# Juan Pablo Ortega

> Juan Pablo Ortega is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital backing Restaurants and Financial Services. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital)
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanpabloom
- Website: https://x.com/bobindio43
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jpo92

Juan Pablo Ortega is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital in Mexico City focused on Restaurants and Financial Services. Juan Pablo Ortega is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Yuno. Juan previously worked at Viva Air as a Board Member. Juan Pablo Ortega attended Cornell University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Restaurants | 2 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 2 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 17% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 17% |
| Colombia | 1 | 17% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chowdeck | Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| Bacu | Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept. | $6M | Seed | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Trully | Trully is a digital fraud prevention and identity verification company based in Mexico that detects fraud individually and powers a system to protect an entire network of businesses. It provides a platform for collective intelligence identity enrichment that creates solutions for all types of fraud. | $4.1M | Seed | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| NG.CASH | NG.CASH is a digital bank designed to help the new generations (ages 12 to 30) achieve financial independence. It lets users take charge of their money through solutions like PIX (Brazil’s instant-payment system), prepaid and virtual cards, allowance management, and now credit products tailored for young adults. As a financial hub, NG.CASH is builtto grow with its clients, boosting financial literacy and supporting them at every stage of life. | $10M | Seed | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| Marvin. | Marvin is a B2B fintech that empowers industries selling to retail by transforming how they manage and mitigate credit risk. By using credit card receivables as collateral for trade credit, our solution provides a modern alternative to outdated Trade Credit Insurance, offering simplicity, flexibility, and peace of mind. | $15M | Series A | May 25, 2022 |  |
| Katanox | Katanox makes selling hotel rooms effortless | $5.7M | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [17Sigma](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/17sigma) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [H20 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h20-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MONASHEES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monashees-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [4M Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4m-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sequoia Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services,healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.

5 contacts available at Sequoia Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anas Biad | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anas-biad |
| Andrew Lee | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-lee |
| Carl Eschenbach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-eschenbach |
| Caroline Fu | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-fu |
| Donald Valentine | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-valentine |

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## FAQ

### What does Juan Pablo Ortega invest in?

Juan Pablo Ortega invests primarily in Restaurants, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Juan Pablo Ortega's check size?

Juan Pablo Ortega typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$10M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Juan Pablo Ortega participates in.

### When did Juan Pablo Ortega last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Juan Pablo Ortega closed in Apr 2024. 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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