# Güimar Vaca Sittic

> Güimar Vaca Sittic is a seed investor at Merlin (New York) backing E-Commerce and Software. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Merlin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merlin-1ef6)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/g%C3%BCimar-vaca-sittic-5a878621/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/guimarvs
- Website: https://www.guimar.xyz

Güimar Vaca Sittic is a seed investor at Merlin in New York focused on E-Commerce and Software. Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$7M |
| Series A | $6M–$22M |
| Series B | $9.5M–$400M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 22 | 29% |
| Software | 11 | 14% |
| Internet | 10 | 13% |
| Marketplace | 9 | 12% |
| Fashion | 7 | 9% |

116 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 41 | 53% |
| Series A | 12 | 16% |
| Series B | 9 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 41 | 53% |
| Germany | 3 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lara AI | Lara AI is an AI-powered employee experience platform designed to enhance HR operations and employee engagement through conversational automation and real-time analytics. It functions as a virtual HR assistant, interacting with employees via platforms like WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat to gather feedback, answer questions, andstreamline onboarding processes. By automating routine HR tasks and providing actionable insights, it aims to reduce employee turnover and improve overall organizational efficiency. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| Thingtesting | We're on a mission to build the corner of the internet where people can discover and talk honestly about new things. |  | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Examedi | Examedi is a healthcare startup that provides nurse and lab technician services directly at patients' homes for appointments. Examedi connects the availabilities of healthcare providers with patients. | $17M | Series A | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| rintin | rintin is a B2B marketplace that connects small independent retailers with curated emerging brands. |  | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |
| rintin | rintin is a B2B marketplace that connects small independent retailers with curated emerging brands. |  | Pre-Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Examedi | Examedi is a healthcare startup that provides nurse and lab technician services directly at patients' homes for appointments. Examedi connects the availabilities of healthcare providers with patients. |  | Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Aikito | Expanding your business with new brick and mortar locations can be a daunting undertaking. Many business owners face the same daunting challenges—budget overages, vendor selection headaches, and the growing importance of sustainability. These are the problems you face when making one of the most critical decisions in your business.Aikitounderstands the stakes. We offer an end-to-end solution that's designed to eliminate the pitfalls and costly mistakes that often accompany solo expansion projects. Imagine avoiding unexpected budget overages that can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.With Aikito, your expansion is simplified through our vetted construction marketplace, sustainable buildout services, and tailored financing options for qualified businesses. We handle the heavy lifting, saving you precious time, money, and even contributing to your brand's sustainability goals.Ask yourself, do you want to gamble months of your time, risk budget overages, and neglect your sustainability values doing this alone? Or have an end-to-end partner with the proven tools and expertise to make your expansion not just successful but aligned with your values?The choice is clear. Choose Aikito, and turn your next high-stakes location investment from a question mark to an exclamation point. Schedule a call today to discuss your growth goals and how we can help bring them to life without the headaches. | $96.9K | Pre-Seed | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Filmhub | Filmhub disrupts the $74B streaming entertainment industry with a modern, tech B2B marketplace for film creators and exhibitors such as streaming channels (Eg. Amazon Prime, IMDb TV, Tubi, Xumo, The Roku Channel, etc). The platform takes the entire film distribution process online and adds smart data layers for discovery, automated assetfulfillment and payment flow. | $6.8M | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Punchcard | Modern operations intelligence. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Solvo | Solvo's iOS app makes it possible to trade cryptocurrencies. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [Max Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basset-investment-group) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Merlin

VC Fund · New York, United States

Merlin is an internet company that specializes in the fields of the marketplace, consumer software, delivery, and human resources. It provides a software platform that helps employers to find, screen and select the candidates for every opening. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, United States.

1 contacts available at Merlin.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Güimar Vaca Sittic | Co-Founder & Co-CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gimar-vaca-sittic |

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## FAQ

### What does Güimar Vaca Sittic invest in?

Güimar Vaca Sittic invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 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 Güimar Vaca Sittic's check size?

Güimar Vaca Sittic typically joins rounds of $600k–$7M at Seed, $6M–$22M at Series A and $9.5M–$400M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Güimar Vaca Sittic participates in.

### When did Güimar Vaca Sittic last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Güimar Vaca Sittic closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 77 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?

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