# Esteban Velasco

> Esteban Velasco is a seed investor at Velum Ventures backing Grocery and Delivery. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Velum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/velum-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/esteban-velasco/a/289/365
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/estebanvelasco

Esteban Velasco is a Managing Partner at Velum Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grocery | 1 | 100% |
| Delivery | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Merqueo | Merqueo specializes in delivering groceries and home essentials using its own dark-store infrastructure. Merqueo users can order from a selection of 2,000 to 10,000 products, which include fresh fruits and vegetables, imported products, liquor, household items, personal care, and packaged goods.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquarteredin Bogotá, Colombia. | $2M | Seed | Nov 01, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EWA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ewa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mountain Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mountain-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Velum Ventures

VC Fund · Medellín, Colombia

Velum Ventures invests in seed and early stage information-based businesses in Colombia and Latam.

3 contacts available at Velum Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Esteban Velasco | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esteban-velasco |
| Esteban Mancuso | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esteban-mancuso |
| Gina Paola Valderrama | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gina-paola-valderrama |

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## FAQ

### What does Esteban Velasco invest in?

Esteban Velasco invests primarily in Grocery, Delivery and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Esteban Velasco last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Esteban Velasco closed in Nov 2016. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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