# Hydra Startup Studio

> Hydra Startup Studio is a VC fund backing SaaS and Developer APIs. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hydra-%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2?trk=biz-companies-cym
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hydrafactory
- Website: http://www.hydrafactory.com/

Hydra Startup Studio is a consulting and business development company. It helps build successful early stage companies in Latin America. The company was founded by Nicolás Bistolfi and Martin Giura in 2016 and is headquartered in Montevideo, NA – Uruguay.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 100% |
| Text Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Giura | Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MonkeyLearn | MonkeyLearn provides a simple graphical interface where users can create customized text classification and extraction analysis by training machine learning models such as sentiment analysis, topic detection, keyword extraction, and more. MonkeyLearn can be integrated with hundreds of other applications through its direct integrations and open API.All of that without the need of roping in developers or data scientists! | $635K | Pre-Seed | Apr 24, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [v1.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v1-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Note Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-note-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garuda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garuda-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hydra Startup Studio invest in?

Hydra Startup Studio invests primarily in SaaS, Developer APIs and Text Analytics startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Hydra Startup Studio?

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### Who are the partners at Hydra Startup Studio?

The team at Hydra Startup Studio includes Martin Giura (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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