# César Salazar

> César Salazar is a seed investor in Mexico City backing SaaS and Logistics. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesarsalazar/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/cesarsalazar
- Website: http://cesarsalazar.mx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/csr.slzr

César Salazar is a Partner at 500 Startups. Since 2011, he has invested in over 90 early-stage companies in Latin America, Europe and the United States. In 2014, Revista Expansión –the major business outlet in the country– recognised his contributions and potential, featuring him on the cover of its “30 Promesas en los 30” issue.César is afounding partner of Mexican.VC, the first Silicon Valley seed fund dedicated to Mexican startups. In 2012, 500 Startups acquired Mexican.VC and brought César in as the 6th member of its investment team.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Accounting | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| Craft Beer | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partender | Partender, currently featured on Paramount Network's "Bar Rescue" with Jon Taffer, reduces the time it takes owners & managers to do bar inventory from a frustrating 6-24 hours to 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the crazy, archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enableddevice. As a result, you can inventory as often as you count the cash in the register - reducing the 23% industry shrinkage, ordering smarter, and creating more successful beverage programs.In just 90 days of weekly use, Partender’s 15,000+ clients experience: • 6-8% Increased Profitability to your Beverage Program • 10-20% Reduction in Cost of Goods Fluctuation • 20-40% Reduction in Value On-HandAfter every inventory, Partender instantly emails you a full inventory report and your Purchase Orders, which you can now send straight to your rep via Partender's portal.Cloud-based data analytics online show you what's selling the best/worst, what your dead stock is, and what you're low on, so you never run dry and miss a sale. |  | Seed | May 01, 2014 | https://app.partender.com/ |
| Partender | Partender, currently featured on Paramount Network's "Bar Rescue" with Jon Taffer, reduces the time it takes owners & managers to do bar inventory from a frustrating 6-24 hours to 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the crazy, archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enableddevice. As a result, you can inventory as often as you count the cash in the register - reducing the 23% industry shrinkage, ordering smarter, and creating more successful beverage programs.In just 90 days of weekly use, Partender’s 15,000+ clients experience: • 6-8% Increased Profitability to your Beverage Program • 10-20% Reduction in Cost of Goods Fluctuation • 20-40% Reduction in Value On-HandAfter every inventory, Partender instantly emails you a full inventory report and your Purchase Orders, which you can now send straight to your rep via Partender's portal.Cloud-based data analytics online show you what's selling the best/worst, what your dead stock is, and what you're low on, so you never run dry and miss a sale. | $50K | Seed | Sep 13, 2013 | https://app.partender.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rubicon Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubicon-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cito Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cito-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Marc Bell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-bell-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Winklevoss Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/winklevoss-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does César Salazar invest in?

César Salazar invests primarily in SaaS, Logistics and Accounting startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact César Salazar?

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### When did César Salazar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for César Salazar closed in May 2014. Shizune tracks 2 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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