# Jose Jair Bonilla

> Jose Jair Bonilla is a pre-seed investor at Chiper (Bogotá) backing FinTech and Payments. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Chiper](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiper)
- Location: Bogotá, Colombia
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josejairbonillasmith/
- Website: https://www.chiper.co

Jose Jair Bonilla is a pre-seed investor at Chiper in Bogotá focused on FinTech and Payments. Jose Jair Bonilla is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chiper.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $400k–$6.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Payments | 2 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Cooking | 1 | 17% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wizzer | Wizzer is an AI-driven parenting copilot that provides guidance through highly personalized multi-modal conversations. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| zulu | zulu is a cross-border payments paytech that was founded in 2021 in Colombia by Esteban Villegas, the current CEO, and Julián Delgado, who serves as the CTO. The company is approaching its first US$100 million processed from over 400 clients and already has connections with more than 50 countries worldwide. | $5M | Seed | Oct 15, 2022 |  |
| zulu | zulu is a cross-border payments paytech that was founded in 2021 in Colombia by Esteban Villegas, the current CEO, and Julián Delgado, who serves as the CTO. The company is approaching its first US$100 million processed from over 400 clients and already has connections with more than 50 countries worldwide. | $5M | Seed | Oct 15, 2022 |  |
| Bia Energy | Bia Energy is a next-generation energy retailer transforming Latin America’s electricity market. By replacing analog meters with smart metering infrastructure, Bia delivers real-time consumption data and a digital platform that helps businesses and households cut costs, optimize usage, and improve sustainability. Backed by Kaszek, 8VC, GlobalFounders Capital, and Nazca, Bia serves leading companies including Starbucks, Coca-Cola, WeWork, Terpel, Falabella, and IKEA. With rapid growth in Colombia and expansion plans into LatAm, Bia is building the digital backbone of energy retail in the region. | $6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Pandas | B2B e-commerce platform connecting Asia with the +10 million of Latin America small merchants | $6.4M | Pre-Seed | May 24, 2022 |  |
| Hitter Brands | Hitter Brands takes different types of kitchens to their full revenue potential, while taking the delivery experience of consumers to another level. We integrate our brands into different kitchens unused installed capacities, to make sunk costs profitable. Kitchens require little to no incremental costs to begin operations of the hitter brands thatthey are suited for. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cadenza Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cadenza-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Opera Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opera-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Chiper

VC Fund · Cundinamarca, Colombia

Chiper is the leading B2B e-commerce ecosystem for corner stores in Latin America. With operations across Colombia, Mexico, and soon Brazil, Chiper is uniting thousands of the 3.7 million corner stores in the region into one of the world's largest networks of bulk buyers. By aggregating demand and optimizing the entire supply chain, Chiperempowers corner stores to grow and thrive - offering them the fastest delivery, widest selection, and most competitive prices available.

3 contacts available at Chiper.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carolina Garcia | Co-Founder and CRO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolina-garcia-dcfd |
| Jose Jair Bonilla | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jose-bonilla |
| Oscar Sarria Guerrero | Co-Founder and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oscar-sarria-guerrero |

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## FAQ

### What does Jose Jair Bonilla invest in?

Jose Jair Bonilla invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and B2B startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Colombia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jose Jair Bonilla's check size?

Jose Jair Bonilla typically joins rounds of $5M–$5M at Seed and $400k–$6.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jose Jair Bonilla participates in.

### When did Jose Jair Bonilla last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jose Jair Bonilla closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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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