Escala.vc
VC Fund
Lima, Peru
Escala.vc is a VC fund in Lima focused on FinTech and E-Commerce. Micro Venture Capital for Latin America. We support post incubator startups with fast founder friendly capital. Current investments: Nubity Shopeando SoloStocks MejoresMudanzas Vontravel Oja.la Acquired: TasteSpace
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries Escala.vc invests in
Stages Escala.vc invests in
Countries Escala.vc invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $20k–$1.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (23%)
- E-Commerce 3 (23%)
- Financial Services 3 (23%)
- Software 2 (15%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (15%)
Country
- Mexico 5 (38%)
- Peru 2 (15%)
- United States 2 (15%)
- Argentina 1 (8%)
- Costa Rica 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Wakeham
Mananging Partner
|
Mananging Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| We are a RegTech SaaS. We facilitate access to Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Systems Management through a centralized and collaborative platform available to everyone, we seek to positively impact 100,000 companies by 2030. | $1M / Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Blazing DB is a cloud platform database management system that is accelerated trough the use of video graphics cards (GPUs). - In the cloud. - Easy to setup. - Unbelievably fast. | $2.9M / Seed / Nov 30, 2017 | ||
| Apurata provides better credit to 200mm middle class Latin Americans.Through proprietary technology and origination procedures, we provide credit to unbanked and underbanked Latin Americans ($25bn), starting in Peru ($3bn opportunity).We are growing and looking to hire: - Software Developers - Risk Officers - Operations - Customer facingrepresentatives - Collections | Seed / Nov 02, 2017 | ||
| Rocket is the largest platform for financial advice in Mexico, with currently more than 4M registered users of whom at least 1.6 M have given access to their credit history. With this data, we have been building the largest Credit Marketplace in the region. We have achieved this by reinterpreting successful models such as CreditKarma, and adaptingthem to the specific needs in Mexico. | Seed / Mar 15, 2017 | ||
| Nubity provides cloud monitoring and management solutions. It configures, manages, and up-scales cloud infrastructure. Nubity offers Nubity agent, which monitors servers, configures thresholds and notices, and provides alerts; and integrates various clouds in a platform to monitor and manage physical or virtual servers. It also provides cloudmanagement and support services; CPU, memory, and disk utilization services; and Web servers, databases, cache systems, and more. Moreover, Nubity installs, configures, patches, monitors, and troubleshoots Linux distros and Windows servers. It supports Web and databases technologies that include base technologies, Web servers, big data and NoSQL, database engines, and common apps. Dario Peña and Juan Ozino Caligaris founded Nubity on November 1, 2013. It has its headquarters in Mexico City. | $160K / Seed / Jan 15, 2016 | ||
| Conekta designs an online payment platform that helps banks and financial institutions secure and optimize their processes. Its platform uses artificial intelligence to integrate the API, so that it can process online and offline payments, enabling financial institutions to analyze the transaction behavior to identify fraudulent purchases while itsPCI-DSS certified secure banking services encrypt and protect banking and financial information. | $1.8M / Seed / May 01, 2015 | ||
| Mi Media Manzana is one of the leading online dating platforms in Latin America, & is seeking to accelerate its growth and strengthen its operations.Mi Media Manzana has been operating since 2014 and has since become the most downloaded mobile application on the Google Play Store in Latin America on the “Dating” in Colombia, Chile, Peru andMexico amongst many other countries in Latin America.Their platform (Android and Web based) focuses on adults over 35 years old looking for a long-term relationship. Mi Media Manzana is built on three main pillars: 1) COMPATIBILITY. They present their users, people who share their interests and passions, not just random pictures. 2) REAL PEOPLE. They work really hard to avoid fake users, fake data. This is not a mere statement, is a profound belief that has guided the building of their product for more than 5 years. 3) ONLY SINGLE USERS: They truly believe they can make people happier if they help them find a meaningful couple. This is why they legally ban and expell from their platform any user that is currently in any type of onngoing relationship. They believe in fidelity and monogamic relationships. | $650K / Seed / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| Nubity provides cloud monitoring and management solutions. It configures, manages, and up-scales cloud infrastructure. Nubity offers Nubity agent, which monitors servers, configures thresholds and notices, and provides alerts; and integrates various clouds in a platform to monitor and manage physical or virtual servers. It also provides cloudmanagement and support services; CPU, memory, and disk utilization services; and Web servers, databases, cache systems, and more. Moreover, Nubity installs, configures, patches, monitors, and troubleshoots Linux distros and Windows servers. It supports Web and databases technologies that include base technologies, Web servers, big data and NoSQL, database engines, and common apps. Dario Peña and Juan Ozino Caligaris founded Nubity on November 1, 2013. It has its headquarters in Mexico City. | $702K / Seed / Nov 14, 2014 | ||
| TiZKKA [ACQUIRED 2018] is a fashion and lifestyle platform that helps you dress better and grow your fashion know-how, on your path to becoming a fashionista. Within the fashion community users get inspired by discovering the latest trends, share their looks and receive advice from fashionistas.The community provides its members with a place toget inspired and discuss fashion, fulfill their psychological need of being noticed and approved by others, on a unique platform where users strive for their daily “15 seconds of fame”.TiZKKA was recognized by Fast Company as one of Latin America's Most Innovative Companies in 2016: http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/sectors/latin-americaFashion influencers upload their looks and match them with products of TiZKKA's partner e-commerce so that users can purchase these items with just one tap seamlessly in-app. The owners of each look earn money for selling the products that are associated to the look. | $250K / Seed / Nov 01, 2014 | ||
| Shopeando is an online retailer that offers a wide array of unbranded products. Its portfolio includes car accessories, cameras and related accessories, cell phones, PDAs, computers, gaming consoles, games and toys, clothing, footwear, sports and fitness equipment, health and beauty, jewelry, audio and video equipment, and more.Shopeando wasfounded by Isaul Gomez Martinez and is based in Mexico City. | Seed / Oct 01, 2014 | ||
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FAQ
What does Escala.vc invest in?
Escala.vc invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Escala.vc invest in?
Escala.vc typically joins rounds of $20k–$1.8M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Escala.vc's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Escala.vc took part in.
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Who are the partners at Escala.vc?
The team at Escala.vc includes Patrick Wakeham (Mananging Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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