Diego Noriega
Managing Partner @ Newtopia VC
Diego Noriega is a pre-seed investor at Newtopia VC focused on FinTech and E-Commerce. Diego Noriega is currently the managing partner of Newtopia, an investment fund for seed and pre-seed stage startups. Before becoming an investor, Diego co-founded more than 23 successful companies, including AlaMaula, which eBay acquired. Drawing on his strong business development skills and knowledge, he has mentored more than 1200 startups,evaluated more than 2000 companies for investment, and delivered about 250 conferences on business development and entrepreneurship.In his current role as Managing Partner at Newtopia, he is responsible for building the Newtopia community and supporting the teams through extensive mentoring programs. The goal of Newtopia is to fund the most outstanding Latin American entrepreneurial talent and guide them on their path to global markets.In his own words: "My purpose in life is to change Latin America. Supporting entrepreneurs is the best tool I know, and that’s why I want to impact +1,000,000 entrepreneurs in the next ten years".
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Diego Noriega invests in
Stages Diego Noriega invests in
Countries Diego Noriega invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- E-Commerce 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Beauty 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 3 (60%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Angel 1 (20%)
Country
- Chile 1 (20%)
- Mexico 1 (20%)
- Colombia 1 (20%)
- Argentina 1 (20%)
- United Kingdom 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Creditop orchestrates loans by providing a multi-lender payment method that enables merchants to efficiently sell by credit. | Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Digital Broker App of U.S Securities for Latin Americans | Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2022 | ||
| Pulppo is the first Tech Enabled broker for Latin America. We partner with the best brokers in the region and empower them with tools, technology and resources to create a simple and transparent buying process. Pulppo was founded by Agustin Iglesias, former GM of Inmuebles24 and founder of Tokko Broker (Acquired by Navent) and Matias Gath, formerGM of Glovo in Argentina and founder of Kadabra (acquired by Glovo). | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2022 | ||
| Nuqlea is a B2B digital platform for construction and habitat that integrates and digitizes its entire value chain and develops useful techonological solutions through its marketplace. With the purpose of transforming the industry, Nuqlea seeks to offer transparency, efficiency and traceability in terms of purchasing processes, costs and shipments. | $3.9M / Seed / Oct 01, 2021 | ||
| Launched in May 2012, Fancybox is the first and leading beauty e-commerce in Latin America. Operating in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and México.Fancybox offers consumers the chance to live a complete beauty experience, from discovering new products that they can try befor buying, to be informed of all the new trends and must haves. All this,of course, around a complete online beauty store offering more than 6.000 products from over 175 of the most well known brands, and at the best price. Also, a local celebrity is the co-founder and brand ambassador of the brand in each country: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqhHIt1Zmdo Fancybox is a complete beauty universe just one click away. www.fancybox.com | $676K / Angel / Oct 30, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Newtopia VC
Newtopia VC is a venture capital firm that targeted early-stage startups. Newtopia’s launch comes as global venture investors are increasingly backing Latin American startups. The region now has at least 23 unicorn startups.
Newtopia VC Contacts
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Diego Noriega
Managing Partner
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Juan Pablo Lafosse
Co-Founder, General Partner
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Mariano Mayer
General Partner, Co-Founder
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Sacha Spitz
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Juan Lafosse
Co-Founder & General Partner
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What does Diego Noriega invest in?
Diego Noriega invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Diego Noriega last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Diego Noriega closed in Jun 2022. 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.
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