAGR of 106% through 2026, highlighting immense potential.Reworth leads theFMN space in Latam. We connect banks and merchants through a SaaS platform that delivers personalised, data-driven card-linked offers to millions of cardholders. With exclusive access to transaction data from over 80 million Mexican cardholders (over 45% of the market), Reworth offers a highly valuable audience for FMN ads. This creates an unparalleled opportunity to deliver insights that increase card usage, improve customer loyalty, and drive merchant sales.Following Mexico, Reworth successfully launched in Argentina and is set to expand into Colombia by Q2 2025, cementing its position as the only value-added services provider in Latam with this scale and strong partnerships. Think of Reworth as Latam’s SaaS answer to the US Chase Bank Ads solution—a trusted partner driving growth and engagement across the region. | $3M | Seed | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Pandas | B2B e-commerce platform connecting Asia with the +10 million of Latin America small merchants | $6.4M | Pre-Seed | May 24, 2022 |  |
| DeltaX.la | DeltaX is a digital freight platform that connects shippers with carriers and truckers in Latin America. | $1M | Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Orchata | Orchata is a platform by which you can get groceries delivered in 15 min with no substitutes and at supermarket prices. All the way from fresh fruits, vegetables, drinks, proteins, snacks to bread, medicine, and household essentials. | $4M | Seed | Aug 01, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JAM Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jam-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [99 Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/99-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Actyus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/actyus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nowports

VC Fund · Monterrey, Mexico

Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that helps companies improve the import process. It serves as a platform through which companies and individuals can manage their imports and exports in real-time. The company uses AI to make the import process easy, secure, and transparent. The platform allows users to request a quote, register the productsand providers that the company mostly uses, and book shipments from any port.

5 contacts available at Nowports.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alejandro Galaviz | Data Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alejandro-galaviz-salazar |
| Alfonso De los Rios | President & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfonso-de-los-rios |
| Alfonso de los Ríos Santamaria | Admin | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfonso-de-los-r%C3%ADos-santamaria |
| Brenda Arteaga | Global operations member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brenda-arteaga |
| Karim Hardane | Country Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karim-hardane |

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## FAQ

### What does Alfonso De los Rios invest in?

Alfonso De los Rios invests primarily in E-Commerce, B2B and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alfonso De los Rios's check size?

Alfonso De los Rios typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alfonso De los Rios participates in.

### When did Alfonso De los Rios last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alfonso De los Rios closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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