# Cristobal Alonso

> Cristobal Alonso is a pre-seed investor at Startup Wise Guys backing FinTech. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Startup Wise Guys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-wise-guys)
- Location: Riga, Latvia
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cristobalalonso
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cristobalalonso
- Website: https://x.com/cristobalalonso

Cristobal Alonso is a pre-seed investor at Startup Wise Guys in Riga focused on FinTech and Software. Cristobal Alonso is the General Partner of Startup Wise Guys.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 7 | 27% |
| Software | 7 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 15% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 50% |
| Seed | 8 | 31% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 4 | 15% |
| Latvia | 2 | 8% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| Ghana | 1 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LetsData | LetsData is an AI-power radar against disinformation. LetsData provides real-time media and social media monitoring in over 50 countries, empowering state agencies, businesses, and civil societies to proactively navigate risks and seize opportunities in the face of disinformation. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2025 | https://www.letsdata.net/ |
| Vado | Vado is a technology startup that connects third-party delivery platforms and vending machines making order reception, management and delivery to the riders completely automatic.We are neither a delivery provider nor a vending machine manufacturer - we bridge the gap between them.In order to help companies manage the delivery and take-awayoperations of any product (Alcohol, Sushi, Drugs, Ready Foods) more efficiently, we integrate their delivery apps (Glovo, Deliveroo, JustEat, UberEats) with distributors automatic that allow you to sell automatically 24/7.Automating the online ordering process helps our customers save time and money, so they can focus more on their core business and continue doing what they love most: making their customers happy. | $438.8K | Seed | Sep 30, 2024 | https://www.vadosrl.com/ |
| Monkee | Monkee is building the infrastructure for the next generation of commerce through Save Now Buy Later (SNBL) — an alternative to debt-based purchasing models like BNPL. The platform empowers consumers to save purposefully toward meaningful purchases, while enabling brands and retailers to engage the 1 in 3 consumers who want to buy, but refuse touse credit. With over 140,000 users, €230M+ in savings goals, and 600+ retail partners, Monkee turns early intent into action — driving loyalty, conversion, and incremental revenue without financial risk. After validating its model in B2C, Monkee is now scaling through embedded SNBL integrations at the point of intent across e-commerce and physical retail.Monkee aims to establish 'Save now Buy Later' as a responsible alternative to 'Buy now Pay later'.The company was founded in Austria. The app was launched in the kick-off markets Germany and Austria. |  | Seed | Apr 10, 2024 | http://www.monkee.rocks |
| Scorestars | Scorestars is a sports fan's club, where lovers of sports can collect, trade, and play with officially licensed digital collectibles ranging from player cards to video moments. Based on the collectibles you already own, you can play the game during live matches or challenge others to not just get bragging rights but also win exciting goodies.Scorestars targets the expansive global sports fan engagement market. This market encompasses millions of sports enthusiasts who seek immersive and interactive ways to connect with their favorite sports. The size of this market is vast, with the potential to grow significantly due to increasing digital adoption and sports fandom worldwide. | $792.6K | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 | https://scorestars.io/ |
| Cust | A web platform to deploy & manage autonomous AI agents that close small deals. Autonomous agents will contact your leads, qualify, prepare offers, handle objections, negotiate, and close the deal with super-human-like performance. | $106.6K | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2023 | https://asktosell.com |
| TrustLynx | TrustLynx was founded during game-changing projects in which they assisted organizations in their digitalization and innovation activities. It began with organizing information management and archiving within the company's systems and infrastructure in the framework of e-signing, validations, and time stamping. The idea of integrating digitaltrust services directly into enterprise systems opened up a wide range of opportunities for digitalizing and automating business operations while providing a pleasant user experience, control over information security, and data privacy. | $320.1K | Pre-Seed | Sep 15, 2023 | https://trustlynx.io |
| Hevi AI | Hevi AI provide innovative artificial intelligence-based solutions for medical imaging for a diverse spectrum of diseases varying from detection of critical pathologies to radiomics applications for oncology. | $89.6K | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 | http://hevi.ai |
| Zerek.ai | Zerek.ai transforms banks into highly customized AI-driven interactive applications. They enable banks to integrate their data, build rich segments, and engage consumers across any platform. Zerek.ai offers an automated segmentation and targeting feature, allowing banks to segment their audiences and obtain service-specific insights.Zerek.ai isheadquartered in Astana, Kazakhstan and was founded in 2020. | $91.4K | Pre-Seed | Aug 03, 2022 | https://zerek.ai |
| INKsearch.co | INKsearch.co is a CRM and marketplace for tattoo studios, artists, and ink lovers. We simplify and speed up the booking process.INKearch platform is a friendly place where clients can look for their favourite artists, useful information, and inspiration. They can book sessions, recommend, or get ideas for their tattoos within one comprehensiveplatform. For an artist, though, it is a place to promote, meet clients, be employed by new parlours, travel and tattoo around the world.All that thanks to a smart, intuitive and user-friendly software created by people crazy about inks. We want to build a powerful place for the tattoo world and bring artists and clients together.Join us, help us improve, and grow with us!Our goal is to be truly the best place for tattoo lovers worldwide. | $133.1K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2022 | https://www.inksearch.co/ |
| Zofi Cash | Zofi Cash is a digital financial platform that seeks to revolutionize how and when salaried people get paid. 30 days is way too long to wait to get paid. Our goal is to make everyday a pay day for the hard working africans on the african continent. | $71.3K | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2022 | https://www.zoficash.com/ |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Presto Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presto-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Trind Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trind-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Specialist VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-angels-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [70Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/70ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angels 4 Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-4-impact) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BRISE Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brise-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Startup Wise Guys

VC Fund · Tallinn, Estonia

Startup Wise Guys is one of the most active early stage investors in the broader CEE region and Nordics, has been voted Top VC fund in the CEE in year 2019. To help techy startup founders become true entrepreneurs, we are running a world-class startup accelerator since 2012. We have accelerated more than 300 startups, focusing on Sustainability,B2B SaaS, Fintech, Cybersecurity, and XR. The portfolio has already had 11 major exits and the overall startup survival and success rate is above 80%. The intensive up to 5 months-long accelerator program is focused on validating, developing, and selling products to business customers. Over 200 international and local mentors help startups move through those stages much faster than they would on their own. Founders are also prepared to sell their vision to investors, and the program culminates in Demo Days & major tech event visits, where startups get to present to venture capitalists and angel investors. Post-program, startups join the alumni community of 300+ startups in more than 40 countries and become eligible for invite-only alumni events such as SWG Getaway focused on business development, fundraising, and experience sharing.

5 contacts available at Startup Wise Guys.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandra Balkova | Partner, Head of Portfolio | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandra-balkova |
| Andrea Orlando | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-orlando |
| Gunce Onur | Venture Partner Turkey | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hande-civan-43f9 |
| Horacio Jose Perez Moreno | Online Pre-Accelerator Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horacio-jose-perez-moreno |
| Karolina Orav | Legal Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karolina-orav |

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## FAQ

### What does Cristobal Alonso invest in?

Cristobal Alonso invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Cristobal Alonso?

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### When did Cristobal Alonso last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cristobal Alonso closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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