Ideas & Capital
VC Fund
Mexico City, Mexico
Ideas & Capital is a VC fund in Mexico City focused on FinTech and Finance. Ideas & Capital actively looks for companies in which its participation goes beyond investing capital. The firm helps its companies to institutionalize, improve their strategy, open new markets and above all make decisions that create extraordinary value. Multisectoral approach with an emphasis in technology, services, agribusiness,education and health. Ideas & Capital favors direct equity investments that pursue regional presence in Latin America. Invested companies must have the potential to generate superior economic returns and must have a positive impact on society, supporting community development without affecting the environment.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Ideas & Capital invests in
Stages Ideas & Capital invests in
Countries Ideas & Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$1.3M
- Series A
- $3.3M–$3.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (18%)
- Finance 2 (18%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (18%)
- Financial Services 2 (18%)
- News 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Series A 4 (36%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (9%)
Country
- Mexico 5 (45%)
- United States 3 (27%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Isela Montes de Oca
Analyst
|
Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Karyna Martinez
Office Manager
|
Office Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Pablo Armida
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ricardo Elizondo
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Xavier Ponce de Leon
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPORPRIVÉ is an online shopping outlet that specializes in sports products. The company offers branded products such as Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Salomon, Asics and many more on discounts. DEPORPRIVÉ was founded by Ben Roques in 2016 and is headquartered in Mexico. | $400K / Seed / Sep 04, 2020 | ||
| DEPORPRIVÉ is an online shopping outlet that specializes in sports products. The company offers branded products such as Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Salomon, Asics and many more on discounts. DEPORPRIVÉ was founded by Ben Roques in 2016 and is headquartered in Mexico. | $550K / Seed / Feb 08, 2019 | ||
| Dvdendo makes investing as easy as spending. To become an investor and Dvdendo member, sign up from your smartphone, link your bank account and the debit or credit card you use most frequently, and then sit back as our service automatically invests a small portion of your daily expenditures in a portfolio of thousands of stocks and bonds. Becomingan investor is easy and should be available to everyone. With Dvdendo you can own a piece of the world's greatest companies with just $5. | $3.3M / Series A / Oct 01, 2018 | ||
| Holly by Nimblr.ai is the first artificial intelligence powered assistant that manages healthcare appointments. She chats with patients via messaging automating the appointment cycle in sync with EHRs and scheduling software. A disruptive solution that helps practices keep their schedule full, enhance their patient experience, and streamline theirfront desk's tasks. Nimblr.ai was founded by a team of serial entrepreneurs that has been building and deploying AI Chatbots since 2010. | $1.3M / Seed / Jun 15, 2017 | ||
| Econduce is a network of shared electric scooters. With its mobile app, commuters can book the nearest scooter and start a ride. Customers only pay for what they use and that includes everything: driving induction, helmet, insurance, maintenance, free refills, and smartphone app. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Tropical Organic Growers is a production and shipping company dedicated to grow certified organic tropical fruits in Mexico. The company's production base is located in Colima near the Pacific shore of Mexico, where we have the best conditions to grow tropical fruits in the most primed farms. | Series A / Sep 01, 2016 | ||
| Farrow Ventures offers Pig.gi, an app where users win Pig.gi Coins in exchange for engaging with brands and sharing their consumer data. Coins are exchangeable for airtime from any mobile operator. The app was launched in June 2016 in Mexico. Later that year it was launched in Colombia. | Seed / Mar 03, 2016 | ||
| Novelistik is an online platform that assists its users in reading and writing books and media content.Novelistik’s book categories consist of action, autobiography, science fiction, classics, crime, story, fairy tales, children’s’ stories, speech, test, fan fiction, fantasy, fiction, fiction verse, historical fiction, folklore, fable, humor,legends, text books, mystery, mythology, non-fiction, romance, poetry, police, suspense, and terror. Furthermore, it enables its users to interact and communicate with other members of the literary community.Novelistik was launched in 2012 by Alberto Lujambio and Dave Aroesti and is based in Mexico City. | Series A / Jan 12, 2016 | ||
| Econduce is a network of shared electric scooters. With its mobile app, commuters can book the nearest scooter and start a ride. Customers only pay for what they use and that includes everything: driving induction, helmet, insurance, maintenance, free refills, and smartphone app. | Seed / Jun 30, 2015 | ||
| Crowdfunder is an equity crowdfunding platform connecting investors with early-stage entrepreneurs. It sources and funds high-growth ventures with a network of over 130,000 entrepreneurs and investors. Crowdfunder and its VC Index Fund provide the opportunity for direct online investment into single ventures, as well as diversification into a broadVC-led portfolio (Index Fund) of early-stage startups backed by many of the world’s leading Venture Capital firms and private investors.Crowdfunder was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $3.5M / Series A / Oct 07, 2014 | ||
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FAQ
What does Ideas & Capital invest in?
Ideas & Capital invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ideas & Capital's check size?
Ideas & Capital typically joins rounds of $400k–$1.3M at Seed and $3.3M–$3.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ideas & Capital participates in.
How do I contact Ideas & Capital?
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Who are the partners at Ideas & Capital?
The team at Ideas & Capital includes Isela Montes de Oca (Analyst), Karyna Martinez (Office Manager) and Pablo Armida (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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