# Eduardo Castro Wright

> Eduardo Castro Wright is a seed investor in Incline Village backing Retail and E-Commerce. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Incline Village, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-castro-wright-4a0a0048

Eduardo Castro Wright is a seed investor in Incline Village focused on Retail and E-Commerce. Eduardo Castro-Wright is a private investor. He was the former vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and president and CEO of Global e-Commerce and Global Sourcing. Prior to this, Eduardo was president and CEO of Walmart U.S., where he led the transformation of stores, improvements in the customer experience, and the development of a strongleadership team. Before joining Walmart, Eduardo was president and CEO of Honeywell Transportation and Power Systems Worldwide and prior to that he was President and CEO of Nabisco Asia-Pacific. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 3 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Instaleap LLC | SaaS Platform for retailers to operate their on-demand digital channels efficiently | $5M | Series A | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| Home Delivery Service (HDS Global) | We’re on a mission to transform eCommerce – end-to-end – starting with fresh groceries and other home essentials. Powered by the latest in AI and advanced robotics, our patented automated fulfillment system, RoboFS, enables quick, touchless order fulfillment, bringing fresher-than-store goods, direct to your door. Our shopping experience isalso built around each customer’s dietary needs, preferences, and brand favorites. Gone are the days of filtering and scrolling through irrelevant inventory. With HDS, you’ll only ever see products that match your exact criteria. HDS also offers: • Made-to-order meats and prepared foods, customized to your exact specs • Free home delivery with no subscription /delivery / service fees or tips • Tri-temperature-controlled vans, so frozen items arrive fully frozen • Retail-level customer service and easy at-home returns, right at your doorstep • Sustainable delivery totes, eliminating nearly all cardboard and plastic waste | $5M |  | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| Home Delivery Service (HDS Global) | We’re on a mission to transform eCommerce – end-to-end – starting with fresh groceries and other home essentials. Powered by the latest in AI and advanced robotics, our patented automated fulfillment system, RoboFS, enables quick, touchless order fulfillment, bringing fresher-than-store goods, direct to your door. Our shopping experience isalso built around each customer’s dietary needs, preferences, and brand favorites. Gone are the days of filtering and scrolling through irrelevant inventory. With HDS, you’ll only ever see products that match your exact criteria. HDS also offers: • Made-to-order meats and prepared foods, customized to your exact specs • Free home delivery with no subscription /delivery / service fees or tips • Tri-temperature-controlled vans, so frozen items arrive fully frozen • Retail-level customer service and easy at-home returns, right at your doorstep • Sustainable delivery totes, eliminating nearly all cardboard and plastic waste | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| GAIA | GAIA is a furniture eCommerce platform for the sale of home products and design accessories. It offers a range of products such as sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, tables, desks, rugs, and textiles that let consumers purchase home furnishing products at affordable prices. | $50M | Series C | Sep 13, 2021 |  |
| COR | COR is the next-generation solution for creative and professional teams that intelligently suggests how to manage your projects, teams, and finances. | $5.3M | Seed | May 28, 2021 |  |
| GAIA | GAIA is a furniture eCommerce platform for the sale of home products and design accessories. It offers a range of products such as sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, tables, desks, rugs, and textiles that let consumers purchase home furnishing products at affordable prices. | $15M | Series B | Apr 17, 2018 |  |
| YaEsta.com | YaEsta.com is an e-commerce platform launched in Ecuador early 2013. It was incubated at Kruger Labs in Quito. Our objective is to consolidate as The Leading Online Store in Ecuador. | $1M | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Cuberon | Cuberon is a customer behavior analytics company that helps product and marketing teams to discover, analyze, and visualize customer behavior that impacts their business metrics. The company allows business users to ask and answer questions without requiring to know query languages, data sciences, and go through reports.Cuberon was founded in2015 by Abhishek Gattani and Digvijay Singh Lamba. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2015 |  |
| YaEsta.com | YaEsta.com is an e-commerce platform launched in Ecuador early 2013. It was incubated at Kruger Labs in Quito. Our objective is to consolidate as The Leading Online Store in Ecuador. | $400K | Seed | Mar 01, 2015 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

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- [French Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/french-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amador Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amador-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital Invent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-invent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cometa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cometa-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Eduardo Castro Wright invest in?

Eduardo Castro Wright invests primarily in Retail, E-Commerce and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Eduardo Castro Wright's check size?

Eduardo Castro Wright typically joins rounds of $400k–$5.3M 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 Eduardo Castro Wright participates in.

### When did Eduardo Castro Wright last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eduardo Castro Wright closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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